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eBay has begun blocking third‑party AI agents, including Meta’s Muse, from browsing and pulling listings after previously allowing such access. The company updated its user agreement to ban buy‑for‑me and LLM‑driven bots and says it selectively restricts third‑party access to prevent unauthorized scraping and data training. eBay says it is evaluating partnerships with agents while prioritizing the trusted end‑to‑end experience for buyers and sellers, amid broader retailer pushback against agentic commerce. » More on theverge.com

Ebay announced the elimination of about nine percent of its workforce, or roughly 1,100 jobs. CEO Jamie Iannone wrote in an internal memo that freed-up resources will be invested in high-growth areas such as luxury goods, collectibles and refurbished products. The company had already cut 800 jobs in February and bought secondhand fashion platform Depop for about $1.2 billion in the spring. » More on kurier.at

Ebay shortens consequences for non-payment: after four calendar days the seller can immediately cancel the transaction and the delinquent buyer receives a note on their account; repeat offenders may face purchase limits or restrictions. Sellers can now offer targeted discounts to watchers or items in the cart; these must be at least 5 percent below the Buy It Now price. An accepted offer does not reserve the item; the sale goes to the first buyer who pays within a maximum of 96 hours. Commercial sellers get the ability in Seller Cockpit Pro to send price offers for multiple listings at once. » More on t-online.de

At the Goldman Sachs conference, eBay reported a shift in growth toward focus categories, C2C trading and recommerce, which together account for about 70% of the business and each grew roughly 20% in Q2. AI tools like “Magical Listing” and card scans, as well as live commerce, are driving listings, engagement and transactions; eBay Live grew eightfold year‑over‑year. Vehicle trading has already reached a run rate in the high double‑digit to triple‑digit millions, and management reaffirmed a capital return policy of 90–100% of organic free cash flow via dividends and share buybacks. » More on de.investing.com

Jordan Douglas Bradley Sweetnam, SVP and Chief Commercial Officer at eBay, disposed of 2,294 shares on Aug. 15, 2026 for about $237,000 in a non-discretionary sale to satisfy tax withholding from RSU vesting. After the transaction he directly holds 32,239 shares and retains 47,534 RSUs, leaving his direct stake valued at roughly $3.25 million. The sale was an automatic tax-related disposition and does not necessarily indicate a change in the insider's view on eBay's outlook. » More on finance.yahoo.com