eBay is testing same-day delivery with a new app called eBay Now that’s currently available by invitation only.
The app allows buyers in San Francisco to purchase products from retailers eBay is partnering with like Macy’s, Target and Best Buy, to get their items delivered the same day. Buyers can download the app for their iPhones, iPads or iPod touches, according to an email eBay sent out to users about the app.
In that email, the company encourages shoppers to try the eBay Now app, and invite friends and family to use it, too.
Deliveries can take as little as an hour, and are available Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, according to news reports. Deliveries cost $5, and are available for purchases of more than $25. However, testers get $15 off their first order and pay no shipping on their first three orders.
Rebecca Miller, an eBay seller of more than 13 years, says the new app isn’t likely to make independent eBay sellers happy.
“It seems eBay is trying to help big retailers and forgetting about the little guys,” she says.
Shoppers can sign up for the app. However, people who don’t live in San Francisco and sign up for the app will get a message saying the service is only available in that city and that eBay will them know when that changes.
