Per a report from The Verge, the collaboration is in a test phase and aimed at assessing whether people visiting Facebook’s Marketplace are interested in discounted products.
Ebay will get another way to boost its Marketplace by offering its platform features to Facebook and getting access to the latter’s huge user base in return.
eBay is currently re-platforming itself by building product catalogs on structured data, enhancing mobile platform, rolling out new browse inspired shopping journeys and strengthening its brand.
It appears that Facebook is gradually realizing the difficulty in beating eBay’s strong position and unique capabilities in the space and better off partnering with the market leader.
This week, Facebook expanded its Marketplace to 17 European countries - France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Belgium.
- Facebook Tests eBay's Daily Deals In Mobile App MarketplacePYMNTS.com
- Hundreds of illicit train tickets for sale on eBay and Facebook's Marketplace ...The Sun
- Facebook may start showing eBay discounted products in MarketplacePanARMENIAN.Net
- Facebook Expands Its Ecommerce Marketplace Across EuropeeMarketer
- Facebook Inc (FB) Finds Unlikely Marketplace Partner In eBayStockNews.com (blog)
- Facebook Marketplace makes its way to 17 European countriesEngadget
- Facebook expands Marketplace trading service across EuropeTimes of Malta
- Facebook adds eBay's Daily Deals to its Marketplace on mobileTechCrunch
- Facebook rolls out Marketplace to 17 European & Nordic countries from today9to5Mac
