eBay kicks off their first analyst day in 3+yrs today at 8am PT, 11am ET.  The PR and IR teams have been active and the foreshadowing seems to point to a focus on Paypal as the crown jewel of the eBay portfolio.   Some datapoints to consider: BusinessWeek has this article that was driven...

This is the fourth and final (phew!) episode in a four-part series: Episode I - Q408 in-depth analysis - available here with Q+A covered in an addendum (IA) (link) Episode II - Introducing the ChannelAdvisor Ecommerce Framework (CEF) (link) Episode III - eBay, Amazon an...

This is Episode 3B in a 4 part series.  Here is the outline for the series: Episode I - Q408 in-depth analysis - available here with Q+A covered in an addendum (IA) (link) Episode II - Introducing the ChannelAdvisor Ecommerce Framework (CEF) (link) Episode III - eBay, Amazon and the CEF (you a...

This is Episode 3A in a 4 part series.  Here is the outline for the series: Episode I - Q408 in-depth analysis - available here with Q+A covered in an addendum (IA) (link) Episode II - Introducing the ChannelAdvisor Ecommerce Framework (CEF) (link) Episode III - eBay, Amazon and the CEF (you a...

This is Episode 2 in a 4 part series.  Here is the outline for the series: Episode I - Q408 in-depth analysis - available here with Q+A covered in an addendum (IA) here. Episode II - Introducing the ChannelAdvisor Ecommerce Framework (CEF) (we are here) Episode III - eBay, Amazon and the...

This is the first of a four part series focusing in on eBay and Amazon.  This series comes from many questions we are receiving at ChannelAdvisor from our customers and prospects (and the press/Wall st.)  about what is going on at the two companies and what retaliers strategically should...

In previous posts on this blog and in the press, I'm on the record pointing out many eBay issues that we see with DSRs, BestMatch/Finding, fraud, eBay's overall strategy, how they treat sellers, etc. Like everyone in the ecosystem I am very concerned about the future of eBay. Yesterday, we s...

We just issued a press release detailing our BF (BlackFriday) and CM (CyberMonday) results here and I wanted to share some highlights and add some detail around our marketplace results for eBay Strategies readers. One caveat is that these results are for our total business which includes a LOT of cu...

Update: eBay has a recording of the webinar here. Good morning eBay Strategies readers!  Sorry for the little dry spell in posting. I always underestimate the amount of energy needed going into the holiday selling season and between some webinars we're doing, customer strategy meetings and...

Back in June, I theorized that Microsoft maybe on to something with their live.com cashback program and said: "Personally, I'm anxiously awaiting the June search data from comscore. I think we'll see Microsoft Live search take a little share.". Well comscore is out this week with their dat...