eBay is running a major seller promotion in order to stock the shelves for Mother’s Day shoppers. eBay will kick off a marketing campaign next week and said the May holiday is the 4th largest retail holiday of the year. Read more
Calling it one of the best ecommerce business models seen in a long time, Silicon Valley guru Sramana Mitra said Auctionata is succeeding where eBay could not: high-end online auctions. Mitra interviewed Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke recently to find out Read more
Etsy is among the many ecommerce sites and retailers rolling out personalization features – in fact, the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods will provide more customized content for visitors, calling it a top priority in 2014. Next up: Read more
The US Postal Service is trying to catch up to UPS and FedEx when it comes to providing customers with delivery status information – something that ecommerce sellers are finding increasingly important. The USPS renamed “Delivery Confirmation” to “Tracking” last Read more
eBay is finally giving sellers something they’ve been requesting for years: more transparency in the feedback ratings left by buyers. In its early days when auctions ruled, eBay’s feedback system was all that deterred buyers and sellers from scamming each Read more
Merchant ads can be found in Amazon.com search results – labeled “sponsored” – and now the company is making merchant ads available in search results on mobile devices. Because advertisers are likely to see an increased number of impressions and Read more
Online merchants have collectively borrowed and repaid tens of millions of dollars from eBay’s PayPal unit, which now plans to extend its merchant-financing program to more businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Taking a hint from a startup called Kabbage Read more
eBay loaded 97 how-to guides on YouTube in a 3-day period last week as part of its Social Media and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy. The videos look like other YouTube user-generated content that offer tips on buying or collecting, Read more
eBay Australia has updated policies in three main categories that deal with items that are prohibited or restricted on eBay. The three policy revisions impact the animals and wildlife products policy; the firearms, weapons and knives policy; and the used Read more
eBay is running a free listing promotion in Australia, but it is by invitation only. Sellers who receive the invitation to participate can list up to 100 auction and fixed price listings and pay no insertion fees. The promotion runs Read more
