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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
eBay and PayPal to Split, John Donahoe Will Remain on Boards
eBay and PayPal will split into independent publicly-traded companies in 2015, the company announced ...
Monday September 29, 2014
How Accurate Are eBay's Estimated Delivery Dates?
How accurate are eBay's "estimated delivery" dates? While eBay used to talk quite a bit about managi ...
Sunday September 28, 2014
Consumer Gets Burned Selling Used iPhone on eBay
eBay running a huge marketing campaign enticing consumers to sell their used smartphones on its m ...
Thursday September 25, 2014
Spotted: PayPal's TV Ad Featuring Fictional Inmate
People have begun noticing PayPal's new television ads that have been airing over the past several m ...
Wednesday September 24, 2014
Amazon Sellers Stalled by Seller Central Outage
Update 9/25/14 1:00 pm EST: Amazon spokesperson Erik Fairleigh provided us with the following st ...
Monday September 22, 2014
eBay to Make Return Button More Prominent?
Some users believe eBay is going too far with its Money Back Guarantee policy and its requirements ...
Friday September 19, 2014
BBC Reports on Security Flaw Gives eBay Black Eye
The BBC is back with a second story this week about a security flaw on eBay. We reported the BBC' ...
Wednesday September 17, 2014
New eBay TV Ad Promotes Selling not Buying
If you ask an eBay seller what kind of ads eBay should run, they're likely to say a television ...
Tuesday September 16, 2014
eBay Emails Some Sellers about Latest Site Outage
eBay sent emails to some sellers Monday night about its recent site outage in which many users cou ...
Monday September 15, 2014
eBay's New Ad Program for Sellers
eBay is testing a new ad program for sellers to let them advertise their listings on the eBay ...
Sunday September 14, 2014
eBay Down: Twelfth Outage of the Year
Reports are flooding in that eBay is down, estimated to be the twelfth major outage eBay ha ...
Thursday September 11, 2014
Troubling Questions about eBay's New Cancellation Policy
Sellers are asking some questions about eBay's new cancellation policy that makes it easy for buye ...
Wednesday September 10, 2014
Should Buyers Be Able to Cancel eBay Orders within 1 Hour?
There's a new eBay policy that may have gotten lost in the shuffle with all the changes the market ...
Tuesday September 9, 2014
Wondering What eBay Dear John Letter Looks Like?
eBay sends goodbye letters to sellers it deems unworthy of selling on its marketplace. With its new ...
Monday September 8, 2014
eBay Experiences Shipping Label Outage, Suggests FedEx
Online sellers have been having problems printing shipping labels on eBay and PayPal. Today, a sell ...
Friday September 5, 2014
FedEx and UPS Howl as USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates
The Wall Street Journal picked up on our story about UPS and FedEx concerns over the Priority Mai ...
Wednesday September 3, 2014
Can Sellers Afford Not to Offer Free Shipping on Amazon?
Amazon told its third-party merchants, "We want sellers to think seriously about offering free shipp ...
Tuesday September 2, 2014
Are eBay Sellers Haunted by Old Incidents Now Considered Defects?
Prior to eBay announcing its new defect policy in March, certain incidents were not counted against ...
Monday September 1, 2014
Paying for Traffic: Should eBay Revive Seller Referrals?
Remember when eBay would reward sellers for driving traffic to their own eBay Stores? I was reminde ...