An online shopper from Rhode Island, A. Cemal Ekin , Ph.D., has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon over its Prime Shipping program. Ekin paid $79 for Amazon Prime annual membership in order to receive free shipping on Prime-eligible Read more
eBay is running a rare promotion for UK business sellers – but beware, it’s by invitation only, and you must click on a special RSVP link. Sellers who do receive the invitation can list up to 50,000 listings in fixed-price Read more
After picking up a minority investment in Snapdeal for $50 million last year, eBay led another round of funding in the marketplace based in India. eBay led an approximate $133.77 million round of funding as part of its strategy to Read more
The Commerce Secretary of the United States met with eBay executives and merchants and announced a partnership between the government and the ecommerce company. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said the partnership would promote U.S. trade and investment expansion. The partnership Read more
Online auction site eBid.net has launched a mobile app for buyers and sellers. eBid co-founder Gary Sewell said the new mobile apps for both Apple and Android users offer users a convenient way to buy and sell in over 20 Read more
As the New York Daily News reported, New York City has a new idea for helping low-income New Yorkers earn some extra cash: “turn them into Etsy sellers.” According to the city’s website, the NYC Craft Entrepreneurship Program is a training program that Read more
Amazon is instituting new limits on certain sellers, but different from eBay Selling limits. In Amazon’s case, it is not instituting dollar or listing caps, but rather, it is limiting sellers to the number of novelty SKUs they can list. Amazon Read more
eBay issued a press release on Wednesday titled, “Stick to the Facts, Carl” in response to Carl Icahn’s most recent letter to eBay shareholders, but it might as well have read, “Stick It, Carl.” In its response to Icahn’s first Read more
Alibris is suffering latency issues when it comes to updating inventory leading to a host of issues for its booksellers. A seller explainedhow the delay in inventory uploads was impacting her business. “We like to upload price changes daily but when Read more
Bloggers using WordPress.com Business can add an ecommerce component to their blogs. WordPress.com has selected Ecwid, Shopify and ShopLocket as its first authorized commerce providers. Many people associate blogs with WordPress – it says it powers nearly 21.5% of the Read more
