“The strategy is to keep connecting people ... strategy was the third-party seller program, launched in 2000. Inspired by eBay Inc.’s sprawling marketplace, Amazon lets more than 800,000 ...

This is the second lawsuit eBay has filed against Amazon in the last year over alleged seller poaching. The previous suit, which was filed in October and has since been moved to arbitration ...

Each company wants people to conduct their transaction on its online marketplace, where it can collect its fee, rather than connecting ... example, EBay said, when a seller rejected Amazon ...

The ability to communicate directly with buyers is also an attractive option for many eBay marketplace sellers. In contrast, Amazon dictates the majority of the shopping experience by customers ...

The lawsuit comes two weeks after eBay reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to the tech giant, demanding Amazon knock off its alleged seller poaching efforts. The situation came to light “a ...

EBay Inc. is accusing rival Amazon.com Inc. of poaching sellers on its site worldwide by infiltrating its internal message system. About 10 days ago, an EBay seller alerted the company to the ...

to alert the company that Amazon salespeople used eBay’s “Contact the Seller” feature to send messages inviting the seller to sell on Amazon instead. EBay conducted an investigation ...

Simply put, haggling is out. Automation is in. McGrath hones in on the communication issues on eBay as a seller: The products I sell on Amazon are in the $200 to $300 range. And I find ...

“The sender of the item may pose as a domestic seller or address ... use the delivery as evidence to marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, eBay and others that you, the recipient, are a verified ...

After delivering the package the seller can claim they have a high record of successful deliveries and use that as proof to marketplaces like Walmart, Amazon eBay and others that the recipient is ...