eBay experienced severe technical issues for about 2 hours on Thursday evening starting sometime after 6:30 pm Eastern. Users were unable to complete successful searches or sign in (or log off), other pages were not functioning. eBay spokesperson Ryan Moore Read more
Amazon unveiled Video Shorts last year, an amalgam of brand promotion, product placement, and entertainment videos. What is the service, and is Amazon.com competing with YouTube? There has been more to browse than just books on Amazon.com for many years, with video Read more
eBay shoppers in the UK said the company is reneging on a coupon it offered them in an email invitation on Monday. As we reported in Newsflash on Tuesday, after recipients invested time shopping on the site deciding what to purchase, they Read more
UPS is doing away with the big discounts large retailers receive on oversize packages this holiday season – and in some cases, year round – according to the Wall Street Journal. The shipping carrier has been broadcasting its intention to implement Read more
Blocking bidders who do more harm than good to eBay sellers sounds like the right course of action, but what if that process can be manipulated to harm sellers? And should sellers even share their lists of potentially bad buyers? Bad bidders Read more
Amazon is considering yet another new way to deliver packages to customers – think of it as Uber for Amazon deliveries. Amazon is working on a mobile app called On My Way, according to the Wall Street Journal. Brick and mortar Read more
The Internet provides sellers with new ways to raise funds to grow their business. One is a type of financing called “working capital advance” made popular by Kabbage, which assesses risk by looking at sellers’ activity on ecommerce platforms, payment-processing Read more
Members of Congress turned their attention this week to an issue that’s long been a source of frustration for online sellers. They heard from a panel of experts, including Amazon’s top policy official, about the imbalance in shipping fees that Read more
In his recent presentation to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he was looking for a fourth “great business” for the company to build – could logistics and shipping be it? Amazon has a unit devoted to helping it deliver Read more
A new report from the Telegraph indicates it’s quite easy to get back on eBay even after being suspended by the marketplace “for life.” The UK newspaper said it exposed a man last year for selling fakes on eBay and Read more
