Tag: eBay

eBay acquires sneaker authenticators, Sneaker Con

Brandon King

eBay has acquired Sneaker Con, an authentication service that the company already had a relationship with dating back to October 2020, when eBay launched their own authentication arm. “The response to our authentication offering has been overwhelming, and this acquisition allows us to continue to transform eBay and bring a higher level of trust and confidence to every transaction,”  Jordan Sweetnam, the SVP and general manager of eBay North America Kicks that sell for over $100 on the platform will be sent to Sneaker Con for verification before being shipped…

Read More

Canada is newest frontier for ebay’s sneaker authentication service

Staff

from Ina Steiner of ecommercebytes.com eBay is expanding its “Authenticity Guarantee” program for sneakers to Canada, it announced this week. Through the program, eBay offers authentication for certain select sneakers that sell for over $100. eBay Canada chose Sneaker Con to fully vet and verify the items’ authenticity and said it would open an authentication center early next month in Toronto. Sneaker Con is an odd name for an authenticator, but it started life as a convention for “sneakerheads” before launching the Sneaker Con platform. Reading Sneaker Con’s About Us…

Read More

eBay held a live authentication event this weekend in Los Angeles

Brandon King

To compete with the GOATs and the StockXs of the world. eBay recently launched their own authentication service for luxury watches and sneakers. This past weekend , the online sales platform had a live drive-thru authentication event in Los Angeles.  “eBay just launched authentication for luxury watches and sneakers and we’re here today to bring that service to life,” eBay Head of Communications Caitlin Allen A third party inspector was hired by ebay to do the authentications on-site. Allen provided a vague explanation of how the inspectors authenticate the items,…

Read More

Damon Dash says he was not selling off his sneakers and plaques

Brandon King

Recently, a plethora of Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon Dash’s personal items popped up on eBay. Dash says he is not the one selling the items. He took to Instagram to clear the air. My brother @kushedgod pulled up on me and my brother @mr_camron called had to speak on this bubblegum shit cause they gotta here about… I’m shooting #thelist at the moment #staytuned A post shared by Dusko Poppington. (@duskopoppington) on Sep 22, 2017 at 11:11am PDT“I got a call from Cam yesterday. He said, ‘Yo Dame, niggas got your…

Read More