 |
EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
eBay Drags Heels in Fixing Automatic Five-Star DSRs
The feedback system eBay created to provide sellers with an incentive to offer fast and free shippi ...
Tuesday August 27, 2013
Should Flea Markets Be Regulated the Same as Pawn Shops?
EcommerceBytes has covered in depth the issue of regulation (and regulatory attempts) on consignment ...
Monday August 26, 2013
Should Microsoft Recruit eBay CEO to Replace Ballmer?
BusinessWeek reports that Microsoft may be considering eBay CEO John Donahoe as a replacement to ...
Etsy Sellers Make Noise, Is CEO Chad Dickerson Listening?
Managers of online marketplaces just can't help tinkering with policies, features and technolog ...
Saturday August 24, 2013
Readers Weigh In on Storefront and Shopping Cart Services
Amazon is doing a better job at promoting its Webstore ecommerce hosting solution to sellers than I ...
Friday August 23, 2013
eBay Outage Followed by Technical Issues Friday Morning
eBay experienced an outage in which users were unable to sign in to the site, and users say the ...
Thursday August 22, 2013
eBay Removes Transparency as It Cracks Down on Sellers
Sellers are cynical over eBay's removal of a feature that helped them monitor their performance. The ...
Tuesday August 20, 2013
Google Rewards Site that Steals Traffic from Etsy?
Etsy sellers began noticing that their listings were showing up in searches on Google - good ...
Monday August 19, 2013
Small Merchants in the Crosshairs of the IRS
The IRS is using data provided by PayPal, credit-card processors and other financial institutions to ...
Amazon Website Experiences Outage - How Much Did It Cost You?
Amazon's website went down Monday afternoon and remained inaccessible for about 40 minutes. The ...
Sunday August 18, 2013
Will USPS Future Plans for Priority Mail Result in Higher Rates?
Expect to see television ads promoting the USPS Priority Mail service beginning this week ...
Saturday August 17, 2013
eBay Spam and Etsy Hijacking Keep Sellers on Their Toes
eBay's new community section has been the recent victim of spamming, and its new platform service pr ...
Thursday August 15, 2013
eBay Forces Sellers into Accepting Returns, Deja Vu
eBay sellers report they are being switched into what is supposed to be an optional program cal ...
Wednesday August 14, 2013
eBay's Biggest Troll - Why Can't eBay Stop Bad Buyers?
An article in the Daily Mail has caught the attention of eBay sellers for the flagrant way in w ...
Tuesday August 13, 2013
eBay Blindsides Trading Assistants
eBay sent an email to its Trading Assistant participants informing them the program would end as of ...
Monday August 12, 2013
What Sellers Can Learn from Etsy Mobile Testing Lab
This latest blog post from the techies at Etsy caught my eye for a number of reasons. Knowing that ...
Sunday August 11, 2013
Sellers Report eBay Crackdown
eBay confirmed last week that it recently took action on some below-performance seller accounts. It' ...
Friday August 9, 2013
Amazon Sellers Can Add Photos to Used Book and DVD Listings
Amazon sellers can now add up to six photos to their listings for used and collectible books and DVD ...
Thursday August 8, 2013
eBay CEO Sees Excess Capacity in Newspaper Delivery Trucks
Did eBay's CEO just subtly slam Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' purchase of the Washington Post ? John ...
Tuesday August 6, 2013
What's the State of Collectibles at eBay?
We've got a really interesting series coming up in the EcommerceBytes Update newsletter about the st ...
eBay Annoys Shoppers with 'Switch to Mobile' Message
eBay is driving some mobile shoppers crazy with its "switch to mobile" message. Those who use mobil ...
Monday August 5, 2013
Amazon CEO Becomes Newspaper Magnate
In Boston these days, talk is all about Red Sox owner John Henry buying the Boston Globe from t ...
Sunday August 4, 2013
Accepting New eBay User Agreement Could Opt You into Global Sales
Some sellers just don't want to deal with international sales, so eBay created a program designed to ...