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Month: May 2014

Fallout Continues over eBay Security Breach

May 30, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay data breach

Amazon Says It’s Not Burying Hachette

May 30, 2014September 4, 2017 David A Utter

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 […]

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon

Sellers Stick up for Etsy after Complaints about Hidden-Shipping Test

May 30, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy shipping, Etsy tests

Need Cash? Square Next to Jump into Merchant Financing

May 29, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

News, PaymentsSeller financing, Square

Google Gives Merchants New Tools to Measure Shopping Behavior

May 29, 2014September 4, 2017 David A Utter

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 […]

News, Selling ToolsGoogle

Amazon Expands Collectibles with Launch of Coin Store

May 29, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon collectibles category, Coins, Collectibles

Some Etsy Sellers at Wit’s End over Tweaking and Testing

May 28, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy changes, Etsy tests

Toolhaus Suspends eBay Feedback Tools

May 28, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

News, Selling ToolseBay feedback, Toolhaus

eBay CEO Should Be Held Accountable for Breach, Say Sellers

May 28, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

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 […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay data breach, John Donahoe

Drones for Ecommerce Delivery? Not So Fast.

May 27, 2014September 4, 2017 Kenneth Corbin

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. […]

News, ShippingDrones

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