The “eBay Deine Stadt” initiative is a local platform that allows local sellers in Germany to trade on eBay. Conducted in partnership with the German Retail Association, this program enables small retailers who were hit hard by COVID-19 to quickly utilize another channel to reach consumers. Participating SMBs get an eBay premium shop for free for the first six months, don’t have to pay fees for the first three months and receive our premium customer support. This project truly enables our community and more than 20 cities are already participating in the program.

On 24 September, eBay and ten other online marketplaces* shared a letter with policymakers from the European Parliament and Council of the EU on the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal. We expressed our strong concern about recently proposed amendments to the DSA in the European Parliament and the Council and called upon these institutions to reject them.

Founded in 1872, l’Union des Fabricants (Unifab) is a prominent French public-interest organization that includes more than two hundred brand owners across a variety of product categories. Unifab promotes international protection of intellectual property, fighting against counterfeiting through lobbying, training and sensitization operations. The eBay Brand Relations team has a history of working closely with Unifab and their members.

Today, we release the 2nd issue in our series of short papers on the draft Digital Services Act, the “eBay DSA Series”. This week we will focus on the implications behind building a notice & action system, which would allow online platforms to efficiently tackle illegal content based on input from consumers or intellectual property rights owners, among others.