EBay Plans Fulfillment Service for Sellers

June 23, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

EBay said it will start testing a merchandise storage-and-shipping service for its sellers later this year, a move that would help the online marketplace standardize delivery times for its merchants.

Spokeswoman Johnna Hoff said the San Jose, Calif., company will launch a fulfillment service, as it is known in the parlance of online commerce.

That means a boutique sunglasses maker, for example, that sells on eBay doesn’t even need to touch his inventory. He can have his manufacturer send the shades to an eBay-affiliated warehouse, which will take care of the storage, packing and shipping.

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Tagged with: eBay, fulfillment center, Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal

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