eBay Live Shopping For Collectibles
eBay is launching a new live shopping platform aimed at the collectibles market that looks to be what ex-Chief Product Officer Pete Thompson teased at Investor Day back in March.
eBay today announces the launch of eBay Live, a dedicated shopping platform that gives people a new way to browse and buy products in a live, interactive environment. The new beta technology combines entertainment with instant purchasing on one of the world’s largest marketplaces.
The first series will offer a curated selection of highly-coveted and rare trading cards from top eBay seller Bleecker Trading, and will be hosted by trading card enthusiast DJ Skee...
...The events invite shoppers to engage with products as if they’re in a traditional offline shop, beginning on June 22 at 3 PM ET. Jess Mineo of Bleecker Trading will showcase iconic collectibles, including a 1995 Topps Finest Michael Jordan M1 Red Bordered Refractor PSA 9 MINT and a 1998 Kobe Bryant Skybox That’s Jam PSA 10.
Accessible on the eBay app and at ebay.com/eBayLive, enthusiasts will be able to interact with both DJ Skee and Bleecker Trading directly in the chat and through reaction buttons, bringing a higher level of entertainment to shopping – with the option to purchase any of the cards directly from the livestream.
In addition to the June 22nd event, eBay will be streaming on Live beta from upcoming trading card shows in July and August as well.
Upcoming Events
Stream with us as eBay goes live at trading card conferences:The National
July 27-31, 2022 in Atlantic City, NJGen Con
August 4-7 in Indianapolis, IN
The announcement comes after Etsy introduced Etsy Market live shopping events and there's no doubt that eBay has also been feeling pressure from other live streaming social commerce sites like WhatNot.
Liz Morton ~ Founder
Hopefully this new eBay live event will go better than previous attempts at live stream shopping for eBay Refurbished - a very low bar to overcome.
Liz Morton ~ Founder
If you can't make it to the event on June 22, don't worry - Value Added Resource will have full coverage!
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Just started selling about a year and half ago
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Recently I went away for family things for 30 days set my acct to be away … got back with items not received cases opened
I wasn’t able to revise existing listings post new listings OR refund the buyer from my eBay funds …
The items were caught up in recent wild fires but ended up being delivered late. I had to beg the buyer to let me pay them off of eBay to close the case because it was on hold and I wasn’t able to refund them from my eBay acct etc…. So luckily they obliged and I did … but ever since then my acct must be strikes as high risk because funds have been on hold 3 days after delivery since then indefinitely might I add… I get the run around everytime etc etc FINALLY I got someone saying it’s temporary it’ll be back to normal etc. these r all reps from escalated departments… one lady told me that with my history and feedback I’ve proved beyond doubt that I’m reliable seller and shouldn’t be on hold she put in for a appeal never heard back got the run around for another few months… they keep telling me I’ve been chosen for the new update they r rolling out total BS … do you believe that sellers will stay on eBay with these holds ? No they will simply go to another platform … they r 100% making money on the holds and use any reasoning to tell you basically no and keep profiting…. The get around is creating a new acct… these cases were closed without eBay having to step in and might I add I lost $$ and its been truly frustrating esp since I’ve built the acct up but I know I can do it again.. when they tell me its going to happen to all accts I just mention how my brother just opened one n now has immediate payments they don’t know what to say I don’t think they really even know.,, its sad n scummy but I see a class action lawsuit coming honestly ! I don’t know💬 if I forgot anything but well written thanks for the information. Have a great one!