eBay will try Amazon with a full service order processing service next year

eBay has announced its intention to launch its own order processing service, called Managed Delivery, which will ensure end-to-end packaging and delivery to its vendors. E-commerce giant plans to launch managed delivery in the US next year using a network of third-party partners to provide warehousing, packaging and delivery services using the platform technology of eBay. eBay claims that its sellers send 1.5 million parcels every day to the United States, and Reuters indicates that about 40 to 50% of the items listed on its site will be eligible to use the new plan.

The launch of Managed Delivery marks a big change for eBay, which tends to take a loose stance on how vendors deliver their products. However, this approach has resulted in inconsistencies in its services. The new platform is expected to solve this problem, but it places eBay even more in competition with Amazon. However, while the Seattle-based company owns and operates its own warehouse network, eBay plans to charge third-party vendors to provide them.

eBay says that Managed Delivery will aim to deliver packages in two to three days, according to Bloombergand that it will simplify and reduce the cost for sellers to put the products in the hands of their customers. It also indicates that customers will benefit from faster and more reliable deliveries. In addition to making its platform more attractive to sellers and buyers, eBay will also benefit from the increased brand awareness that comes with millions of packages transported in packaging bearing the company's logo.

Bloomberg quotes a seller involved in a trial of the eBay fulfillment service who stated that eBay had charged him $ 3.99 for shipping a package from California to New Jersey, compared to $ 3.09 previously, which did not include the cost of packaging supplies. However, the most important was the fact that he was saving the time that he usually spent packing his products by outsourcing the work on eBay. "I can focus on running my business and adding products rather than packing boxes all day," he said.