It may have seemed like a joke when eBay CEO John Donahoe told BusinessWeek that excess capacity in newspaper trucks could make same-day delivery economical. But one major rival is taking the concept seriously. Amazon is using the same logistics network that Read more
Many gift-givers turn to Amazon.com to help them with their shopping, and it will take an extra 80,000 workers to satisfy the increased holiday demand. Amazon announced this week it would hire that many seasonal workers to staff its U.S. Read more
One year after making a radical change to its policy around what constitutes “handmade” on craft-and-vintage goods website Etsy, its CEO discussed the changes on the Etsy blog. In October 2013, Etsy broadened its Handmade category to include sellers who used employees Read more
eBay has added eight new countries to the Global Shipping Program on eBay.co.uk. Beginning next month, the GSP program will allow shoppers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Brazil, and Russia to shop from UK sellers using Read more
PayPal warned merchants that its fix for a new security vulnerability may cause problems for shoppers trying to Pay for items on their websites. PayPal’s Chief Technology Officer James Barrese took to the company’s blog to address a new vulnerability Read more
eBay’s chief executive told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday that third-quarter growth of its Marketplaces business was not what he wanted, and not what he expected. eBay Marketplaces GMV (gross merchandise volume) grew only 7% in the third quarter compared Read more
Reports from eBay sellers that they were no longer able to automatically extend their listings three times at no additional charge came flooding in to EcommerceBytes, as we reported on the EcommerceBytes Blog over the holiday weekend. Now comes an announcement from eBay’s UK Read more
Amazon sent an email to third-party merchants informing them of new policies going into effect next month in an email titled, “Upcoming Changes to Shipping Options on Amazon.” The new policies appear to be part of a proactive attempt to Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list auctions – however, you must receive an invitation in order to participate. Invited sellers will be able to list up to 100 auction listings per day for a week and Read more
eBay UK published a portal on its site helping explain to sellers some of the new features and policies around shipping and returns. There’s a lot to absorb, and the UK site sent an email to sellers reminding them of Read more
