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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Amazon Tests Higher Free-Shipping Threshold for non-Prime Orders
People began reporting this month that Amazon had raised their threshold to receive free shipp ...
Sunday August 27, 2023
eBay Slows Buyers with Bot Detection Warnings
eBay stopped a power-bidder in his (or her) tracks, causing him to lose several auctions, accordin ...
Wednesday August 23, 2023
eBay Expects Seller to Respond to Shoppers in One Hour
eBay is setting what most sellers would consider unrealistic expectations by displaying a 1-hour r ...
Tuesday August 22, 2023
Would You Refund a Buyer for a Marketplace's Mistake?
If a marketplace overcharged your buyers, would you refund them out of your own pocket? Apparent ...
Monday August 21, 2023
eBay Buyers Stymied from Paying with PayPal
When several would-be buyers informed a seller they were unable to pay with PayPal for purchases t ...
Saturday August 19, 2023
Is eBay Following Amazon and Etsy Reserves Playbook?
Etsy and Amazon faced major backlash from sellers and UK regulators over ...
Wednesday August 16, 2023
eBay and Etsy Push Product Descriptions Down the Page
eBay and Etsy have been running tests that push product descriptions down the page, causing conste ...
Early History of Ecommerce in Jeopardy of Being Erased
Many people today are probably unaware that Amazon once had auctions similar to eBay. In 2001, C ...
Sunday August 13, 2023
eBay Immediate Pay for Offers and Auctions: Pro or Con?
eBay has been testing Immediate Pay for Best Offers for quite some time, and now it's expanding ...
Friday August 11, 2023
More Rumblings about Changes to eBay Feedback Removal
There are more rumblings about changes eBay will be making to negative feedback removal. You might ...
Wednesday August 9, 2023
eBay Send-Offer Accidental Discharge Costs Seller Hundreds
An eBay seller was delighted when they got a local buyer for the heavy generator they had list ...
Saturday August 5, 2023
USPS Rate Hike Announcement May Come This Week
We're expecting the USPS to announce the third postal rate hike of 2023 this week in the form of ...
Friday August 4, 2023
eBay Chat Highlights Shipping Challenges Sellers Face
Sellers had the opportunity to ask eBay questions through this month's chat session on Wednesday a ...
Wednesday August 2, 2023
Is eBay's Fixation with Enthusiast Buyers Paying Off?
In August 2021, eBay CEO Jamie Iannone unveiled a new approach to buyers: turn them into lifelon ...
Search Outage Hits eBay Wednesday Morning
eBay experienced a search outage lasting approximately 2 hours on Wednesday morning according to r ...