Sellers were unable to complete basic selling tasks on eBay on Wednesday morning as the site experienced the third outage in the past month. Things ground to a halt in the early morning hours the day before Thanksgiving – with Read more
eBay is running a promotion in which it is capping the Final Value Fee for sellers on up to 100 items. One version of the promotion caps the FVF at $5, the other at $10. The promotion is resulting in Read more
Target and Amazon are the top two Black Friday advertisers on Google Paid Search when it comes to spending. That’s according to AdGooroo, which studied Black Friday-related keywords on US Google desktop paid search ads between September 27 – November Read more
Amazon reset the passwords of some users’ accounts on Tuesday. ZDnet broke the news, reporting that Amazon had force-reset an unknown number of accounts after passwords may have been compromised. Amazon has not responded to our request for more information about the Read more
Amazon announced on Tuesday it will open its first Massachusetts fulfillment center. The company already has a Sortation Center in Stoughton and a Prime Now delivery hub in Everett, and it has research and technology offices throughout the state. EcommerceBytes Read more
eBay is getting into groceries – in Korea, that is. It will offer perishables such as vegetables, meat and dairy through Korea’s Gmarket and IAC platforms. The Partnership Program Director for eBay Korea Ju Cheol Lee said, “We’ve aligned with Read more
Amazon reminded sellers that its extended holiday-returns window is now open. That means buyers have until the end of January 2016 to return items for a full refund for orders placed between November 1 – December 31, 2015. The policy Read more
eBay says America is a nation of entrepreneurs and published an interactive map showing what it called “entrepreneurial hotspots” over the past four years. In the introduction to the map, eBay wrote: “In honor of Small Business Saturday (November 28th), Read more
eBay’s new deal with a sneaker marketplace is emblematic of its new approach to consumer sellers and longtail inventory, making it more challenging for current sellers. eBay is welcoming a marketplace for “sneakerheads” to its site. Stadium Goods announced on Read more
A new survey of 1,000 shoppers says best prices are the deciding factor whether shopping in-store or online – although selection and positive past experience also play a large role. The Market Track survey also found that the majority of respondents planned Read more
