7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (748+ words) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent Meta, said this week he sees agentic shopping as an opportunity, but there was no indication Facebook will morph into an Amazon or eBay, and he only hinted as to what was to come....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (275+ words) GameStop, “the world’s largest retail gaming and trade-in destination for Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo games, systems, consoles & accessories,” offered to buy 100% of eBay, it announced in a press release on Sunday evening. Sellers who had learned of the rumor printed…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (283+ words) eBay said its participation in Facebook’s new affiliate beta program would enhance seller visibility by empowering “creators” to access and embed eBay listings directly within their content on Facebook. Facebook announced on Tuesday it was adding Amazon to its Facebook…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (440+ words) In the space of 4 days, Etsy announced it would make sellers’ items available for purchase directly on Microsoft Copilot Checkout and in Google Search AI Mode, coming just 3 months after it made a similar announcement when it integrated with Open…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (485+ words) eBay executives shared their thoughts about AI and agentic shopping in a post on the eBay corporate blog on January 16th. The post comes amid a busy month of AI-related announcements from tech and ecommerce players, including Google, Microsoft, Etsy, Shopify,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (298+ words) Amazon will hold its 5th annual conference for business buyers this fall, and Amazon is expanding features that appeal to B2B customers by opening them up to third-party sellers. Amazon Business Reshape will take place in Nashville in October, a conference “designed…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (474+ words) eBay announced its September Seller Update for 2026, including new features sellers have already encountered. eBay described the changes by placing them into three buckets: Grow your business; Trust and protection; and Optimize your business. In the first bucket was the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (329+ words) Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) Amazon sellers can begin submitting holiday deals as early as July 8, 2026, and the company provided information about eligibility and deadlines, which will be earlier this year. It also announced holiday peak fulfillment fees. Amazon told sellers its fifth annual Prime…...