Betting on a Prime Day outage, eBay announces 'Crash Sale'

EBay on Wednesday announced a "Crash Sale" on July 15 that includes brand deals and free shipping, according to a press release emailed to Retail Dive. If Amazon's website crashes on Prime Day which on Tuesday was announced would begin on July 15 eBay stated it will introduce more deals during its Crash Sale.EBay is running a series of sales during the month of July that includes "July 4th Savings" from July 1-7 with savings on items like stand mixers, robotic vacuums; the "Hot Deals for Hot Days" from July 8-22, which includes daily deals on tech, appliances and smart home devices; and the aforementioned "Crash Sale" on July 15, which offers discounts of more than 50% off select brands.