You know some of those ads you see on eBay’s website? They used to be served up by Yahoo’s ad platform, and now by Google’s. But after Google punished eBay in search results for “spammy techniques” earlier this year, eBay responded by Read more
Alibaba’s U.S. marketplace 11 Main unveiled new shopping apps for Apple and Android devices. The apps allow mobile shoppers to pay with Apple Pay. Apple’s new payment service is compatible with iPhone 6, iPhone 6+, iPad Air 2, and iPad Read more
The summer debut of Bing’s Auction Insights presented a new reporting feature to help advertisers understand how well (or less well) they were competing with others. That was available as a report showing how one ranked against up to twenty others based Read more
eBay has a firm policy against listing items connected to terrorist groups, but enforcement has been uneven, according to one report. A user told EcommerceBytes that he has reported numerous listings related to groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and ISIS Read more
Craig Crosby, publisher of the Counterfeit Report, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing eBay of retaliating against him when he tried to report counterfeit items for sale on the eBay marketplace as part of a 9-month investigation. He also accused eBay Read more
Online resale site thredUP is running a promotion in which it will sell women’s used handbags and give 100% of the selling price to the consignor. The promotion runs through the end of the year. ThredUP is a combination consignment Read more
Amazon UK predicts the biggest day ever for online shopping will be Cyber Monday, which falls on December 1st this year. But Black Friday, November 28th, is catching up. Last year, its shoppers ordered over 4 million items on Black Read more
Etsy asked sellers to use social media to attract holiday shoppers to their Etsy shops, advising them to let customers know their Etsy items would make great gifts. It also created a special hashtag for sharing. “As we lead up Read more
Merchants who use PayPal on their websites need to take action, as PayPal will end support for SSL v3 on December 3, 2014. PayPal Chief Technology Officer James Barrese posted a message for sellers on the PayPal blog, letting them Read more
eBay caused some confusion by running two versions of a nearly identical seller promotion. EcommerceBytes covered one in Monday’s Newsflash newsletter, which restricted sellers to running new auctions only – relistings were excluded. But some sellers received an invitation to participate Read more
