Building a Business
2 Entrepreneurs Disrupting the Reseller Marketplace
Their idea: a company that takes out the middleman and simplifies the reselling process.
By Mike Wood
eBay | Page 2
Business News
Anonymous Bidder Pays $3.46 Million for Warren Buffett Lunch
The successful bidder and up to seven friends can dine with Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky steak house in Manhattan. All topics are fair game, apart from where Buffett will invest next.
By Reuters
Building a Business
More Buyers and Stubhub Help eBay Beat Earnings Expectations
The ecommerce company has been executing its plan to offer a bigger selection of products, new brands and more small-business sellers on its platform.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Google Glass Enterprise Version Spotted on eBay
A San Francisco pawn shop is selling the new iteration of Google Glass, and you're going to have to pay a lot more than the Glass Explorer version to get your hands on it.
By David Murphy
Building a Business
5 Startup Origin Stories That Aren’t Totally True
Sometimes the 'truth' is embellished.
By Jason Fell
Building a Business
New Partnership With Shyp Looks to Make eBay Selling Way Easier
From now through June 30, pickup and packaging fees are waived for eBay sellers.
Business News
Uber Decals and Lyft Mustaches Are Hot Items on eBay
One of the original pink fur Lyft mustaches sold for $80.
By Biz Carson
Business News
There’s a Gender Pay Gap for eBay Sellers
Comparing sales on brand-new items, women make on average about 80 cents for every dollar a man does.
Building a Business
This Franchise Took ‘Work at Home’ to a Whole New Level
Amy VanderMolen loved selling on eBay. So she made her hobby her business.
By Joan Oleck
Online Presence
Facebook Is Officially Testing a Craigslist-Like Buying and Selling Feature
The rumors are true. The social-media giant is indeed toying with ways for people to buy and sell items on its iOS app.
Business News
What’s Left for eBay After the PayPal Breakup?
For the ecommerce company, life could get lonely in a hurry.
By Ari Levy
Building a Business
How Ecommerce Helps Small Businesses Go Global
Having a global footprint may be a goal for many small businesses, but for most it's not a reality. Ecommerce can help expand your reach.
By Kate Rogers
Business News
PayPal, eBay to Stay Interdependent for Five Years After Split
The two firms agreed that eBay would not reduce the volume of transactions it channels through PayPal.
By Reuters
Building a Business
PayPal to Pay $7.7 Million in Violations
The electronic payments firm agreed to settle charges by the U.S. Treasury Department that it violated numerous sanctions programs against several countries.
By Reuters
Building a Business
9 Ideas to Make a Side Income While Growing Your Business
What if you could get a side hustle that would help bring in a healthy secondary income to alleviate some of that financial stress?
Business News
EBay’s Breakup Plans May Open Door for Ecommerce Deals
Splitting into three different companies could accommodate would-be suitors, signaling a potential merger fight after the breakup.
By Reuters
Business News
Massive Layoffs Are Reportedly Brewing at eBay Ahead of PayPal Spinoff
Plans are in the works to shed as much as 10 percent of eBay's workforce.
By Laura Entis
Business Ideas
7 Innovators That Changed Retail Forever
These visionaries led their companies against the grain and redefined consumer culture as we know it.
By David Rekuc
Building a Business
The Fitting Room of the Future Has Arrived
One major retailer is testing out full-length dressing room mirrors that double as websites as tech invades yet another sphere of shopping.
By Phil Wahba
Building a Business
EBay to Give Smaller Merchants More Selling Options
The site is retooling its local delivery program and giving smaller sellers the option to offer in-store pickup.
By Reuters
Marketing
It’s Time to Diversify Your Online Sales Strategy
Do some creative marketing. The number of places your product can be showcased is expanding.
By Derek Newton
Marketing
3 Steps for Excluding Counterfeit Goods and Protecting Your Brand
Retailers, whether online or brick-and-mortar, risk alienating customers if they don't make certain the products they sell are authentic.
Business News
Marc Andreessen to Quit eBay Board
After six years serving on eBay's board of directors, Silicon Valley luminary is stepping down.
By Reuters
Business News
Apple Pay Officially Arrives Monday, Oct. 20
The new payments paradigm has been billed as a potential credit-card killer.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Security Software Giant Symantec Exploring Breakup of Company
News comes on the heels of other big companies, like Hewlett-Packard and eBay, also splitting up.
By Reuters
Business News
PayPal Spawn Have Advanced Where the Online Payments Giant Has Stood Still
While startup competitors don't have PayPal's breadth of services, they are entering areas that the once-nimble PayPal should own -- but doesn't.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How PayPal’s Spinoff Could Spell a Tide Shift for the Mobile Payments Industry
Newfound stock options and a self-governing stance could portend an acquisition or hiring spree.
By Geoff Weiss