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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Live Blogging eBay Town Hall Meeting on SR1 2012
EcommerceBytes Contributing Editor Greg Holden is live-blogging eBay's Town Hall meeting on the top ...
eBay Clarifies Photo Standards Policy - Good News?
On Tuesday, eBay announced it would provide free image-hosting for sellers, but would impose new p ...
Tuesday February 28, 2012
eBay Rolls Out Major Policy Changes along with Fees, Feedback
There is good news and bad news with eBay's Spring Seller release 2012, which eBay will announce tod ...
Sunday February 26, 2012
Amazon Corners Market on Gillette Products
When EcommerceBytes learned that third-party sellers weren't allowed to list Gillette products on Am ...
Friday February 24, 2012
Fortune Calls Out PayPal for Holding eBay Seller Funds
eBay's got a PayPal problem, according to an article in today's Fortune Magazine about PayPal's 21 ...
Thursday February 23, 2012
eBay Solicits Members to Join Main Street Lobbying Group
The head of eBay's Government Relations team Tod Cohen sent an email to eBay's registered users o ...
Wednesday February 22, 2012
eBay Sellers Use Amazon Prime to Drop Ship in Retail Arbitrage
How do you run an ecommerce business with no inventory and zero shipping costs? Try retail arbitrage ...
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Price Parity and Inventory Levels Challenge Multi Channel Sellers
Hybris President of North America Steven Kramer, whose firm helps brands sell across multiple chan ...
Sunday February 19, 2012
Sellers Choice Awards - Rating Online Payment Services
It's time for the second annual Sellers Choice Awards in the Online Payments category. We recently ...
Saturday February 18, 2012
eBay Auction Counts: The Lost Listings
We received quite a few emails in the past several hours referencing a thread on eBay discussing e ...
Friday February 17, 2012
eBay Launches New Seller Protection Overview
With eBay's first Seller Release announcement on the way, eBay has launched a new "Seller Protection ...
Thursday February 16, 2012
eBay to Offer Free Image Hosting, Other Changes on the Way
Three years ago, eBay made image-hosting free in four categories: Collectibles, Art, Pottery & ...
Tuesday February 14, 2012
Last Sacred Cow - eBay Monetizes Traffic with Ads in Listings
eBay has been pushing the envelope this year when it comes to advertising on the Item pages for whic ...
Monday February 13, 2012
Will eBay's New Design of Completed Item Page Help Sellers?
eBay is testing a new design of the completed listing page in the UK starting this week. As explain ...
Sunday February 12, 2012
eBay Dispute - The Case of the Empty Envelope
The Consumerist published a report of an online seller who claims he was duped by a bad buyer on e ...
Friday February 10, 2012
eBay Seller Spitting Mad over New Ads in Paid Listings
Sellers are reporting that eBay is placing other sellers' listings at the top of their View Item pag ...
Tuesday February 7, 2012
eBay Auction Promotion Not Fair to Store Subscribers
eBay is running a free-listing promotion for auction listings today, but excluded Store subscribe ...
Monday February 6, 2012
An IPO Could Put Etsy Idealism in Jeopardy
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson said last week he wants to take Etsy public , though he is not in a hurr ...
Sunday February 5, 2012
Looking at the Top Rated Marketplaces in Sellers Choice Awards
The results of the third annual Sellers Choice Awards are now available in the February 5th issue of ...
Friday February 3, 2012
Amazon Mulls Move into Retail Stores and Local Showrooms
Retailers are upset about "showrooming," the phenomenon where shoppers come to a brick-and-mortar r ...
Thursday February 2, 2012
Should eBay Credit Sellers for Site Disruption?
eBay experienced technical issues on Wednesday afternoon that lasted until midnight. eBay Canada wa ...
Wednesday February 1, 2012
eBay Experiences Technical Issues, Sellers Can't Sign In
eBay is experiencing technical issues this afternoon, and apparently the phone lines are lit up. Sel ...