2026 The Year of eBay Live Shows?

ebay has been indicating they are increasingly relying on ebay Lives as part of their business model, and this could be the year they finally give Lives a serious push (for better or worse). I'm not expecting them to fling open the doors to mass participation anytime soon (if ever), but here's an announcement looking for sellers who want to apply. (Note the still limited number of categories, and that they are looking for experience in live selling or at least social media---I'd guess the social media experience should include video of you selling or at least talking, not just posts of items to Pinterest, for example)

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Register-your-interest-eBay-Live/ba-p/35509369

Also, apparently the UK is getting its own version of the popular US TV show "Saturday Night Live" and ebay has announced some sort of tie in with the show as a sponsor of sorts---just what that will look like, I have no idea...the show will be available here in the US on Peacock, whatever that is. More here:

https://lbbonline.com/news/eBay-Becomes-Headline-Partner-for-Saturday-Night-Live-UK

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Posted 5 months ago · Edited 5 months ago·Last reply 5 months ago

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roccotacodad54

·5 months ago

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Thanks for this post. The only bad news I could see was sporting goods being included.

Time will tell if it puts a dent in static sporting goods listings. Hopefully not....................

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OP5 months ago

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@roccotacodad54 eBay's theory is that the live shows will draw more buyers for the category, and that at least some of those buyers will gravitate towards regular listings on the platform. But as you say, we'll just have to wait and see.