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Value Added Resource Week In Review 6-1-25

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

Welcome to the Value Added Resource ecommerce news week in review!Once celebrated as eBay's first Chief Compliance Officer, Molly Finn is departing the company after 17 years, leaving a legacy of legal and regulatory debacles in her wake. After last week's announcement that eBay is shutting down the TCGPlayer authentication center in Syracuse, NY, TCGUnion-CWA is now calling for a boycott, hoping pressure will convince eBay to reverse course.
eBay Moves To Monthly Budget Pacing For Promoted Listings Priority Cost Per Click Ad Campaigns

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay is making changes to Promoted Listings Priority cost per click campaign management, moving to a monthly rather than weekly timeframe for budget averaging. The announcement was posted on the eBay Advertising blog yesterday, the change set to go into effect June 18, 2025.
eBay UK Updates Simple Delivery Terms For Shipping Label Refunds

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay UK has updated the terms and conditions for Simple Delivery managed shipping, providing new details for how buyers and sellers can get refunds for unused postage labels. Simple Delivery was introduced inMay 2024 and was initially limited only to clothing sales, but eBay quickly expanded the program to include most categories on the platform and announced it would be mandatory for all private sellers of eligible items to use Simple Delivery, starting with a phased rollout in April.
Poshmark Jumps On Facebook Marketplace Partnership Bandwagon

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

Poshmark is the latest marketplace taking advantage of Meta's new Facebook Marketplace Partnership program, boosting cross-market visibility for items listed on the site. The announcement was released in a company blog post today, with Poshmark saying they are testing the program with a small number of listings to start.
eBay Seller Hub In Flux: Sellers Missing Tasks & Other Important Info

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay sellers struggling with changes being made to Seller Hub overview design urged to be patient as updates continue to rollout and may not yet be finalized.
Etsy Releases Transparency Report For 2024 Plus New Trust & Safety, Policy Guides

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

VP Trust & Safety Alice Wu announces new Policy Guides and updates as Etsy releases 2024 Transparency Report. Key highlights for 2024:Etsy says they improved the accuracy and precision of controls by 70%, reducing false positives and enabling them to more efficiently remove listings that violate policies, which contributed to removing 25% fewer listings for violating policies compared to 2023.
eBay To Shutter Israel R&D Operations, Layoff 200+ Employees By 2026

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay has reportedly announced a phased shutdown of their Research and Development operations in Israel, with over 200 employees losing their jobs by Q1 2026. Calcalist revealed the plan, saying the center located in Netanya, which was originally established following the company’s 2005 $620 million acquisition of Israeli price comparison site Shopping.com will be shut down over the next year.
eBay Loses Compliance, M&A Leader As Molly Finn Leaves Legacy Of Legal & Regulatory Debacles Behind

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

Once celebrated as eBay's first Chief Compliance Officer, Molly Finn is departing the company after 17 years, leaving a legacy of legal and regulatory debacles in her wake. Finn joined eBay in 2007 with a background in employment law, then worked her way up the ladder to become in 2018 before being moved to Deputy General Counsel M&A and Securities in 2022.
eBay Listing Problems: Bulk Listing Tool & AI Descriptions Not Working 5-27-25

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay sellers are reporting multiple problems with trying to create and manage listings, including a broken Bulk Listing Tool and AI Descriptions not generatinThe Bulk Listing tool problems appear to have been occurring over the last few days, with seller saying they are unable to edit existing listings or create new ones using this tool. Never Ever had any problems with bulk listings before this morning. I have used it for years…A little circle just goes around and around and around.
eBay Looks To Boost "Item Intelligence" Using AI To Solve Regulatory & Compliance Problems

1 week ago | valueaddedresource.net | Liz Morton

eBay is looking to boost their "item intelligence", using AI to help solve regulatory and compliance problems on the platform.