Ecommerce Industry News
Over a week has gone by since eBay revealedcriminals had gained unauthorized access to its corporate network and user data, and the fallout continues. A few states vowed to launch an investigation of their own, and […]
Consider for a moment Amazon.com’s roots, a seller of books at discounted prices that delighted bibliophiles and altered the bookselling industry. Now nearly twenty years after its founding, the company’s ongoing dispute with French publisher Hachetteovershadows […]
After many sellers complained about a test Etsy is running in which a percentage of buyers are unable to view shipping costs without placing an item in their shopping cart, other sellers defended Etsy’s practice […]
Online payment service Square has launched Square Capital, a program that provides merchants with financing. Square Capital “eases the complicated process of getting capital to growing businesses,” the company said. Kabbage kicked off the trend […]
New features coming to Google Analytics users should give ecommerce pros more insights into what make their customers tick in terms of buying, and not buying, something from a website. Google disclosed the forthcoming beta […]
Collectors can now turn to Amazon.com to buy collectible coins with the launch of a new collectibles store on Wednesday. Featured on the Amazon Collectible Coins Store homepage are coins ranging from an 1882 Morgan dollar listed […]
After Etsy stirred controversy last week by initiating a test in which it hid shipping costs from some shoppers, sellers say the marketplace is at it again, with multiple threads popping up on Tuesday evening complaining about […]
eBay users were disappointed when they visited the Toolhaus.org website on Monday and saw a message saying the site was experiencing extreme difficulties. “How extreme? Extreme enough that we may not be back. We’re no happier about […]
When polled about which top executive should be accountable for the recent security breach at eBay, a majority of sellers said eBay CEO John Donahoe. But about a quarter of respondents also said the company’s Chief […]
WASHINGTON – You might expect the founder of a startup company that makes drones to effuse about the potential for unmanned vehicles to revolutionize the way ecommerce works. Chris Anderson doesn’t see it that way. […]