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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
How eBay Grows Its Active User Count
At its recent Analyst Day, eBay bragged about attracting more active users to its marketplace, but a ...
Monday April 29, 2013
eBay's New Immediate Pay Policy Already Impacting Sellers
eBay is changing the way it handles "Buy It Now" transactions, and it is causing some inconvenienc ...
Friday April 26, 2013
eBay Adds Global Shipping Program Terms to New User Agreement
eBay is adding language about its Global Shipping Program to its User Agreement that takes effect ...
Thursday April 25, 2013
Amazon Releases First Quarter 2013 Earnings, Sales up 22 Percent
Amazon's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press releas ...
Sellers Raise Question in Wake of Etsy Privacy Breach
In an email sent to shoppers this week, "Fresh Offerings from Your Favorite Shops," Etsy mistakenly ...
Tuesday April 23, 2013
Google Shopping's Trickle Down Effect on Small Merchants
This week online marketplace Ecrater announced it is instituting a new fee for sales generated by ...
Monday April 22, 2013
eBay Sees Dramatic Rise in Opened Cases Against Sellers
eBay sellers are experiencing a dramatic rise in the number of opened cases filed against them by ...
Sunday April 21, 2013
Amazon to Open First Retail Store in London?
Could Amazon.com be opening its first retail store in London? Business consultant Dan Barker publ ...
Thursday April 18, 2013
Are Lawsuits the Secret to Pristine Feedback on eBay?
Just how far would you go to try to get a negative rating removed from your eBay feedback? One selle ...
Wednesday April 17, 2013
eBay Releases First Quarter 2013 Earnings
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press release ...
Tuesday April 16, 2013
Do You Like Surprises in Your eBay Packages?
Part of the charm of buying from sites like eBay, Etsy, Bonanza and other marketplaces is the fact t ...
Sunday April 14, 2013
Etsy Sellers Worry about Price Plus Shipping Display
Etsy is trying to tackle a problem that online retailers don't have when selling on their own webs ...
Is PayPal Ending Micropayments Pricing?
Rumors abound that PayPal is ending its micropayments service, which allows online sellers an af ...
Thursday April 11, 2013
eBay Vendor ChannelAdvisor Files to Go Public
ChannelAdvisor, a company that helps online merchants sell on eBay, Amazon and other marketplaces an ...
Tuesday April 9, 2013
eBay Forces eChecks Payments, Buyers Beyond Irked
If you're an eBay seller wondering why you're suddenly receiving an increase in the number of e-c ...
Monday April 8, 2013
Two Policies eBay Doesn't Talk About
eBay sellers have been reporting two types of encounters on the site in recent days that they hadn't ...
Saturday April 6, 2013
From Riches to Rags: Amazon's Bezos Invests in Business Insider
Amazon's Jeff Bezos has invested $5 million in Business Insider. I've always been an unabashed fan o ...
Thursday April 4, 2013
Are You Ready for eBay's Social Debut?
eBay is going to launch new social features on its marketplace, allowing users to "follow" p ...
Wednesday April 3, 2013
One Way to Deal with Pesky Customers
You might have seen a story making the rounds recently about an Australian store that was charging $ ...
Tuesday April 2, 2013
Did eBay Forget to Extend Media Promotion?
eBay media sellers got a rude awakening on April 1st, and it was no April Fool's joke. As Tuesday's ...
Monday April 1, 2013
eBay Sees Results from Stricter Top Rated Seller Requirements
In what is sure to be perceived as bad news by many small eBay sellers, the company said its stric ...