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EBay scores a significant win for online marketplaces: A federal judge ruled the site isn鈥檛 liable for items sold on its platform that violate environmental laws.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why many retailers are choosing now to launch peer-to-peer marketplaces, why consumers might choose IKEA鈥檚 resale platform versus the already established players like Facebook Marketplace and eBay, and what they need to be successful. Listen to the conversation with our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Sarah Marzano.

Launched in 2003 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstr枚m, Skype quickly gained 54 million users by 2005. eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion in 2005, later selling to Silver Lake investors for $2.75 billion. Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011 but failed to reach the anticipated billion active users.

Pay with Venmo, meanwhile, scored a partnership with eBay last summer, and JetBlue added it as a payment method earlier this month. Both of these payment ventures are part of PayPal鈥檚 larger goal of diversifying its payments volume across both products and payment types. To that end, it also upgraded the PayPal Debit Card and brought PPCP to new markets.

The payments giant has been working to grow its merchant acceptance network and volume鈥攕coring partnerships with retailers like eBay and StubHub. Working with JetBlue could give Venmo a big boost: Airline ticket prices are often higher in value than other retail payments. Our take: This partnership is beneficial for both JetBlue and Venmo.

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The survey also included Amazon; eBay; and domestic platforms Catch, Kogan, and MyDeal. Chinese companies are discovering that the concept of "China Speed" doesn't always resonate in overseas markets. In addition, these companies face growing international scrutiny.

According to credit card transaction data from Earnest Analytics, discounters Five Below and Ollie鈥檚 Bargain Outlet topped the list of retailers whose customers also shopped at Temu in the past 12 months, followed by eBay and discount chains Dollar Tree and Dollar General. Ecommerce heavyweights: Amazon and Walmart are well positioned to consolidate gains amid tariff upheaval.

57% of US adults have used eBay to purchase secondhand luxury fashion and accessories online in the past year, according to March 2024 data from CivicScience.

eBay recently posted ad revenues of $367 million in Q2 2023鈥攁 growth of 35% YoY鈥攊n its latest earnings. But much of that can be tied to innovation in its ad types, improved measurement capabilities, and expanded third-party ads. eBay鈥檚 market also gives it a retail media opportunity outside of consumer packaged goods (CPG). Let鈥檚 break down what eBay is doing right.

The initial wave of excitement over generative AI is fading, leaving many retailers asking, 鈥淣ow what?鈥� Some might want to look toward Shopify, which is incorporating generative AI capabilities across its platform to help sellers build and scale their businesses more quickly. Or maybe take a cue from eBay, which is using the tech to make more accurate and helpful product recommendations. Meanwhile, Etsy is working to democratize access to machine learning models to help speed up deployment across its organization.