Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce.
by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com
Tuesday April 30, 2019
eBay Spring Update Protects Sellers, Penalizes Drop Shippers
eBay is publishing its Spring Seller Update today, and the company is promising to protect s ...

Sunday April 28, 2019
eBay CEO Vows Enhanced Protections in Spring Seller Update
eBay CEO Devin Wenig took to Twitter on Sunday, posting a teaser of changes eBay will be annou ...

Friday April 26, 2019
Amazon Shakes Up Fulfillment Centers to Prep for 1-Day Prime
Amazon is shaking up its network of fulfillment centers, presumably to prepare for its commitm ...

Wednesday April 24, 2019
eBay Marketing Pullback Causes Q1 Sales Drop
Incredibly, eBay's top executives admitted they had expected the sales drop that the eBay Marketpl ...

Monday April 22, 2019
eBay Sellers Unable to Keep Rival Ads out of Listings
In 2009, eBay began displaying items from rivals in seller listings but offered sellers a way to ...

Sunday April 21, 2019
USPS Boss on Packages: Scanning Good, Throwing Bad
United States Postmaster General Megan Brennan told postal workers of the importance of scanning p ...

Saturday April 20, 2019
Is eBay Plastering Too Many Ads on Seller Listings?
A Twitter user by the name of GamerN3 directed a message to eBay CEO Devin Wenig: "@devinwenig If ...

Thursday April 18, 2019
eBay CEO Devin Wenig Calls 2018 a Transition Year
eBay CEO Devin Wenig told shareholders today that 2018 was a transition year for the company ...

Tuesday April 16, 2019
Amazon Reveals Which Sellers Will Pay Tax on Its Fees
Are you one of the sellers from whom Amazon will begin collecting state sales tax on ...

Friday April 12, 2019
Amazon to Collect Tax on Seller Fees
To the horror of many sellers, Amazon sent a notice on Thursday that it would begin collecting ...

Thursday April 11, 2019
Sellers Can No Longer Offer Standalone PayPal on Etsy
Etsy is forcing all sellers to use its PayPal account without the ability to offer their own s ...

Wednesday April 10, 2019
eBay CEO Devin Wenig Earns 152 Times That of Employees
eBay CEO Devin Wenig makes 152 times the average salary of employees, according to company filin ...

Tuesday April 9, 2019
eBay Adds PayPal to Managed Payments
eBay has finally integrated PayPal into Managed Payments, but on a limited basis - in fact, we loo ...

Sunday April 7, 2019
How Selling in Facebook Groups Got Overexposed
When sellers post an item for sale in a closed Facebook Group, they expect it to be seen only by m ...

Tuesday April 2, 2019
PayPal Just Made Returns and Refunds More Expensive
Online sellers are concerned about a change PayPal is making to its User Agreement that could ...

April Fools Update on eBay GTC Mandate
The date might be April 1st, but the announcement that eBay was  postponing  the Good ...