Federal authorities are seeking $25 million in penalties from PayPal for a series of alleged abuses of its credit service, including charges of deceptive advertising and signing up customers for the service without their knowledge. PayPal, without admitting or denying Read more
Online sellers say scammers and spammers are continuing to use redirects to siphon Google traffic away from their Etsy listings. In April, EcommerceBytes reported that scammers were exploiting Google by using doorway pages to drive shoppers to their own websites. Scammers copy Read more
Amazon is suspending sellers who say they’re unable to get through the verification process in the UK despite providing evidence requested as part of the process. Sellers say a problem on Amazon’s end is preventing them from becoming verified. One Read more
The USPS is testing a new feature to engage consumers through mobile devices and make snail-mail marketing more attractive to retail marketers. The revelation came from Postmaster General Megan Brennan in a keynote speech at the National Postal Forum on Read more
eBay is surveying sellers, providing a hint of more changes to come as a new executive prepares to take the helm after the breakup with PayPal. The survey provided recipients an opportunity to complain about a laundry list of problems Read more
eBay is expanding its global shipping program in the UK with the addition of 12 countries. In late May, the program will add the ability for shoppers in 12 new countries to purchase from UK sellers through the eBay UK Read more
Move over, Siri. Amazon Echo’s Alexa has shopping covered. People who use the Echo gadget and have a subscription to Amazon Prime can order eligible items from the online marketplace just by speaking out loud. Amazon calls the voice-controlled shopping Read more
WorthPoint has sold the GoAntiques marketplace to Gemr, a social marketplace for collectors. Gemr will integrate the GoAntiques community of 200,000-plus users who list over 350,000 items for sale into the Gemr platform. Gemr CEO Terry Anderton said the acquisition supports Read more
Sellers are caught in the middle of two companies, Etsy and PayPal, and have said they’ve gotten few answers over missing funds. EcommerceBytes has been following the problem since May 12th and has also received cryptic answers from the two Read more
PayPal had never achieved a profitable quarter when it began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange in February 2002. It reported a profit for the first time that quarter (Q1 2002), when it earned $48.8 million in revenue – up Read more
