Articles about eBay

Marketplace companies say change in tax policy creates unnecessary burden for online sellers

When Dan Marx helped launch a new startup this summer, he pictured himself having to learn more about bicycles and… Read More

Investment group that includes eBay and ex-Disney chair investing $263M into Funko

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based pop culture collectibles maker, has attracted a $263 million investment from a consortium led by The… Read More

Amazon prevails over eBay in lawsuit accusing Seattle company of poaching third-party sellers

Amazon has prevailed over eBay in a lawsuit that accused the Seattle tech giant of poaching e-commerce sellers through eBay’s… Read More

eBay CEO Devin Wenig steps down

Devin Wenig is stepping down as CEO of eBay, the company announced Wednesday. Wenig has led the company since 2015… Read More

eBay accuses Amazon of illegal scheme to poach e-commerce sellers in new lawsuit

E-commerce heavyweight eBay is suing rival Amazon, alleging that managers at the Seattle tech giant conspired to poach e-commerce sellers… Read More

eBay to launch new shipping service, upping the e-commerce ante as it battles Amazon and others

Next year eBay will launch a new delivery service to speed up shipments between buyers and sellers on its e-commerce… Read More

Latest Porch partnership teams home services company with eBay to give shoppers a helping hand

Looking for someone to mount that TV you just picked up on eBay? Seattle-based home services company Porch is teaming… Read More

TLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience

Thanks to ReachNow, this show was shot on location at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer… Read More

Geek of the Week: A ‘nerd through and through,’ Gail Frederick leads Portland eBay office and API focus

As the vice president of developer ecosystem and general manager of the eBay Portland office, Gail Frederick wants to create… Read More

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing

Today’s featured stories How Nintendo learned from a Wii U disappointment to create the popular Switch console eBay CEO: ‘I… Read More

eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I can’ and stand for something different

Amazon and eBay have been battling it out in e-commerce for years — for both buyers and sellers — though… Read More

eBay accuses Amazon of using its messaging platform to poach sellers, sends cease-and-desist letter

eBay sent a cease-and-desist letter to Amazon this week, accusing its e-commerce rival of using eBay’s messaging platform to poach… Read More

eBay turns to augmented reality in its app to help sellers select the best box to ship an item

We’ve been waiting for a big tech company to think outside the box when it comes to the best fit… Read More

eBay takes a colorful shot at Amazon with new ad urging its users to ‘shop like nobody else’

All of those cardboard boxes from Amazon have eBay dreaming of a more colorful shopping world. And now the online… Read More

Amazon closing in on Flipkart as top India e-commerce site among mobile users, study says

Amazon is making a $5 billion play to became the top e-commerce site in India, and it seems the investment… Read More

Flipkart lands $1.4B from Microsoft, eBay, Tencent as India online retail battle with Amazon continues

Flipkart announced a $1.4 billion investment round Monday, involving some tech heavyweights from around the globe, as it goes toe-to-toe with… Read More

How much is your junk worth? eBay’s new Google Home ‘shopbot’ knows

At the Google Cloud Next conference, eBay introduced a new personal shopping chatbot, or “shopbot,” for the Google Home speaker… Read More

Vintage Kurt Cobain guitar being offered on eBay; Portland charity to receive a portion of the sale

Nirvana fans feeling particularly nostalgic about the upcoming 50th birthday of the band’s late frontman Kurt Cobain can try to… Read More

Amazon launches individual marketplace pilot in India, will pick up and ship items for sellers

Amazon has launched a new marketplace service in India that lets people sell their used items through the online retail giant’s platform.… Read More

This Andreessen Horowitz partner loves marketplace business ideas, and here’s why

Andreessen Horowitz partner Jeff Jordan loves him some online marketplaces. Jordan, the OfferUp and Airbnb investor and former eBay executive… Read More

Smartsheet hires former eBay and Box executive Jenny Ceran as new CFO

Bellevue, Wash.-based project management software company Smartsheet has brought in Jenny Ceran, a veteran of Silicon Valley heavyweights like eBay,… Read More

Amazon poaches eBay A.I. chief, continues ramping up machine learning operations

Amazon is getting serious about machine learning. The Seattle tech titan hired eBay’s head of artificial intelligence, Hassan Sawaf, to… Read More

T-Mobile buys a patch of Olympian Nick Symmonds’ skin for nearly $22K

T-Mobile has some skin in the 2016 Olympic Games — literally. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier placed the winning bid… Read More

StuffHopper helps people sell stuff online, operating as ‘a mirror image to Amazon’

The ranks of would-be Craigslist killers continues to grow, but one young Seattle startup is taking a different approach in… Read More

Mike Fridgen leaves GM job at eBay, joins ‘startup studio’ Madrona Venture Labs as CEO

Seattle entrepreneur Mike Fridgen knows Madrona Venture Group pretty well. After all, three of the startups he’s helped build over… Read More

Snapchat, WhatsApp, Expedia and Amazon: What 15 tech brands could have been called

Choosing the right brand name can be a make-it or break-it experience for a lot of startups. Finding something that… Read More

Developer lists Apple TV unit for sale on eBay, bids now topping $1,000

Apple’s latest streaming media player isn’t hitting store shelves until October, but if you just can’t wait for the Siri-controlled… Read More

Study: These tech companies treat job candidates the best during interviews

The job interview is a nerve-wracking experience. But some companies do better than others to make prospective employees comfortable on… Read More

It’s payday for PayPal: PayPal’s now worth $50 billion and eBay only $35 billion

eBay’s smaller payments unit isn’t so small anymore. PayPal, which enables peer-to-peer transactions and digital payments, is now worth $50 billion… Read More

News Brief

PayPal’s value soars to $44B as trading begins ahead of eBay spin-off

PayPal is worth roughly $44 billion during its first full-day of trading as an independent company. The San Jose, Calif.-based… Read More