eBay News & Updates
Last updated September 9, 2026
eBay launches its trading card price guide in the UK with in-app scanning that surfaces two years of completed sale data
eBay disables direct messaging in its new Community forum after scammers use it to send fake account verification notices
eBay expands its Magical Listing AI in the app without warning sellers and tests a new item page photo layout they hate
eBay is hiring London staff to inspect used electronics, a service Vinted already sells its UK buyers for £5 an item
eBay bans airbags and inflators from the marketplace effective September 24, after federal scrutiny over deadly replacement parts
eBay pushes sellers to pass shipping discounts to buyers again, defaulting calculated shipping listings to its rates on October 1
eBay doubled engineering output under a program called Velocity, but its former chief architect says the culture blocked the rest
eBay puts Depop banners on its homepage and atop fashion search, sending buyers off the site sellers pay to advertise on
eBay opens bundle discounts to all sellers ahead of the holidays and lets them buy one label for a buyer’s separate orders
eBay tells sellers USPS rates on some Ground Advantage and Priority Mail shipments drop August 22 without giving any figures 124
eBay Global Shipping Program buyers sue Pitney Bowes for keeping IEEPA tariff refunds the Supreme Court ruling freed up
eBay rehires Renee Paradise to run its $10B fashion business and pull newly acquired Depop closer as Vinted takes UK share
eBay says it has no current plans to push U.S. seller fees onto buyers
Depop launches a Spotify partnership two weeks after eBay closed the $1.4B deal, with marketing spend already drawing scrutiny
eBay hires Walmart and Amazon supply chain veteran Andres Gonzalez to lead global shipping and authentication operations
eBay tells sellers about a $1 to $2 USPS Ground Advantage increase for 3-5 lb packages two days after the rates went up
eBay says it has no current plans to move US selling fees onto buyers as it did for private sellers in the UK and Germany
Poshmark buys Linda’s Stuff’s consignment facilities, taking eBay’s longtime partner and its live shows to a rival marketplace
eBay offers late-delivery and refund protection only to sellers who buy eBay labels as it tests Managed Shipping in the US
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