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EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce. by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com |
Is eBay Killing Online Auctions?
eBay is changing its fee structure to force lower-volume sellers to list in the auction format in co ...
What Should eBay Do with $6 Billion in Offshore Cash?
Sixty percent of eBay Marketplaces revenue is made internationally, and eBay has been hoarding that ...
Tuesday April 29, 2014
eBay Releases First Quarter 2014 Earnings
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press release a ...
Monday April 28, 2014
eBay PowerSeller Board Goes Down Again, Do Sellers Care?
Whether it's to find answers to urgent questions or to get companionship and support from peers, eB ...
Friday April 25, 2014
eBay Offers Limited Grace Period from New Defect Rate
eBay sellers are still dealing with the new way eBay will measure their performance, announced last ...
Thursday April 24, 2014
Amazon Sales up 23 Percent in First Quarter
Amazon's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press releas ...
Wednesday April 23, 2014
Retailer at the Center of Postal Controversy
Union workers will protest outside more than 50 Staples locations tomorrow after the United States ...
Monday April 21, 2014
Will eBay Be Forced to Reconsider Seller Defect Rates?
If the emails I'm receiving from sellers are any indication, eBay may be forced to reconsider its ne ...
Sunday April 20, 2014
eBay Wants to Take Garage Sales Online
eBay has already disrupted local and person-to-person commerce, now it wants to literally bring gara ...
Wednesday April 16, 2014
The Case of the Reappearing Package: What Would You Do?
A lot of things can go wrong after a seller puts a package in the mail to a customer, and that gap o ...
Monday April 14, 2014
PayPal Gives UK Buyers 6 Months' Protection for e-Goods
PayPal is expanding buyer protection to cover "intangibles" in the UK, including digital goods, ...
Sunday April 13, 2014
eBay Seller Gets Negative Feedback Removed Automatically
An eBay seller seems to have figured out how to get negative feedback removed automatically. I've be ...
Friday April 11, 2014
Imagine Suddenly Losing Your Online Reputation
Here is a story to make online merchants cringe. Imagine if one day you woke up and all your reviews ...
Wednesday April 9, 2014
Chasing Down the Heartbleed Bug for Online Merchants
After spending the past two days wading through reports on the Heartbleed bug and reaching out to co ...
Tuesday April 8, 2014
eBay Overrides Seller Return Policies: Fix Is on the Way
Since early March, eBay has been overriding sellers' return policies by substituting "no returns" wi ...
Monday April 7, 2014
eBay Exposes Auction Bidders' Maximum Bids
An EcommerceBytes reader says eBay is exposing buyers' maximum bids in emails it sends him (a seller ...
Saturday April 5, 2014
Warning to Online Merchants Using Windows XP Operating System
Do you know which operating system is running on your computers and laptops? For a threat that sound ...
Tuesday April 1, 2014
Should eBay Provide Seller Identities in Brand Disputes?
May Kay Inc. is asking a court for the authority to depose eBay representatives in order to learn th ...