Conventional wisdom says Sundays are the best day to end an online auction on sites like eBay, and that still holds true, according to the results of an EcommerceBytes poll. We also asked sellers if holidays impact bidding, and on Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe is having a rough year, but got a piece of good news when Nike announced on Thursday it appointed him to its Board of Directors. Nike co-founder and chairman Philip Knight said in a press release, Read more
Some types of traffic are more valuable than others, and Amazon is recognizing that through a new Bounty program for affiliate advertisers. Bringing a shopper who buys an item is great, but what about a shopper who signs up for Read more
Amazon’s Health & Beauty category has turned ugly for third-party sellers, and some say it’s risky to sell in the category. In October, we wrote about the challenges sellers faced in selling cosmetics and certain beauty products, with Amazon banning sellers from Read more
eBay is sending buyers and sellers $20 coupons in the wake of the high profile security breach that it revealed publicly in a May 21st announcement. eBay also attempted to stimulate sales by awarding members of its loyalty program a Read more
Ecommerce pros shipping bulky but light items as part of their online sales will find changes to their UPS Ground costs soon. UPS announced this week that effective December 29, 2014, dimensional weight will be used to determine rates for Read more
Amazon launched a new smartphone on Wednesday called Fire that offers an immersive experience to users. The Fire’s Dynamic Perspective technology enables shoppers to “peek to instantly see close-up front and back views of a dress in the new Amazon Read more
VentureBeat says eBay executives fired PayPal president David Marcus “because his vision for the virtual-payment kingpin wasn’t working out,” a claim that eBay immediately refuted. In, “Resigned, my ass: PayPal president David Marcus was fired, say eBay, Inc. execs,” VentureBeat cited “a Read more
Etsy is working to improve shipping labels for sellers who purchase postage directly on the marketplace and has tested several changes with a group of 3,500 sellers before making them available this month. USPS First Class Package Service for domestic Read more
Goodbye, Trading Assistants. Hello Valets. eBay launched a new mobile app this week called the eBay Valet. “This is going to be the fastest, most frictionless way in eBay history that someone is able to sell an item and collect Read more
