Thursday, October 25, 2012

EBAY: In a salvo aimed at Amazon and shipping...

11:07 AM In a salvo aimed at Amazon and shipping partner UPS, eBay (EBAY) is teaming up with FedEx (FDX) to give merchants the ability to print FedEx labels at home at rates discounted as much as 37%. eBay is also partnering with Pitney Bowes (PBI) to provide international tracking and duty rate estimates. 40% of eBay sellers already use its label-printing services, and 50% of Q3 sales involved free shipping - any cost savings for such deals will boost a seller's bottom line. eBay's Q3 sold items were up 19% Y/Y, boosted by growing mobile activity. (Read the comments on this)

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