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eBay Confirms More 21-Day Holds from PayPal
eBay confirmed that PayPal has rolled out transaction holds more widely in the last month or so, but ...
Tuesday December 29, 2009
eBay Regional Seller Conferences to Kick off in Atlanta
eBay has canceled its first eBay On Location event, which was scheduled to take place Orlando in F ...
Monday December 28, 2009
Amazon Replaces eBay as Low-Price Shopping Destination
Wall Street's adoration of Amazon.com continues as it observes a strong holiday-shopping season for ...
Sunday December 27, 2009
Should Amazon Be Required to Collect Sales Tax?
Randall Stross published a rant about Amazon.com in the New York Times on Christmas Day, "Sorry, ...
Wednesday December 23, 2009
Bad News for Etsy Vintage Sellers?
Etsy's founder Rob Kalin will return as CEO, replacing Maria Thomas, who had joined the company last ...
Saturday December 19, 2009
AuctionBytes Latest Survey Results on eBay TRS Program
In October, AuctionBytes surveyed eBay sellers about the new Top Rated Seller (TRS) program and ot ...
Thursday December 17, 2009
More eBay Feedback Changes in 2010, Mulling Account-Linking
It's no secret that eBay has been testing a new feedback system , and according to a reader, Jim "U ...
Monday December 14, 2009
Amazon Holiday Traffic Soars while eBay Lags
Unique visitors to eBay dropped in 7.72% in November 2009 compared to November 2008, while Amazon. ...
Sunday December 6, 2009
AuctionBytes on Location at eBay v Craigslist Trial
AuctionBytes is in Georgetown, Delaware and will be ...
Friday December 4, 2009
Amazon Takes Away Buy Box When Price Exceeds MSRP
Amazon.com said it would suppress the Buy Box on product pages when the price from third-party sel ...
Thursday December 3, 2009
eBay's Meg Whitman, Pierre Omidyar to Testify in Craigslist Suit
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman will square off against Craigslist found ...
Tuesday December 1, 2009
CNBC to Get Cyber Monday Scoop on Wednesday
ComScore publishes some of the best data on holiday shopping for ecommerce sites, and this year ...