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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Do Shipping Costs Belong on Product Listing Pages?
Etsy is running a test in which it is hiding the shipping costs on sellers' listings. Many sellers w ...
Wednesday May 28, 2014
eBay Gives Buyers Mixed Messages on How Cases Impact Sellers
eBay must have a case of whipklash due to its changing stance on "open cases" and how they affect se ...
Monday May 26, 2014
eBay to Refund Fees, Allow Cancelled Auctions, in Hacking Fallout
The cost of eBay's security breach is starting to be seen as the marketplace announced it would re ...
Saturday May 24, 2014
Sellers Say eBay Is Burying Threads about Hacking Incident
Sellers concerned about eBay's security breach and the possible impact on their business are findin ...
Thursday May 22, 2014
Who Takes the Fall for eBay's Massive Data Breach?
Donahoe. Wenig. Carges. Who at eBay is ultimately to blame for exposing over 230 million users' per ...
Wednesday May 21, 2014
eBay Hacked!
eBay sent out the following press release at 9:10 am on Wednesday morning: eBay Inc. (Nasd ...
PayPal Deletes Blog Post Warning eBay Users to Change Passwords
Early this morning PayPal posted a disturbing message on its blog: "eBay Inc. To Ask All eBay ...
Monday May 19, 2014
eBay Customer Service Reps Fault Sellers for Using USPS
eBay customer service reps are faulting sellers for using the U.S. Postal Service when shipments go ...
Sunday May 18, 2014
Facebook Co-ops: Opportunity or Threat for Online Sellers?
In Monday's NewsFlash , I report on the emergence of Facebook co-ops, secretive groups on the socia ...
Thursday May 15, 2014
It's Time to Look at eBay Feedback Differently
Online payments service Square came out with another revolutionary service that helps online ...
Tuesday May 13, 2014
eBay CEO Gets Earful from Top Rated Seller at Annual Meeting
An eBay shareholder who also happens to be a Top Rated Seller asked eBay CEO John Donahoe and ...
Monday May 12, 2014
eBay Gooses Post-Mother's Day Sales with eBay Bucks Promo
eBay is trying to jumpstart sales on the Monday after Mother's Day - the marketplace is running a 1- ...
Saturday May 10, 2014
Amazon Patents a Popular Method of Taking Product Photos
Many experts recommend online sellers take their product photos against a white background, but acco ...
Thursday May 8, 2014
eBay to Try Live Online Auctions... Again
eBay is going to give traditional auctions yet another try, this time partnering with a company call ...
Wednesday May 7, 2014
Can eBay Lure Shoppers by Becoming a Digital Magazine?
The president of eBay Marketplaces wants the site to become a content publisher, he told The Atlan ...
Monday May 5, 2014
Etsy Sellers Object to Amazon Copycat Drop-Shippers
As I wrote in an article for Tuesday's EcommerceBytes newsletter, some online sellers are allegedly ...
Sunday May 4, 2014
Can eBay Get the Right Message Across to Foreign Shoppers?
eBay is pushing for cross-border trading on its marketplaces, and one way it hopes to speed up that ...