Author: Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.

eBay Entices Sellers with Conference ‘Sneak Peek’ Event

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay will give sellers who register for its annual eBay Open conference a “sneak peak” on September 8 – but they must register for eBay Open by September 1 in order to receive an invitation to the sneak peek event. Read more

eBay App Adds UPS, More Shipping Features on the Way

August 17, 2022 Ina Steiner

Sellers can now purchase UPS shipping on the eBay mobile app, eBay announced on Wednesday. “We’ve been hard at work to improve the eBay app so that all domestic shipping services you are used to selecting when using your desktop Read more

Etsy Publishes Guide to Help Sellers Reach Buyers in India

August 16, 2022 Ina Steiner

While typically marketplaces help international sellers reach North American and European customers, Etsy published a guide on Monday to help US sellers who wish to reach buyers in India. Etsy said it is investing in marketing to help buyers in Read more

What Walmart Q2 Earnings Tells Us about Shopping Behavior

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Ina Steiner

Walmart grew ecommerce sales 12% year-over-year in its latest fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2022 (which is its fiscal 2023 second quarter). It made a point of noting that online sales were up 18% when compared to the same quarter Read more

Should Amazon Worry as Walmart Adds Video Perk to Membership Program?

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Ina Steiner

Many shoppers joined Amazon Prime for the free-shipping perk and stayed for the free video streaming service. Prime Video gave it something Walmart’s free-shipping membership program didn’t have – until now. Walmart is adding a major perk to the Walmart+ Read more

eBay Cuts Out the Middleman with New Funko Collection

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Ina Steiner

In what could be the beginning of a new trend, eBay is promoting an exclusive line of collectibles from Funko, removing sellers from the equation. What’s remarkable about eBay promoting the direct-from-brand collection is the fact that eBay is an Read more

USPS Halts Feasibility Studies as It Forges Ahead with Consolidation Plans

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Ina Steiner

USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is on a mission to transform the Postal Service and is even throwing out conventions on how it goes about doing so. On Monday, the USPS declared it was ending all ongoing feasibility studies that Read more

eBay Is Developing Technology to Catch Bad Buyers

August 14, 2022October 15, 2024 Ina Steiner

eBay told sellers it’s working to protect them from bad buyers, though it also downplayed the scale of the problem. During the recent Seller Check-in event this month, eBay Senior Director, Head of Protections Ian Bednowitz said his team was Read more

New Tax Rules Lead eBay to Add TaxAct Guidance for Sellers

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay launched a new “Tax Information Center for eBay Sellers” as new tax rules that impact sellers’ 2022 revenue are in place. eBay said it partnered with TaxAct, a do-it-yourself tax-preparation service, “to help untangle the impact of the new Read more

How to Take Advantage of Etsy’s Repeat-Buyers Feature

August 11, 2022 Ina Steiner

Etsy enhanced a feature that helps drive repeat buyers to individual sellers’ shops, and it offered tips on how sellers could take advantage of the feature. The “Etsy Updates feed” notifies shoppers of updates to sellers with whom they’ve interacted Read more