- ChannelAdvisor (ECOM -5.7%) reports clients selling on eBay (EBAY -6.3%) saw their same-store sales rise 1.1% Y/Y in September. That's down from 3.4% in August, well below U.S. e-commerce growth of ~15% (per comScore), and the slowest rate of growth over the last 12 months.
- Only a 13.3% increase in Motors same-store sales (down from 20% in August) kept eBay's growth positive. Auctions were down 31%, and fixed-price sales 0.7%.
- Amazon (AMZN -1.9%) fared better, with same-store sales rising 19.2%. However, that's down from August's 24.7%, and also a 12-month low. 35.9% of Amazon-related GMV relied on Amazon's fulfillment services (FBA), up from 29.9% a year ago, with sellers using FBA seeing 30.1% same-store growth.
- Google Shopping/Product Listing Ads (indirectly competes with Amazon) were strong, registering 46.1% same-store growth with the help of higher conversion rates. Some of their growth came at the expense of search ads (dominated by Google), which saw a 9.5% same-store decline.