EBay has appointed Renee Paradise as global general manager of fashion, effective 25 August. The move comes as fashion generates over $10 billion in annual gross merchandise value for the platform. Paradise previously worked at eBay from 2014 to 2019 as senior director and general manager of fashion. She subsequently held senior positions at Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus Group, and most recently served as senior adviser at McKinsey & Co. In her new role, Paradise will lead eBay's global fashion business across luxury and non-luxury segments. Her remit includes shaping fashion marketing propositions and strengthening collaboration with Depop, the consumer-to-consumer fashion marketplace eBay acquired last month for $1.2 billion in cash. Paradise will report to Chris Prill, vice president of focus categories, and be based in New York.

Update to ebay Simple Delivery pricing. Tamebay 3h ago amazon ebay walmart Executive Summary eBay making a few updates to Simple Delivery from 1 Sept 2026 - here's what's changing. New Simple Delivery rates for Private Sellers will apply to listings priced between £75 and £750. This also includes live listings, and there's nothing you need to do - the updated rates will apply automatically. View eBay's updated rates. [...] Source Lens Industry Context Useful background context, but lower-priority than direct platform, community, or operator intelligence. Impact Level Use this briefing to decide whether your team needs an immediate workflow, policy, or reporting change. Key Stat / Trigger No single quantitative trigger surfaced in this report. Focus on the operational implication, not just the headline. Relevant For Brand Sellers Agencies Full coverage. eBay making a few updates to Simple Delivery from 1 Sept 2026 - here's what's changing. New Simple Delivery rates for Private Sellers will apply to listings priced between £75 and £750. This also includes live listings, and there's nothing you need to do - the updated rates will apply automatically. View eBay's updated rates. Offer free delivery with Click & Collect From 1 Sept-31 Oct 2026, eBay are making delivery free to thousands of pickup points, including lockers and parcel shops nationwide for Buy it now fashion items priced under £20: From 1 Sept: eligible new listings will automatically be included From 22 Sept: eligible existing listings will also be included Find out more, including which categories are eligible, in eBay's Terms and Conditions. A reminder about Simple Delivery You have full protection on items if lost or damaged in transit You and your buyers have access to thousands of drop-off lockers and parcel shops nationwide, from InPost, Royal Mail and Evri Enjoy pre-paid and automatically tracked labels or QR codes Get delivery queries from buyers handled directly by eBay eBay recommend enabling all available couriers to offer the most competitive delivery rates and to help you reach more buyers. In reality however, it makes sense to only include those options that are convenient for you to ship through - you don't really want to sell three items and then discover that you have to visit three different delivery locations to despatch from! Original Source This briefing is based on reporting from Tamebay. Use the original post for full primary-source context. LinkedIn Post Generator

eBay hires Walmart, Amazon alum Andres Gonzalez to lead Global Authentication & Shipping. Published: Aug 13 2026 Updated: Aug 13 2026 eBay has hired longtime supply chain executive Andres Gonzalez as VP & GM Global Shipping and Authentication, bringing extensive ecommerce fulfillment and logistics experience from Walmart and Amazon to the role. Gonzalez announced the move on LinkedIn this week, calling Shipping and Authentication "must-win priorities" for eBay and saying the opportunity is to make selling and buying "simpler, more seamless and more trusted at every step." He joins eBay after more than 16 years at Walmart across two stints, most recently leading end-to-end supply chain strategy, ecommerce fulfillment and last mile operations. Earlier in his career, Gonzalez spent nearly four years at Amazon Global Cross Border overseeing parcel operations, procurement and network strategy, along with about a year and a half leading supply chain and logistics operations at Peloton. Gonzalez arrives as eBay increasingly looks to shipping as a source of revenue. Shipping revenue grew double digits year over year in Q2 2026, with a majority of UK C2C transactions now processed through Simple Delivery managed shipping. The company's Q3 outlook also identified shipping, along with advertising and payments, as a positive contributor to take rate. Shipping also feeds into eBay's headline Gross Merchandise Volume, which includes shipping fees and taxes. That means higher shipping charges can lift reported GMV without any corresponding increase in the value of merchandise sold. eBay is leaning more heavily on buyer fees and shipping as it eliminates or reduces traditional seller fees for private sellers in the UK, Germany and Australia. It did not disclose in Q2 how much revenue it has given up through those fee changes or how much it is recovering through buyer fees and shipping. The company is also expanding eBay International Shipping, replacing the Global Shipping Programme in the UK and rolling the service out to Germany beginning in September. Under eBay International Shipping, sellers ship domestically to an eBay hub, with eBay taking over customs processing and the international leg of delivery along with many returns and claims. In the US, eBay is testing Managed Shipping with invited sellers in limited areas and categories, including some clothing, shoes and accessories, and jewelry listings priced at $200 or less. eBay sets the shipping rate paid by the buyer and provides the seller with a prepaid label, then assumes responsibility for certain loss and damage claims once the package is accepted by the carrier. Management did not address the US test during the Q2 earnings call, even while highlighting shipping as a growing revenue contributor. eBay has also been adding protections for sellers who purchase labels through the platform, most recently saying it will handle refund requests for some delayed deliveries, building on Item Not Received protections introduced last year. Shipping programs are also contributing to higher transaction losses, which increased from $86 million in Q2 2025 to $133 million in Q2 2026, with eBay attributing the rise in part to higher consumer protection losses from shipping programs and customer experience enhancements. Gonzalez is also taking over Authentication as eBay expands its physical operations and brings more transactions into Authenticity Guarantee. eBay and TCGPlayer this week marked the expansion of operations at the company's 145,000-square-foot Louisville, Kentucky Authentication Center, which handles sneaker authentication alongside TCGPlayer trading card verification, sorting and fulfillment. The company launched trading card authentication in the UK earlier this year, is lowering the US eligibility threshold from $250 to $200, and is preparing redesigned packaging after longstanding complaints about raw cards moving around inside existing holders. Meanwhile, CEO Jamie Iannone has repeatedly said that, to his knowledge, no counterfeit products have passed through eBay authentication, despite documented examples to the contrary. Gonzalez said he plans to bring a "customer-backwards mindset," operational excellence and a bias for action to both Shipping and Authentication, while asking users for feedback on what is working and where eBay can improve. What shipping and authentication issues would you like to see new VP & GM Andres Gonzalez tackle first? Let Value Added Resource know in the comments below! Liz Morton is founder and editor of Value Added Resource. She spent 17+ years operating ecommerce businesses before launching VAR. Her reporting focuses on seller experience, marketplace strategy and corporate accountability.