Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce.
by Ina Steiner, Editor of EcommerceBytes.com
Wednesday June 28, 2017
eBay Clarifies Ban on Checks and Money Orders
Think you can accept checks and money orders on eBay? Think again. eBay banned paper payments ...

Monday June 26, 2017
eBay Launches Stricter Rules with No Warning
eBay changed its Item Not Received claims policy without any notice to sellers. When a seller po ...

Friday June 23, 2017
eBay Hides Item Descriptions from Shoppers
eBay is once again hiding item descriptions, readers are reporting, saying shoppers viewing a list ...

eBay Active Content Deadline Looms for Sellers
eBay announced the date of its pending ban on active content. Sellers have until June 26, 2017 , ...

Wednesday June 21, 2017
eBay Offers Price Match Guarantee for 900 Sellers
eBay is offering a price-match guarantee for 50,000 items from 900 sellers. These are not regula ...

Tuesday June 20, 2017
Amazon Encourages Rentals with New Prime Wardrobe?
Amazon Fashion launched Prime Wardrobe, a new benefit for Prime members so they can "try before ...

Monday June 19, 2017
eBay Accused of Turning off PayPal for Some Sellers
Some eBay sellers are reporting that their  settings have been changed  to indicate they ...

Sunday June 18, 2017
eBay Hampers Sales Due to Messaging Crackdown
eBay has been severely limiting buyer-seller communications to the point that in some cases, it is ...

Wednesday June 14, 2017
EcommerceBytes Revs Up with New Publishing Platform
We've rolled out some changes today as we put a new "engine" into what we like to think of a class ...

Tuesday June 13, 2017
Clarifying a Key Change in PayPal User Agreement
PayPal is making some changes to its User Agreement that will be effective for all PayPal users on ...

Sunday June 11, 2017
Welcome to the New eBay Shopping Experience
On March 20th, eBay CEO Devin Wenig described changes that the marketplace was rolling out in a ...

Thursday June 8, 2017
Why eBay Listings May Be Garbled or Disappear
eBay initiated launch sequence on its promised ban of Active Content. It announced the European- ...

Monday June 5, 2017
What Do You Think of eBay's New Ad Campaign?
eBay kicked off a new ad campaign on Sunday with the theme "Fill Your Cart with Color." Many sel ...

When Should You Reduce Your Prices on eBay?
A reader asked a technical question about dropping prices on eBay listings, but it raises a larger ...

Sunday June 4, 2017
Sellers: Be Aware of New Security Protocols at Amazon
A company that work closely with Amazon sellers has reported a disturbing trend. Cynthia Stine o ...

Thursday June 1, 2017
eBay Riddle: Is It a Glitch or Intentional?
It's neither a game show nor a philosophical riddle, but it can be quite puzzling. We're referring ...