Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce.
by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com
Thursday April 30, 2015
eBay Gets Tough on Dupe Listings - Too Much or About Time?
eBay issued a strongly worded statement about the problem of duplicate listings on its marketplace, ...

New PayPal Buyer Protection Policy Will Impact Sellers
PayPal is extending its buyer protection to cover intangible goods, including digital goods and se ...

Wednesday April 29, 2015
eBay Rolls Out May Day Fees - Are You Prepared?
eBay fee hikes and adjustments take effect on Friday, and many sellers will find the cost of listi ...

Tuesday April 28, 2015
Will You Sell on Amazon Business?
Amazon launched its new B2B platform, which isn't actually a separate marketplace at all. In ord ...

Monday April 27, 2015
As Mail Slows, Can eBay Get Delivery Estimates Right?
Managing buyer expectations is critical, especially on a marketplace like eBay where buyer-seller t ...

Sunday April 26, 2015
eBay Shopping Glitch Could Impact Sellers
eBay buyers who counted on loyalty points earned in the first quarter to pay for purchase made in ...

Thursday April 23, 2015
Amazon Releases First Quarter 2015 Earnings
Amazon's conference call with analysts is at 5:30 pm EST today, here is the company's press rel ...

Wednesday April 22, 2015
eBay Reports First Quarter Earnings 2015
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press ...

Tuesday April 21, 2015
eBay Fee Rollback Part of UK Spring Seller Update
eBay announced its Spring Seller Update in the UK today, 5 weeks after having announced the  ...

Monday April 20, 2015
What Tools Do Sellers Use to Manage eBay, Etsy, Amazon Listings?
News that ChannelAdvisor will be ending support for MarketplaceAdvisor (formerly Marketworks) broug ...

Thursday April 16, 2015
Software Updates Disrupt eBay and Amazon Sellers This Week
Recent software updates and changes made for security concerns have disrupted eBay and Amazon selle ...

Wednesday April 15, 2015
eBay Says More Photos Will Help Reduce Returns
eBay will now allow users to upload up to 10 images of an item they've bought or sold in the hopes ...

Practice Safe eBay Selling - Tips to Reduce Buyer Fraud
eBay sellers must deal with the reality of bad buyers - even one encounter can be costly. A gemston ...

Monday April 13, 2015
eBay Valet Is No Amazon FBA - Do the Numbers Add Up?
In Tuesday's EcommerceBytes Newsflash, we catch up with eBay's latest consignment-selling program, ...

Sunday April 12, 2015
Etsy Sellers Suffer from Doorway Page Scam Undetected by Google
An Etsy seller uncovered a large scale doorway page attack on Friday afternoon that has gone und ...

Friday April 10, 2015
Can You Picture Amazon Allowing PayPal Payments?
eBay CEO John Donahoe told reporters Thursday that once PayPal splits off from eBay, it will be all ...

Tuesday April 7, 2015
Amazon Price-Fixing Case a Warning to Online Sellers
Anyone who is tempted to enter into agreements with other online sellers to set minimum prices s ...

Monday April 6, 2015
Reasons Why eBay Sellers Expand to Amazon
In Tuesday's Newsflash we report on the trend of eBay sellers expanding to Amazon, something that d ...

Friday April 3, 2015
eBay Is Losing Shoppers Says Analyst
In January, eBay reported an abysmal fourth quarter, blaming its Google penalty and data-breach pa ...

Wednesday April 1, 2015
Would You Extend Credit to Amazon or eBay Buyers?
Online sellers expect to be paid when they ship an item to a customer. But some merchants are wo ...