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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Bonanza to Help Sellers List Items on eBay and Google
The marketplace that barged onto the scene in 2008 as an alternative to eBay and attracted unhappy e ...
Wednesday August 29, 2012
Is Your Amazon Buyer Really Getting Your Product?
One concern of third-party sellers who use Amazon's FBA fulfillment service is whether Amazon packer ...
Tuesday August 28, 2012
Could Using Mobile Wallets Land You in Jail?
Could using a mobile payment checkout system land you in jail? That's what one teenager said happene ...
Monday August 27, 2012
eBay Displays Competing Products In Middle of Seller Listings
eBay is running a test of a recommendation module called " People who viewed this also viewed " that ...
Saturday August 25, 2012
eBay Summer Surveys and Testing New Layouts
eBay does quite a bit of live testing on its site and often surveys users about changes it is con ...
Wednesday August 22, 2012
Can eBay Prohibit Users from Filing Class Action Lawsuits?
eBay updated its User Agreement and Privacy Policy this week, and sellers are taking issue with some ...
Tuesday August 21, 2012
Do Smaller Merchants Have Any Advantages over Retail Giants?
Small merchants may have been the first to embrace the Internet as a vehicle for selling goods, and ...
Sunday August 19, 2012
Online Sellers Ask, Where in the World is Rolbe.com?
Forget Carmen San Diego - online sellers are asking, where in the world is Ryan Olbe? He's the devel ...
Thursday August 16, 2012
Etsy Tests Major Change to Search, Homepage Redesign
Etsy is testing what would be a major change to its search engine along with an accompanying redes ...
Wednesday August 15, 2012
eBay Reports Show Strange Traffic Patterns
eBay sellers have been reporting a strange trend in their eBay Stores traffic reports , which are p ...
Monday August 13, 2012
Meltdown Monday? Numerous Glitches Cause Chaos on eBay
Glitches began plaguing the eBay marketplace on Monday, from suspicious pop-up boxes to disappear ...
Suspicious Login Request Has eBay Users Worried
A suspicious login request has eBay users worried, but the problem is a recurring one on eBay. An ...
Sunday August 12, 2012
Where Should Marketplaces Like eBay and Etsy Draw the Line?
Each online marketplace has its own rules about what sellers are prohibited from selling. Many p ...
Friday August 10, 2012
Why Is eBay Targeting Casual Sellers?
eBay sellers can be sorted into three broad categories: large retailers/manufacturers; the Powersel ...
Wednesday August 8, 2012
eBay Runs Competing Ads on Seller Listing Pages
eBay is running ads for branded clothing retailers directly on its own sellers' clothing listing pag ...
Tuesday August 7, 2012
Should eBay Drop Listing Fees?
Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru wrote a post on Friday about Amazon's "unstoppable" strength, ...
Sunday August 5, 2012
eBay Now Same-Day Shipping Cannibalizes Marketplace Listings
eBay is testing a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now. A consultant's tweet this mornin ...
Friday August 3, 2012
eBay Glitch Makes Critical Data Disappear from Some Listings
eBay sellers are reporting that critical information from their product listings are disappearing ...
Thursday August 2, 2012
Behind the Article, 'Behind eBay's Comeback'
A New York Times columnist has heralded eBay's "comeback" in a piece that has online sellers buzzing ...
Wednesday August 1, 2012
Seller Sues eBay Over Unpaid-Items Relisting Policy
When is an eBay order not really an order? When the buyer clicks Buy It Now but does not pay for the ...