As ecommerce pros have seen from their calendars, there is less time this holiday shopping season to get a lot of work done. Six fewer shopping days at a time that for many retailers is a make or break period Read more
Remember the eBay-powered touchscreensthat it displayed in store windows at Kate Spade in the spring that allowed shoppers to place orders “online”? eBay said this week it is committed to the technology and plans to scale it. eBay announced a partnership Read more
Online auction site Proxibid is adding seller ratings, meaning buyers who have completed a transaction with a seller in the Proxibid Marketplace now have the ability to rate and provide feedback on their experience with a specific seller. While it is best Read more
In July, Amazon stopped allowing customers to add images to product pages, news that was greeted with much disappointment. In a surprise reversal, the company is once again allowing customers to upload their own images to the product page. Amazon.com Read more
Don’t have ready cash to pay for your holiday purchases? eBay hopes you’ll consider using its financing service Bill Me Later. This week, it sent an email to eBay customers with an offer to tempt them by tying it into Read more
eBay is running a free-listing promotion in advance of Thanksgiving week. All sellers can participate in the 5-day promotion, and it includes all formats: auction-style, auction-style with Buy It Now, or fixed price formats. Listing durations of 3, 5, 7, Read more
In a sign of how much eBay has changed, stodgy Microsoft opened a store on the marketplace, eBay announced on Tuesday. Once best known for auctions of quirky goods, eBay has been working to transform itself into a Business to Read more
In today’s guest column, media and marketing strategist Mark Macias explains how online merchants can use public relations to help market their products during the holidays. A former Executive Producer with WNBC, he reveals that December can be a prime Read more
FedEx has rolled out a new flat-rate shipping service that it is marketing to small businesses, including eBay sellers, who are hungry for more predictable rates. Dubbed One Rate, FedEx’s new offering closely follows on the move by the U.S. Read more
A recent survey found that 81 percent of consumers who made a purchase requiring shipping in the last year have tracked a package, with 30 percent tracking once or twice, 21 percent tracking 3-5 times and 30 percent tracking 6 Read more
