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Will Online Merchants Face Free-Shipping Backlash?
Small sellers often express frustration that their larger competitors are training consumers to expe ...
Saturday November 26, 2011
eBay Dispute - The Case of the Empty Cologne Bottle
The story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. A s ...
Thursday November 24, 2011
eBay Merchants Hit by ProStores Outage on Thanksgiving
eBay merchants who use the company's ProStores platform to host their ecommerce sites are out of l ...
How Will Online Sellers Cope with Increased Costs of Shipping?
Shipping costs go up each January at FedEx and UPS, and in 2 months, USPS will also be raising rates ...
Tuesday November 22, 2011
eBay Glitch Unleashes Emails from Old Claims
eBay sellers say they are receiving emails today from eBay about cases their trading partners filed ...
Sunday November 20, 2011
Do You Still Offer PayPal on Your Ecommerce Store?
Do you offer PayPal as a payment option on your ecommerce website and stores? And has this cha ...
Friday November 18, 2011
eBay Blocks Users for Not Providing Tax IDs to PayPal
Some users are reporting they are unable to sell on eBay because they have not provided PayPal with ...
Tuesday November 15, 2011
Can eBay Search Handle Influx of Listings?
eBay has been running near-weekly auction promotions, including the latest promotion in which sell ...
Sunday November 13, 2011
eBay Expands Test of Mandated Escrow Payments
eBay began testing a mandatory escrow system in Europe in the fall and appears to be expanding it ...
Thursday November 10, 2011
Why eBay Opposes and Amazon Favors Sales Tax Collection Bill
Three U.S. senators introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act on Wednesday, a bill that would allow st ...
Wednesday November 9, 2011
Survey Results Are In: Bigger Is Better for 2012 Holiday Sales
An EcommerceBytes survey found that smaller online sellers experienced a tougher October compared to ...
Tuesday November 8, 2011
How Many Claims Should Marketplace Buyers Be Allowed?
Some sellers are abuzz about a change in Amazon's policy about customer claims under its A-to-Z ...
Saturday November 5, 2011
The Pros and Cons of eBay's New Shopping Cart
In Sunday's issue of EcommerceBytes Update, Julia Wilkinson takes an in-depth look at eBay's shoppin ...
Thursday November 3, 2011
Is Price All that Matters in Retail?
eBay CEO John Donahoe told attendees of the Open Mobile Summit today that "the concept of e-commer ...
Wednesday November 2, 2011
eBay Hacker Vladuz Gets Suspended Sentence
Long time readers will remember the notorious hacker Vladuz , the only hacker eBay has ever acknowl ...