Every year we give you the opportunity to rate the services you use in your online selling activity, and we report the results in EcommerceBytes so you can see what you and your peers have to say about popular ecommerce Read more
eBay is running a promotion this week to encourage sellers to list auctions – but only some sellers can participate. Invited sellers can list up to 20,000 auction listings – with or without Buy It Now – and pay no Read more
In a major move, online auction site Proxibidwill expand its reach in Europe by opening an office this month in the UK. Proxibid is a live-auction site and also offers the ability for non-auctioneers to list items in fixed-price format. The Read more
Merchants using 3dcart can now easily list on eBay thanks to new integration. 3dcart Chief Marketing Officer Joe Palko said the eBay integration gives customers the ability to better compete with larger online brands. “We had a very big demand from our Read more
After Etsy implied that the criminals who had hacked eBay’s database were behind a recent increase in spam being sent through its messaging system, eBay pushed back. In an obvious reference to the eBay security hack, Etsy issued a warning Read more
Amazon will offer streaming TV and physical merchandise in the same online store page for the first time as part of an exclusive U.S. deal with a popular preschool franchise called Fireman Sam. The hub will include TV episodes, ebooks, Read more
Amazon created some buzz on Wednesday afternoon when it posted a tweet inviting people to join Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos for a launch event on June 18. An accompanying link takes visitors to a page where they can fill out Read more
Etsy issued an unusual warning to users on Tuesday about site security – it appears the hackers who compromised eBay’s user database are hijacking Etsy user accounts, most likely in cases where members used the same password on both marketplaces. Read more
When it comes to spending on one’s parents, the focus on Mothers’ Day permeates virtually all segments of advertising and retail to a much greater degree than it does for Fathers’ Day. But the National Retail Federation suggests ecommerce pros should pay Read more
eBay announced it is raising the cost of return shipping rates on eBay on June 4 “to better align with the United States Postal Service rate changes announced in January 2014.” The USPS return-shipping rates apply to all sellers that Read more
