Silicon Valley Business Journal: eBay enters exclusive partnership with returns startup Optoro

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Written By Rick Watson

I was quoted in an article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal recently, talking about eBay’s new partnership with Optoro. Excerpt below.

In a LinkedIn post, New York e-commerce consultant Rick Watson said there was almost no downside for eBay, but that “the upside is also extremely limited.”

“This is one of those $1 billion ideas that only work on a spreadsheet: each party is only looking at their part, and not the entire supply chain,” Watson wrote.

“The big question I have for you is this: Is eBay inventory-constrained? Or is it customer experience constrained?” Watson noted that distressed inventory is “abundant and worth zero” and that solutions for this already exist

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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