Does anyone hate taxes more than the residents of the “Live free or die” state of New Hampshire, which is one of just five states that doesn’t have sales tax? Their representative in the Senate Jeanne Shaheen said she will Read more
Amazon launched a new store on its marketplace called Amazon Exclusives featuring innovative new products from “popular up-and-coming brands” and inventors. But you won’t see any items sold by third-party merchants here. Nor will you see the items in Amazon Read more
eBay is getting bad publicity this week over a report that criticizes the way eBay handles the sale of gun parts on its marketplace. “For the do-it-yourself crowd,” wrote Reveal in an article on Wednesday, “building an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is as Read more
PayPal is opening a new security center in Israel, it announced on Tuesday as part of a strategic decision to expand its security efforts. “Located in one of the world’s top cybersecurity hubs, this new security center will allow us Read more
eBay’s classifieds unit has promoted a new ad network over Google’s after a 6-month test. eBay Classifieds is using adMarketplace to serve ads on its sites. As a result of the testing, adMarketplace said it has replaced Google as eBay Read more
eBay is running a promotion that kicked off on Monday called Prize Dash. It encourages sellers to list items and engage in other activities for a chance to win a gift card. One of the activities for which eBay rewards Read more
Online window shoppers who stop by to browse but never seem to return to make a purchase leave sellers in a quandary. They’re attracting those consumers for a first or second visit, but not always that return trip to buy Read more
A tool that specializes in helping eBay sellers has found new opportunities thanks to emerging ecommerce platforms. InkFrog has built new apps that lets sellers who have stores on Shopify and Bigcommerce easily list on eBay and keep their inventory Read more
Etsy is adding Apple Pay to its Direct Checkout system to encourage mobile sales as it continues to wean itself from dependence on PayPal. Etsy announced on Monday it will soon let mobile shoppers pay for items using Apple’s mobile Read more
Etsy acknowledged some technical issues that began on Thursday that impacted its browse function, and it experienced a brief site outage on Monday morning. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes the two events were unrelated. Users said they noticed that beginning on Read more
