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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Are You Getting Scroogled by Google?
Microsoft's Bing search engine is telling consumers they're being "Scroogled" by Google - but are ...
Tuesday November 27, 2012
eBay Confirms Completed Item Glitch
Earlier this month, a seller reported in a Letter to the Editor that eBay changed the way users ac ...
Monday November 26, 2012
Cyber Scams Target Holiday Shoppers, Mobile Users
The FBI tweeted a reminder to beware of cyber criminals while holiday shopping. "Scammers use ...
Friday November 23, 2012
Are Holiday Shoppers Oblivious to Economic Fiscal Cliff?
The National Retail Federation CEO Michael Shay was on CNBC this morning talking about holiday sho ...
Thursday November 22, 2012
Pricing Matters on Amazon
No one is more acutely aware of the complexities of pricing than third-party sellers on Amazon. Tod ...
Wednesday November 21, 2012
Retailers Use Email to Entice Holiday Shopping This Week
Are you tired of all the emails you're receiving this week promoting Black Friday and Cyber Monday ...
Tuesday November 20, 2012
Dispute Resolution a Missed Opportunity for eBay?
If anyone could be called experts on disputes, it's eBay and PayPal. Whether they're experts on s ...
Monday November 19, 2012
Online Merchant Tips for Coping with Holiday Outages
There are a lot of things that can go wrong during the busiest shopping days ahead, ...
Sunday November 18, 2012
What's Better than Leaving a Neg for a Bad eBay Buyer?
eBay sent out its latest issue of the PowerUp newsletter to sellers, and readers are sending me t ...
Thursday November 15, 2012
Would You Turn to eBay's PayPal Unit for a Loan?
Soon, you may be able to turn to eBay's PayPal unit for a business loan. But would you? Kabbage use ...
Tuesday November 13, 2012
Play the Marketplace: What Should Amazon Do?
An Amazon seller located in an area impacted by Hurricane Sandy said his performance metrics were n ...
Monday November 12, 2012
eBay Retires Top Rated Seller Badge, Launches New Badge
In eBay's latest hoop-jumping exercise for sellers, it has changed its Top Rated Seller program. To ...
Sunday November 11, 2012
eBay Sellers Spy Problem with Multi Variation Search Results
An eBay seller reported a glitch on the EcommerceBytes EKG announcement board impacting ...
Thursday November 8, 2012
Empowering Sellers to Research Payment Holds
PayPal is notorious for placing holds on seller funds, and it can happen with other online payment s ...
Etsy Sellers Concerned about Increase in Cancelled Orders
Etsy sellers are reporting an increase in the number of cancelled orders. SilverCityBeads started a ...
Wednesday November 7, 2012
eBay Leaves Sellers Hanging with No Access to Analytics
eBay is leaving sellers high and dry with no way to measure traffic during the all-important holiday ...
Monday November 5, 2012
HoneVille Becomes Disillusioned with eBay
Danny Hone, aka HoneVille , had no idea when he listed some closeout tshirts on eBay for $7.95 with ...
Sunday November 4, 2012
Is eBay's New Email Monitoring Tool Creepy or Social?
eBay is testing a new tool called "Stuff by eBay" that scans users' emails (past emails and ongoing) ...
Friday November 2, 2012
Post Hurricane Black Market Thrives on Craigslist
Gasoline is hard to come by in some parts of New York and New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. ...
eBay to Deprecate PayPal Shipping Labels in 2013?
They've tried it before, and they may try it again. eBay sellers have long been happy using PayPal t ...
Thursday November 1, 2012
Craigslist versus Facebook: Which Would You Use to Sell?
The Daily reports that Facebook is testing a service that lets users create classified ads that ...