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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Online Sellers' New Year's Resolutions
Taking better photos, selling unwanted things on eBay, and making time to read the Sunday papers are ...
Sunday December 30, 2012
eBay Nets More in Fees Thanks to Higher Shipping Costs
Higher shipping costs never bode well for online merchants, but eBay actually makes more money when ...
Saturday December 29, 2012
Why Is Amazon Limiting Sales of DVD Titles?
Amazon.com has instituted restrictions on many DVD titles, sending third-party sellers into a tails ...
Thursday December 27, 2012
Nominations Open for the Fourth Annual Sellers Choice Awards
EcommerceBytes has opened nominations for the fourth annual Sellers Choice Awards where online se ...
Tuesday December 25, 2012
Christmas Day - Did You Get Your Online Packages in Time?
It's finally here, December 25th - Christmas Day! Online sellers have been promoting, processing, pa ...
Sunday December 23, 2012
eBay and Amazon Cultural Divide: Company Meetings
In a Forbes article about eBay's courtship of college grads, who are classified as Gen Y or Mille ...
Saturday December 22, 2012
eBay Relaxes Shill Bidding Provision in Major Policy Shift
eBay relaxed a provision of its shill bidding policy - friends, family and acquaintances are n ...
Thursday December 20, 2012
eBay and Retailers the Beneficiaries of Gun Control Debate
There's an episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld where character Elaine goes on a shopping spree ...
Wednesday December 19, 2012
eBay to Eliminate Outside Ads... in Mobile Apps
eBay sellers would be doing a jig if the headline above were missing the last three words. Unfortun ...
Tuesday December 18, 2012
eBay Survey Probes Seller Psychology
eBay is conducting a survey of sellers this month as it tries to understand their motivation in sel ...
Product-Safety Warning Exposes eBay Feedback Flaws
A warning to the public about counterfeit batteries is calling into question eBay's feedback rat ...
Monday December 17, 2012
eBay vs Amazon Becomes Amazon vs Google
It's interesting to see eBay promoting ToysRus frequently on Twitter and other channels. The two ar ...
Sunday December 16, 2012
Ever Tried to Get a Credit on Your FVF from eBay?
In Monday's NewsFlash , we report on the experience of three sellers who have had mixed results in ...
Thursday December 13, 2012
PayPal Quietly Tests New Seller Performance Metrics
PayPal confirmed it is beta testing a new feature called PayPal Performance Benchmarks, but a ...
Wednesday December 12, 2012
What eBay Is Doing to Protect Sellers from Bad Buyers-Transcript
eBay's Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined me yesterday to talk about eBay's Seller ...
Tuesday December 11, 2012
Storage Wars Turns to Courtroom Wars with Allegations of Fraud
Ever wonder if bidding on abandoned storage lockers could land you a windfall - or at least keep you ...
Monday December 10, 2012
Online Sellers Overwhelmed During Holiday Shopping Rush
BusinessWeek wrote about an Etsy seller who was running ragged making items to keep up with her on ...
Friday December 7, 2012
What Could eBay Do to Better Protect Sellers?
One bad buyer can cost a seller money and ruin his or her reputation, so what is eBay doing to pr ...
Thursday December 6, 2012
eBay Blocks Seller Emails over Fee Avoidance Concerns
Reports are coming in from sellers who say eBay is blocking them from communicating with buyers beca ...
Wednesday December 5, 2012
How Will Deluge of Motors Listings Impact eBay.com Search?
In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, eBay announced it was merging listings from eBay Motors into ...
Tuesday December 4, 2012
No Wildcard Search on eBay? Not so Fast...
In October, we asked if users would like to see seller tools on EcommerceBytes, and a resounding 94 ...
Monday December 3, 2012
eBay Lacks Expertise to Succeed in Same-Day Delivery
eBay is running a test of same-day delivery, but it's not using eBay sellers to source the goods. ...
Sunday December 2, 2012
Are Online Sellers Using Mobile Devices to Shop?
There's a lot of mobile shopping going on this holiday season. PayPal saw a 166 percent increase in ...