Value Added Resource Week In Review 8-24-25

Welcome to the Value Added Resource ecommerce news week in review!

eBay News

It's official - the eBay Bengaluru Development Hub is open for business and the hiring spree is kicking into high gear with 193 currently open positions.

eBay Opens New Development Hub In India To Replace Israel R&D Operations

eBay opens new Bengaluru, India Development Hub with mass hiring spree to ramp up operations in the region while phasing out Israel R&D center.

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eBay's venture capital arm, eBay Ventures, has disclosed a significant investment in digital marketing firm A1 Media Group, hoping to leverage the company's technology in ad push to bolster Korea-Japan cross border trade for Qoo10 Marketplace.

eBay Ventures Invests In A1 Media Group For Korea-Japan Cross Border Ad Push On Qoo10 Marketplace

eBay Ventures invests in A1 Media Group, hoping to leverage the digital marketing firm’s ad tech to bolster Qoo10 Korea-Japan cross border trade.

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eBay GM Canada Garry Thaniel is moving back to the US to take on fashion initiatives, leaving leadership for Canadian marketplace up in the air.

eBay Still Looking For New Canada Leadership As GM Garry Thaniel Moves Back To US To Lead Fashion Category

It’s official - eBay GM Canada Garry Thaniel moves back to US to take on fashion initiatives, leaving leadership for Canadian site up in the air.

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eBay announced August seller updates this week for UK, Germany, and US with updates about AI messaging, seller protections, and automatic feedback.

eBay US August 2025 Seller Update: Seller Protections, Automatic Feedback, & AI Messaging

eBay US August 2025 Seller Update: AI messaging, Automatic Feedback & more flexible approach to risk assessments to minimize business disruptions.

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But sellers who were elated at the announcement of Automatic Positive Feedback at eBay Open 2025 are now seeing the other shoe drop as August update revealed it will soon be harder to get some feedback removed.

Other Shoe Drops On eBay Automatic Positive Feedback - Removing Negatives & Neutrals Just Got Harder

eBay sellers elated by Automatic Positive Feedback are now seeing other shoe drop as August update makes it harder to get some feedback removed.

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eBay is also touting free remorse returns on Motors Parts & Accessories by shifting cost to sellers, but will buyers ultimately end up paying the price?

eBay Motors Launches Free Parts Returns, Shifting Costs To Sellers - But Will Buyers Ultimately Pay The Price?

eBay touts free remorse returns on Motors Parts & Accessories by shifting cost to sellers - but will buyers ultimately end up paying the price?

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What They Didn't Say At eBay Open 2025: AI promises efficient "magical" listing while quietly reshaping how sellers' content is shown to buyers.

Smarter Selling Or Silent Summaries? eBay AI Raises Transparency Concerns

What They Didn’t Say At eBay Open 2025: AI promises efficient “magical” listing while quietly reshaping how sellers’ content is shown to buyers.

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eBay UK has announced a massive price hike is coming for private sellers forced into using Simple Delivery managed shipping if they choose to limit the carrier to Royal Mail only.

eBay UK Makes Massive Price Hike For Simple Delivery Royal Mail 0-1kg Medium Parcels

eBay UK announces massive price hike for private sellers using Simple Delivery 0-1kg Medium Parcels if they limit the carrier to Royal Mail only.

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Sellers report problems enabling Promoted Listings ads when creating new listings - is latest glitch related to new ad dashboard in the eBay app?

eBay Promoted Listings Publishing Problems Pop Up After New Ad Management Dashboard Added To App

eBay sellers report problems enabling Promoted Listings ads when creating new listings - is latest glitch related to new ad dashboard in the app?

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eBay Canada has now announced they will be disabling the ability to purchase Canada Post labels, effective August 25th.

eBay Updates International Sellers On US Tariff & De Minimis Changes, Promising Support & Protections

eBay is getting ahead of tariff & de minimis changes, updating international sellers with latest info & promising protection for defects & feedback.

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Other Ecommerce News

As postal services worldwide scramble to deal with the latest changes to tariffs and the end of the duty-free de minimis exemption for low value packages, US Customs and Border Protection has released a list of third party companies qualified to collect and pay duty on international mail.

Keep up with the latest list of international postal systems which have already or will soon paus shipping into the US as a result of the coming tariff and de minimis changes:

International Postal Services Scramble To Sort Out Tariffs & End Of De Minimis, With Some Pausing US Shipments

International postal services scramble to sort out duties as end of de minimis exemption looms, with some pausing shipments to US as a result.

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UPS and Fedex are changing up how they measure for dimensional weight calculations.

UPS & FedEx Dimensional Weight Calculation Updates, Large Package Surcharge Shuffle

UPS & Fedex change up how they measure dimensional weight calculations while UPS shuffles effective date for increasing large package surcharges.

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Etsy has published statement of AI Principles for Keeping Human Connection At The Center Of Innovation as the company experiments with how context engineering and prompting can turn generic LLMs into highly specific answer engines - with a little help from employee handbooks and the Etsy seller community forum.

Etsy Explores How To Turn LLMs Into Specific AI Answer Engines Using Employee & Community Forum Input

Etsy explores using context engineering to turn LLMs into highly specific AI answer engines - with help from employee handbooks & seller community forums.

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Etsy has also introduced updated guidance for listing best practices, nudging sellers to use new AI tool to help optimize item titles.

Etsy Gives Guidance On Listing Best Practices, Nudges Sellers To Use New AI Tool To Optimize Titles

Etsy posts updated guidance for listing best practices, nudging sellers to use new AI tool to help optimize item titles.

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PayPal donor alleges systemic mishandling of charity funds, sparking fraud concerns over PayPal Giving Fund in today's Letter To The Editor.

Letter: Do Not Donate To Charity Through PayPal!

PayPal donor alleges systemic mishandling of charity funds, sparking fraud concerns over PayPal Giving Fund.

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Bonanza is facing a proposed class action alleging the company allowed third parties to collect personal information from the site's users through the use of pixel trackers, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).

Lawsuit Claims Bonanza Sold Out User Privacy With CIPA Violating Pixel Tracking

Bonanza faces proposed class action suit alleging CIPA privacy violations due to pixel trackers allowing 3rd parties to collect users’ personal data.

Value Added ResourceLiz Morton

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