Alex kicks off the episode looking at eBay's changes to how the company will be reporting gross merchandise volume and he breaks down what eBay's claimed immaterial differences between the old and new GMV numbers actually are. Reddit has confidentially filed for IPO and we take a look at how profitable of an investment Reddit could turn out to be for Advance Publications who acquired the platform back in 2006. Also covered, Amazon opening a bookstore for the Chinese Communist Party, Cathie Wood's "promise" that her ARK ETF's will return 40%, and a big milestone in the digitization of the B2B industry. Alex also shares his favorite highlights from Marketplace Pulse's fabulous Marketplaces Year in Review 2021.

00:00 - Subscribe and Fight Big Tech
00:36 - eBay's New GMV
11:54 - Reddit Going Public
17:20 - Amazon's CCP Bookshop
26:00 - Marketplaces Year in Review 2021
34:02 - a B2B eCommerce Milestone!
37:23 - ARK's 40% Return Promise

Marketplaces Year in Review 2021:https://www.marketplacepulse.com/mark...

Originally Aired: 12/21/21
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