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Month: October 2015

Amazon Seller-Support Rep Spills All on Reddit

October 7, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

A former Seller Support rep at Amazon conducted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit. While we saw no proof of his (or her) identity, Amazon sellers discussing the session later said judging by the answers, it seemed certain Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon

Women Make eBay History in Canada

October 6, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Three female sellers made eBay history this month when they won across the board in all categories of eBay Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Now in its 11th year, the awards celebrate successful eBay businesses. Christine Deslauriers, Kimberley Wotherspoon Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Canada

eBay Runs Promo to Encourage Sellers to Open a Store

October 6, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a new promotion to encourage sellers to open a Store. Sellers can try a Basic eBay Stores subscription for one month for free. The promotion is open to the first 50,000 eligible sellers to activate the offer. Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Promotion, eBay Stores

USPS Criticized over Delivery Time and Tracking

October 6, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

The USPS Inspector General (OIG) published a post that calls into question the accuracy of the Postal Service’s tracking system, something online sellers can relate to when trying to assure customers they’ve sent their orders. But here’s how the OIG Read more

News, ShippingUSPS

PayPal Snoozes While Users Lose in Technical Nightmare

October 6, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

After a three-hour outage on Sunday afternoon that left PayPal users unable to log in to the site, technical problems on PayPal continued. Within hours after the login problem subsided, reports began surfacing from users who said their payments were Read more

News, PaymentsPayPal glitch

eBay Restructures Fees and Increases Seller Limits

October 6, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is giving most of its sellers a boost in the number of listings they can post with no upfront fees and is also giving sellers the ability to list more items by increasing listing limits on their accounts. The Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay fee change

What’s New with Competitive Pricing Tools

October 5, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

There are many tools to help sellers use dynamic pricing as part of their marketing strategy – just take a look back at this article from 2012 in EcommerceBytes. Even if you don’t use automated repricing software, it’s wise to stay up Read more

News, Selling ToolsFeedvisor, Profitero, Repricer Express, XSellco

Yahoo Stores Reveals Its Busiest Holiday Shopping Days

October 5, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

It’s one thing to look at holiday shopping trends from the lens of all retailers of all sizes, but small sellers can now look at data more representative of what they are likely to experience. We’re talking about a new Read more

Marketplaces, NewsHoliday shopping 2015, Yahoo Stores

eBay’s Legal Fumble Leads to Questions over Tax Claims

October 5, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

What started as a story in January about allegations of fraud made by eBay against several employees in Australia has turned embarrassing for eBay as the legal drama unfolds. In January, The Australian newspaper reported that eBay filed a lawsuit against its former manager Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay lawsuit

PayPal Experiences Hours-Long Outage Sunday Afternoon

October 5, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal was inaccessible for many users beginning shortly before 2 pm EST Sunday afternoon. Reports came flooding in to Twitter, Ecommerce EKG, the eBay boards, and on glitch-reporting sites indicating that the PayPal homepage was live, but attempts to login to Read more

News, PaymentsPayPal outage

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