Woot.com was not only a successful daily deals site that spawned many imitators – it was a destination where people could go for entertainment and community as much as for the shopping. Having sold Woot to Amazon in 2010, founder Read more
Though it seems to go against the grain of the go-go-go demands of today’s society where everyone wants what they want yesterday (preferably with free shipping), research by Ipsos suggests people shopping with online sellers also want a personal connection. Read more
There’s nothing like getting money into one’s hands faster, and PayPal is working on a program to make that a reality for customers such as online merchants who use the service to process their payments. PayPal launched a pilot program Read more
Scammers targeted Etsy in an unusual attack over the long Independence Day holiday weekend, and the marketplace had the situation under control by Monday morning. On Saturday, Etsy sellers began reporting “bot shops,” and it was through their efforts the Read more
eBay has been having snafus with emails to sellers lately, and it looks like a new one has hit U.S. sellers. A reader forwarded to me an email he received from eBay India that said it had provided him with Read more
As it looks to revive a deteriorating financial picture, the U.S. Postal Service has been undertaking a range of strategic initiatives in an effort to “right-size” its network and promote the digital and package-delivery services around which the agency is Read more
The attorney representing online merchant Hard 2 Find Accessories Inc. (H2F) in a lawsuit against Amazon and Apple told EcommerceBytes the two companies were served on July 3rd, and the next step is up to them. Matthew Crotty of Crotty Read more
eBay UK is holding a promotion, and unlike most UK promos that are for private sellers only, this one is for business sellers. eBay.co.uk registered business sellers who have been invited to participate by email or by a message in Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list certain automotive items, although some recipients of the invitation said they don’t sell on eBay Motors and discovered they weren’t actually invited to participate after all. Invited sellers who are Read more
eBay sellers who use PayPal debit cards said over the weekend that the company sent them emails showing they were being shortchanged half a percent for purchases made in June. Sellers use the debit cards in order to get cashback Read more
