Amazon’s UK site experienced an outage beginning at about 6 pm GMT, according to TechWeekEurope. Amazon UK spokesperson Ruth Attridge told EcommerceBytes, “Amazon.co.uk was down for approximately 2 hours yesterday. The site is back up. Amazon’s systems are very complex and Read more
Nearly 6 years after hiring a retail insider to help it prevent the sale of stolen goods on its site, eBay is praising its own efforts. “From Adversary to Trusted Partner” describes how eBay worked with retailers, credit card companies, Read more
eBay is running at least two new promotions to encourage sellers to upgrade their eBay Store subscriptions. In one promotion, sellers who upgrade by February 23, 2015, will receive 25% off their monthly subscription fees for three months. In the Read more
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a proposed framework of regulations around the use of drones, aka unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), taking ecommerce drone deliveries from Amazon or UPS a step closer to reality. In its story Sunday about Read more
Social networking site Pinterest is banning the use of affiliate links and redirects according to VentureBeat, which broke the story on Thursday. The news came as rumors surfaced that Pinterest was planning to launch a buy button later this year, possibly Read more
Etsy said it refunded sellers who were negatively impacted by a glitch caused by a third-party app called Stitch Labs. The third-party vendor inadvertently introduced a bug into the code of its app that integrates with Etsy at 2 am Read more
After reporting Wednesday that eBay was forcing some shoppers to click a button in order to read descriptions provided by the seller on listing pages, EcommerceBytes received confirmation from eBay spokesperson Ryan Moore that it was part of a temporary Read more
eBay’s Government Relations arm sent an email to sellers who are members of its grassroots Main Street program asking them to show their support for new trade legislation. eBay said small businesses who use the Internet to sell globally aren’t Read more
If you are a member of an eBay-affiliated loyalty program in the UK called Nectar, beware of a possible security vulnerability. Police are investigating reports that members of Nectar who linked their accounts with eBay experienced fraudulent transactions, according to Betanews.com. Read more
Canada is the largest cross-border online market for U.S. retailers today, according to a report from Borderfree. The company said U.S. merchants should consider tapping into the opportunity offered by Canadian shoppers. The majority of Canada’s 34.8 million people live Read more
