Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce.
by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com
Friday December 31, 2021
A Letter from the Editor
Hearing regularly from many of you is no doubt the biggest reason David and I have continued to pu ...

Thursday December 30, 2021
eBay Says It Has No Idea Why Facebook Removed eBay Groups
eBay said it has no idea why Facebook removed certain groups that had "eBay" in the title of their ...

Tuesday December 28, 2021
eBay Should Tell Sellers How to Get Priority Status
eBay is rewarding members of its affiliate program for driving traffic to what it dubs "Priority ...

Sunday December 26, 2021
Is eBay Haggling in Danger - and Do You Care?
Being able to make an offer is popular among many buyers and sellers on eBay. But as the marke ...

Wednesday December 22, 2021
Is eBay Driving Off Small Sellers? CEO Tells CNBC No
eBay CEO Jamie Iannone was forced to defend his strategy of focusing on high-volume sellers in a ...

Thursday December 16, 2021
eBay Admits It Overstated Sales and Will Stop, Kinda
Sellers have long questioned how eBay determines Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) when reporting qua ...

Wednesday December 15, 2021
eBay Does More to Protect Sellers from Bad Buyers
eBay is doing more to protect sellers from bad buyers, including ramping up detection of abusive b ...

Monday December 13, 2021
Will eBay Replace Affiliates with Influencers?
While speculative, the question of whether eBay may be shifting marketing resources from affiliate ...

Friday December 10, 2021
New eBay International Shipping Program on the Way?
eBay is readying a new international shipping option. The company is surveying sellers to get feed ...

Tuesday December 7, 2021
Partial Amazon Outage Impacts Sellers and Buyers
A partial Amazon outage impacted sellers today (December 7). We believe the site was accessible ...

Monday December 6, 2021
eBay Displays Amount Seller Sold in Their eBay Store
A reader noticed that eBay is now displaying how much she sold. Visiting her eBay Store, underne ...

Friday December 3, 2021
Can Amazon Win in the Digital Collectibles Space?
Amazon's new investment in a collectibles platform could be the beginning of a move into digital c ...

eBay Fears Tax Reporting May Curb Casual Selling
eBay warned sellers that the IRS will require it to report all annual sales over $600 using Form 1 ...

Wednesday December 1, 2021
Signing Away Your Right to Speak Freely
Consumers have a right to speak freely about their experiences with brands, products, services, an ...