eBay Loses VP International Markets David Ramadge

Liz Morton
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eBay is looking for a new VP International Markets as David Ramadge announces he has left after a total of 12 years at the company.

Ramadge is what eBay calls a "boomerang" having worked at the company for a stint from 2013-2014, moving on to co-found a media company and join Google for a short time, then returning to eBay in 2017 where he took over the role of GM Australia when Tim MacKinnon left to join Providoor and then was promoted to VP International Markets in 2023.

eBay Australia Joins The Leadership Shuffle
On heels of eBayUK shuffling Murray Lambell & Eve Williams, eBay Australia announces their own leadership swap.

He revealed the move in a LinkedIn post, saying it was a difficult decision to leave but it was time to move his family back to Australia.

Source: LinkedIn

Ramadge didn't say who would be replacing him in his international leadership role and eBay did not respond to request for comment as of time of publishing.

Stay tuned for updates in this developing story.

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Liz Morton is a 17 year ecommerce pro turned indie investigative journalist providing ad-free deep dives on eBay, Amazon, Etsy & more, championing sellers & advocating for corporate accountability.

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Mossy66
Hi Liz, nice story and update about David Ramadge leaving eBay, do you know who's filling in for him until the new appointment.
Do they have a Customer Sevice or Operations Manager that I can contact in the interim?
Regards, Ian

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Avatar Placeholderwhiteholmesteve8 hours ago
likewise wont be selling on e bay
much too complicated now for a few pounds a year in sales
Avatar PlaceholdereCommerce Pro17 hours ago
Bonanza (or bMarketplace, or whatever they want to call themselves this week) is FINISHED.

They just "killed the golden goose". I imported my 1500+ eBay items to there since it was free. Turned out just to be a lot of work for (maybe) 3 sales a month.

The total fees were higher there before this new $20 a month cost structure, even though they claimed otherwise. When one factors in the 3.49% + 49 cent PayPal processing fees so one can get paid, there went a good chunk of profit.

Now they have boosted their commission to 11%, and still claim that the cost to sell there is less than eBay's. And remember that this does not include payment processing. WHY?? Makes no sense at all.

On eBay, for $27.95 a month, I sell over 100 items there every 30-31 days. Makes ZERO SENSE to pay a site $20 to make just a couple of sales. Since they now allow 50 "free listings", I have trimmed my offerings back to just below that amount. Also had to raise all my prices accordingly to absorb the extra selling costs.

The people who run the show here obviously didn't realize that eBay sellers who imported their listings gave the site a great depth of product, which would attract more buyers. Now that will be gone, because NO ONE will pay them $20 monthly for little to no sales.

The site also has technical issues that they refuse to fix. It was a decent resource to enable the occasional sale, but they will soon be stacked onto the eCommerce trash heap of companies that THOUGHT they could compete with Amazon and eBay. Etsy may also suffer the same fate soon, as many sellers are also leaving their site due to high fees, website issues, and poor management.

Basic eComm rule here: When you do not carry any inventory, and sellers are solely responsible for supplying your site with the goods offered, DON'T BITE THE HAND WHICH FEEDS YOU!!!
Avatar PlaceholderMksowa2 days ago
They need to fix a very broken system full of nasty attitudes. The patrons no longer matter.