eBay launched its affiliate program in Australia. The eBay Partner Network announced the news on its blog, reporting that eBay Australia attracts 11.3 million unique visitors to the website per month, which it says is more than any other online Read more
Amazon is opening a new research and development center in Barcelona next year focused on Machine Learning. Amazon is using the technology to forecast customer demand, translate product information, and in automatic speech recognition. Amazon expects to create 100 new Read more
UPS Capital launched a new cyber liability insurance solution for small and mid-size businesses. The insurance includes first-party coverage for security breach response, cyber extortion, income and digital asset restoration. It also offers third-party coverage for consequences that may result Read more
Pitney Bowes is expanding its ecommerce capabilities with the acquisition of Newgistics. The $475 million deal will help Pitney Bowes deliver a broader range of ecommerce and parcel-management solutions to retailers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and enterprise clients. Newgistics has Read more
eBay provided information about the key areas it will focus its marketing efforts on this fall, choosing to promote smartphones, fashion, Motors, and Halloween-related items. eBay advised sellers to ramp up their fourth-quarter selling by “prepping now, listing your in-demand Read more
eBay is taking additional steps to protect sellers impacted by this month’s Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, it announced on Sunday. In addition to some basic protections previously announced, eBay is taking the unprecedented steps of waiving Store fees for Read more
eBay is going to roll out a new simplified search function in the next 60 days, according to a research note published Wednesday by Mark May of Citi, who hosted eBay CEO Devin Wenig for a fireside chat that morning Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig told attendees at a Wall Street conference that additional changes are slated to roll out in the next few months. Wenig was speaking at the Citi 2017 Global Technology Conference on Wednesday morning. What caught our Read more
The dazzle of video advertising and the continued presence of contextual ads overshadows email’s continued marketing potential. But used effectively, email marketing presents sellers with great opportunities for customer conversion and retention. EcommerceBytes reached out to a pair of notable Read more
Some online sellers operate on a different scale than their fellow ecommerce pros. Wholesalers seek retailers to resell their wares and need to present product information efficiently to potential customers. Artisans and designers are great examples of those wanting to Read more
