Letgo, the secondhand goods marketplace valued at over a billion dollars, this week announced the launch of new features aimed at helping sellers: video listings and automatic pricing suggestions that leverage image recognition and A.I. technologies. Sellers will now be able to point their smartphone camera at something they want to sell using this new […]
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Ebay to add support for Apple Pay, partners with Square Capital on seller financing
Ebay announced this morning it will begin accepting Apple Pay on its marketplace starting this fall, and has also teamed up with Square Capital on seller financing. The changes come following eBay’s further distancing from longtime partner PayPal, which included the company’s switch to Adyen as its primary payments processing partner, announced earlier this year. At […]
View More Ebay to add support for Apple Pay, partners with Square Capital on seller financingInkHunter heads to YC to build a try-and-buy tattoo marketplace
InkHunter, an augmented reality tattoo try-on app that was born out of a 48-hour hackathon back in the altogether gentler days of 2014 has bagged a place in Y Combinator’s summer 2018 batch, scoring itself the seed accelerator’s standard $120,000 deal in exchange for 7% equity. We first covered InkHunter in April 2016 when it had […]
View More InkHunter heads to YC to build a try-and-buy tattoo marketplaceMallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global e-commerce site
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 million Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund MallforAfrica and DHL are giving African merchants a global stage. This week […]
View More MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global e-commerce siteSneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppers
GOAT, the secondary marketplace for sneakers that recently merged with Flight Club, is announcing a new hire. Lizzie Francis will join the company as Chief Operating Officer, coming from Brilliant Ventures where she will remain a managing partner. Francis formerly acted as CMO at Gilt Group and CMO at JustFab.com. She’s been running Brilliant for […]
View More Sneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppersFacebook Marketplace expands into home services
Facebook is entering the home services market. Starting today, U.S. Facebook users browsing the Facebook Marketplace will be able to search thousands of home service professionals through a new feature that helps users locate top-rated and vetted professionals like house cleaners, plumbers, contractors, and others, as well as receive quotes. The services experience will show […]
View More Facebook Marketplace expands into home servicesWith its new ‘Interests’ feature, eBay again tries to personalize its marketplace
Remember when eBay bought Hunch in 2011 to improve its personalization technology and attract shoppers based on their interests? Or when it launched a Pinterest-like tool called Setify in 2012 for creating personalized collections and wishlists? Or when it revamped its mobile apps in 2014 to focus on discovery and interests? Well guess what? Ebay is at it again […]
View More With its new ‘Interests’ feature, eBay again tries to personalize its marketplaceHow did Thumbtack win the on-demand services market?
Earlier today, the services marketplace Thumbtack held a small conference for 300 of its best gig economy workers at an event space in San Francisco. For the nearly ten-year-old company the event was designed to introduce some new features and a redesign of its brand that had softly launched earlier in the week. On hand, […]
View More How did Thumbtack win the on-demand services market?Washé raises $3.5 million for its on-demand car washing service and biz platform
Another startup wants to make on-demand car washing work, where others have failed. Washé, a Boca Raton-based service for on-demand washes, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to continue to grow its business, which involves a mobile app consumers use to connect with Washé’s network of around 1,000 licensed and insured car washing professionals. […]
View More Washé raises $3.5 million for its on-demand car washing service and biz platformLocal marketplace OfferUp takes on eBay with launch of nationwide shipping
OfferUp, the mobile marketplace for buying and selling locally, is expanding its sights beyond your neighborhood. Today, the company is announcing an expansion of its service that will now allow sellers to ship their items nationwide to interested buyers, potentially netting them a larger audience than if trying to sell only within their local community. […]
View More Local marketplace OfferUp takes on eBay with launch of nationwide shippingRealSelf, a community for cosmetic treatments, raises $40 million
RealSelf, an online community where people can ask questions, share their experiences and connect with doctors providing cosmetic treatments, has raised $40 million in new funding — its first round of financing since the $2 million raised in 2008, two years after its founding. The round was led by Elephant, a VC firm co-founded by […]
View More RealSelf, a community for cosmetic treatments, raises $40 millioneBay’s mobile app can now fill out your listings for you
Ebay is rolling out an app update designed to make it easier to list items for sale on its online marketplace. Instead of filling out detailed forms on your mobile phone’s small screen, you can now scan the barcode on the item in question or type a description, choose the item’s condition, then click “list […]
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