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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
eBay Diamond Sellers Get Authorized Reseller Designation
eBay gives its "diamond sellers" special perks and visibility, and the latest example comes in t ...
Sunday April 29, 2012
eBay Glitch - Users Can't Log in, Problems with My eBay
eBay is experiencing a glitch today (April 29) in which some users are unable to log in to their acc ...
Thursday April 26, 2012
Amazon Sales up 34 Percent in First Quarter 2012
Amazon.com released the following press release announcing first quarter earnings for 2012, you ca ...
eBay 2012 Annual Shareholders Meeting
Greg Holden is live-blogging the eBay Annual Shareholders meeting ...
Wednesday April 25, 2012
Amazon and eBay Are Top Marketplaces among Global Shoppers
Online shoppers in the U.S. spend 5.4 hours a month shopping online, and 59% of them watch TV whil ...
Tuesday April 24, 2012
eBay Tests Pricing Options including 'See Price at Checkout'
Several readers brought to our attention some new ways of displaying pricing on eBay's marketplace, ...
Monday April 23, 2012
The Haggler Strikes (PayPal) Again
The New York Times "The Haggler" column put eBay on the spot again, catching its online payments ...
Thursday April 19, 2012
Why PayPal Doesn't Like Credit Card Funding
Did you know that PayPal incurs varying fees depending on how you fund your PayPal purchases? PayPal ...
Wednesday April 18, 2012
eBay Releases First Quarter 2012 Earnings
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press releas ...
Coin Dealers Question eBay's New Standards
Sellers in niche collectibles rarely agree with eBay's policies that affect their categories, and th ...
Tuesday April 17, 2012
eBay Could Reconsider What Tracking Means for TRS
Did eBay realize how many of its Top Rated Sellers would be impacted by new requirements that they ...
Monday April 16, 2012
eBay Search Outage - Breaking News
eBay is experiencing a complete outage of its search engine making it impossible for shoppers to sea ...
Sunday April 15, 2012
Google Checkout Cancelling Orders Citing High Risk
Online merchants are reporting that Google Checkout is cancelling a high number of orders due to hig ...
Is eBay Easing up on Seller Performance Standards?
Starting in 2010, eBay began counting all customer claims opened against a seller, no matter how the ...
Thursday April 12, 2012
Point, Counterpoint - Does Free Shipping Improve Sales on eBay?
Does offering free shipping improve sales on eBay? That's a question we posed to readers this week, ...
Wednesday April 11, 2012
Do You Know Your eBay Selling Limits?
Many sellers are unaware that eBay has a ceiling on how much they can sell until they reach those li ...
Tuesday April 10, 2012
Yahoo to Renew Focus on Commerce, Going Beyond Ecommerce
The Queen of Yahoo internal memos Kara Swisher has obtained yet another from former PayPal Presiden ...
Monday April 9, 2012
Would You Report Fellow eBay Sellers to Tax Authorities?
In Tuesday's EcommerceBytes Newsflash newsletter , Kenneth Corbin writes about sales-tax compliance ...
Sunday April 8, 2012
Does Free Shipping on eBay Lead to Higher Sales?
In Monday's EcommerceBytes newsletter, we debunk eBay's "free shipping" myth. While eBay execut ...
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman on Career and Politics
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman spoke about her career and offered advice to women gathered at the Sim ...
Thursday April 5, 2012
Point, Counterpoint - Does TRS Improve Your eBay Sales?
Does being an eBay Top Rated Seller improve a seller's sales on eBay? That's a question we posed to ...
Another PayPal Glitch Raises Red Flags among eBay Sellers
After helping eBay resolve a technical glitch involving Checkout with PayPal on Wednesday, PayPal ...
Wednesday April 4, 2012
Glitch Alert: Buyers Unable to Pay on eBay using PayPal
eBay buyers are having problems paying for items through PayPal, and sellers are reporting problems ...
eBay Puts Sellers on Alert over Spring Update Policy Changes
eBay is sending various emails to sellers reminding them about how its Spring Update will affect th ...
Tuesday April 3, 2012
Amazon Competes in Payments and Advertising
Amazon is a giant in its retail and marketplace businesses, and it's easy to forget other areas in w ...
Sunday April 1, 2012
eBay Buyer Protection Changes Include Partial Refunds, Returns
Sellers are concerned over changes to the eBay Buyer Protection Policy that will allow eBay to issue ...