Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce.
by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com
Friday February 27, 2015
eBay Sellers Notified of $6.4 Million Lawsuit Settlement
eBay sellers received an important legal notice via email on Friday about a "Good 'Til Cancelled" c ...

Wednesday February 25, 2015
eBay Not Allowed to Compete with PayPal after Breakup
In a filing with the SEC on Wednesday, PayPal revealed more details about the agreements it will en ...

Tuesday February 24, 2015
How Will Virtual-Reality Shopping Impact Small Sellers?
Like something right out of a William Gibson Sci-Fi novel, the Oculus Rift is a virtual reality hea ...

Monday February 23, 2015
Are Shill Bidders Worse than Liar Buyers on eBay?
EcommerceBytes wrote about  buyer fraud  committed against eBay sellers in Monday's newsl ...

Sunday February 22, 2015
eBay Motivated to Keep Quiet about Buyer Fraud
Buyer fraud on marketplaces such as eBay is common, according to newly published research descr ...

Tuesday February 17, 2015
What Do Sellers Think of Etsy's New Category Changes?
Etsy rolled out significant changes to its category structure on Tuesday - tomorrow's  Eco ...

Monday February 16, 2015
Report Holds eBay Dispute Resolution as Model for Courts
A  new report  from the UK's Civil Justice Council explores the potential of ODR (online ...

Sunday February 15, 2015
Do Online Shoppers Have Realistic Delivery Expectations?
Consumer expectations have changed a lot in the 20 years since Amazon first began mailing books and ...

Wednesday February 11, 2015
eBay Forces Shoppers to Click to View Item Descriptions
When visitors click through to an eBay listing, they can see photos and structured data at the top ...

Tuesday February 10, 2015
Facebook Answers Questions about New Selling Features
In response to the way people are using Facebook, the company launched new features to make it easie ...

Monday February 9, 2015
Is Yahoo Abandoning Merchants, or Setting Them Free?
Online merchants who run their ecommerce business through the Yahoo Stores platform got a rude aw ...

Saturday February 7, 2015
Sellers Choice Awards Highlight the Importance of Traffic
It seems incredible that we're in our 6th year of publishing the Sellers Choice Awards for Online Ma ...

Wednesday February 4, 2015
Amazon May Acquire the Cockroach of Retail
Amazon may be interested in acquiring RadioShack locations after the retailer files for bankruptc ...

Monday February 2, 2015
eBay's Pattern of Enriching Execs in Times of Layoffs
Less than 2 weeks after announcing it would lay off 7 percent of its global workforce, eBay has com ...

eBay Admits to Newspaper It Gave Seller Bad Information
Occasionally we receive reports from sellers who say they were told one thing by an eBay customer s ...