Online merchants highly value the shoppers who sign up for their email marketing newsletters given the cost of acquiring a new customer and the effectiveness of using email to keep customers engaged. But a new study shows that marketers may Read more
Feedback not only provides an ecommerce pro with insight on improving what they offer. It gives a view of what they are doing well from the perspective of the customer. The tricky part about feedback is getting people to take Read more
Etsy wants to nearly double the number of employees working in Brooklyn, New York to 650 in the next 5 years and the company signed a lease for new offices down the street from its current location. It’s a significant Read more
eBay shareholders asked John Donahoe some interesting questions on Tuesday following the annual shareholders meeting in San Jose. The CEO found himself fielding questions about rival Amazon, about Bitcoin and about a controversial seller policy. First, during the official meeting, Read more
Proxibid is adding new features in response to an increase in bidders from outside the country. While best known as a live-auction site, Proxibid also offers the ability for non-auctioneers to list items in fixed-price format. The company says over Read more
Shippers adjusting their pricing for services is nothing new, as companies like UPS and FedEx do so routinely in response to the market and the ongoing issue of high fuel costs. However, come January 2015, ecommerce pros who use FedEx Read more
Some lucky eBay sellers received an invitation to list up to 7,000 auction listings with no insertion fees. But one group of sellers received an invitation to list 1,000 listings per day for a maximum of 7,000 listings over 7 Read more
eBay was set to have one of its most interesting annual shareholder meetings after squaring off with investor Carl Icahn earlier this year. eBay is holding the meeting today in San Jose at 11 am EST. eBay shareholders nearly had Read more
After another quarter with losses in the billions, the U.S. Postal Service is once again urging Congress to enact legislation that would free the agency to adjust its operating schedule and move to five-day weekly delivery. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe Read more
Amazon is taking full advantage of the U.S. Postal Service’s commitment to extend its package delivery schedule to Sundays. In November, Amazon announced the availability of Sunday delivery to Prime customers located in two cities – New York and LA, Read more
