We engage beyond the walls of our business to create a better ecommerce environment for our community. By providing our customers with a voice in major policy discussions we can collectively create industry-wide policy change.
Make Your Voice Heard
The eBay global Government Relations team represents the interests of eBay, StubHub, eBay Classifieds and all other eBay businesses before governments around the world through legislative and regulatory work, advocacy programs and global commerce policy thought leadership.
Areas of Focus
We monitor and are actively involved in a wide variety of legislative and regulatory issues around the world on behalf of the eBay community. Our focus is providing buyers and sellers globally with the ability to move goods via the internet with minimal legislative interference.
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In addition to tracking and managing a wide variety of ecommerce issues, the eBay Government Relations (GR) team focuses on several areas critical to providing a safe environment for our customers while giving them a voice in the halls of power around the world. These areas include:
Government Affairs
The GR team advocates for legislation and regulation that supports commerce, the interests of eBay, and its community of users around the globe. Our team interacts with government officials, politicians, and public policy thought leaders.
Advocacy Programs
Government officials listen best when they hear from their constituents. This is why the GR team offers a variety of advocacy programs that provide our customers with an opportunity to communicate with legislators on issues important to internet buyers and sellers.
Brand Relations
The Brand Relations team creates strategic partnerships with brands and industry stakeholders to reinforce eBay’s position as a trusted platform, protecting and optimizing brands asset and serving as a high value distribution channel.
Antitrust/Competition Team
The eBay Antitrust/Competition group ensures that eBay complies with the varied competition laws that exist in the many jurisdictions in which eBay operates.
The Issues That Matter
Legislators around the world have the power to greatly affect ecommerce. Stay informed about the issues that matter to online buyers and sellers.
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Global Trade
eBay believes global trade rules should be modernized to ensure small business participation in technology-enabled global commerce.
Postal Policy
eBay supports postal policies that set the framework for a viable postal system, guarantee access to reliable and affordable shipping alternatives, and support the hundreds of thousands of small ecommerce businesses that use the eBay platform.
Research Reports
The eBay global marketplace sits at the nexus of technology and commerce, transforming the way goods are bought and sold. Our research examines how globalization and technology empower small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in a more inclusive and robust economy.
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US Small Online Business Trade & Inclusive Growth Report
This in-depth report provides insights into the trade and growth of eBay-enabled small businesses across the United States at the national and state levels.
Bridging the Distance for Economic Activity in Remote Places
Using the Canary Islands and a case study, this report illustrates the positive effect of changes in trade policy on online commerce in a remote area.
Platform-enabled Small Business Formation as a Drive of Economic Balance and Inclusion
This report explores the geographic dispersion of net enterprise formation in the US economy in comparison to the eBay Marketplace and the opportunities provided to Americans in less advantaged regions of the country.
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Small Business Ambassador Network
eBay SBAN members represent different races, genders, ethnicities, product categories and business models. This diverse community of sellers advocate for sound public policies around the globe that affect all small businesses.
Small Business Ambassador Network at a Glance
23
Countries represented
3,776
People employed by SBAN members
$521M
GMV of SBAN members
Washington, DC Advocacy Day 2019
Meeting with Members of Congress
Each year a select group of sellers from our Small Business Ambassador Network program join us on Capitol Hill. This year 24 small business owners from 20 states visited their members of Congress to discuss critical ecommerce issues like trade and postal reform.
Rome Advocacy Day 2019
Meeting with Italian Members of Parliament
The eBay GR team brought 9 small business owners from across Italy to Rome to meet with Members of Parliament. The group focused on Members serving on committees actively considering legislation that affects all Italian ecommerce participants.
