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eBay Acquires 3PM Shield

February 9, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

eBay Inc. has acquired 3PM Shield LLC, an AI-based marketplace compliance and brand-protection technology provider, in a deal that closed on February 9, 2023. The acquisition brings 3PM Shield’s monitoring and counterfeit-detection capabilities in-house to strengthen eBay’s ability to prevent counterfeit, unsafe, and illegal items on its marketplace.

PayPal to Acquire Cymbio to Expand Agentic Commerce and AI-Channel Selling

January 22, 2026

Payments & Fintech

PayPal announced it has agreed to acquire Cymbio, a multi-channel orchestration platform that helps brands sell across “agentic” AI shopping surfaces and other e-commerce channels. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2026 and is intended to strengthen PayPal’s agentic commerce capabilities, including Store Sync, which makes merchants’ product catalogs discoverable on AI platforms while routing orders into merchants’ fulfillment systems.

eBay Acquires Depop From Etsy for $1.2 Billion

January 1, 2026

E-Commerce

eBay and Etsy entered into a definitive agreement under which eBay will acquire Depop for approximately $1.2 billion in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments. The deal is intended to strengthen eBay’s consumer-to-consumer (C2C) fashion resale offering by adding Depop’s Gen Z- and Millennial-focused marketplace. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

eBay Acquires NFT Marketplace KnownOrigin

June 22, 2022

E-Commerce

eBay Inc. acquired KnownOrigin, a Manchester-based NFT marketplace, to expand its digital collectibles and creator marketplace capabilities. The deal closed on June 22, 2022; financial terms were not disclosed.

eBay to Acquire TCGplayer for Up to $295 Million

August 22, 2022

E-Commerce

eBay and TCGplayer announced they have entered into an agreement for eBay to acquire TCGplayer for up to approximately $295 million. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2023, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, and TCGplayer will continue to operate autonomously within eBay.

eBay Acquires Caramel to Expand Seamless Online Vehicle Transactions

February 6, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

eBay announced and later completed its acquisition of Caramel, an end-to-end online automotive transaction solution provider. Caramel’s platform digitizes key steps of vehicle sales—such as identity/title verification, financing, insurance, and transportation—so vehicle buyers and sellers can complete transactions more simply and with greater trust through eBay.