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/.

ShipBob Removes Some Complexity from International Orders

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Ina Steiner

ShipBob is offering a new solution to merchants who use its fulfillment service designed to simplify some of the complexities of international selling while reducing customs delays. ShipBob’s Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) solution is designed to eliminate surprise fees and Read more

Heralded as Amazon Rival, Shopify Announces Major Layoffs

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Ina Steiner

Ecommerce darling Shopify was held up by many as a possible solution for merchants seeking an alternative to Amazon, but the platform’s eyes were bigger than its belly when it came to ramping up hiring to meet demand driven by Read more

Etsy to Shutter Offices in San Francisco and Hudson, NY

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Ina Steiner

Etsy is closing two satellite offices, leaving it with only its Brooklyn headquarters in the US. Etsy’s Chief Human Resources Officer Kim Seymour explained the decision to close the San Francisco and Hudson (NY) offices in a post on the Read more

Amazon Launches Seller Wallet for Cashing Out Sales Proceeds

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Ina Steiner

Amazon launched a new wallet for global sellers to manage payouts more easily. It will roll out to sellers over the next few months. In a post on the About Amazon blog, Max Bardon, Vice President of Amazon Worldwide Payments, Read more

IRS Asks: Is Your Pastime a Hobby or a Business?

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Ina Steiner

The IRS published a new tax tip in its email newsletter it sent to small businesses on July 22, 2022. The crux of the tip: if your hobby earns income, you must report it on your tax return. The newsletter Read more

FedEx Ground Sunday Delivery – and a Black Friday Deadline

July 23, 2022August 29, 2022 Ina Steiner

FedEx Ground and UPS announced plans to offer Sunday delivery in 2019, but now FedEx Ground is pulling back in some locales as some indie delivery contractors give FedEx Ground until Black Friday to address concerns they called dire for Read more

Amazon Gives Sellers New ‘Holistic’ Metric to Check Account Health

July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 Ina Steiner

Amazon is helping sellers diagnose their account health with a new “holistic” metric so they can see if their account is in danger of suspension for accumulated policy violations. The new version of the Account Health Rating (AHR) metric does Read more

Etsy Reaches Milestone in Charitable Giving Initiative

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Ina Steiner

In early 2021, Etsy launched a program that gave buyers the opportunity to make a donation to the Uplift Fund when checking out. This week, its third-party payment processor that powers the feature announced that ten million Etsy buyers had Read more

eBay Expands Luxury-Goods Authentication to New Category

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay expanded its authentication service to a fifth category – jewelry, joining authentication services offered in its sneakers, watches, handbags, and trading cards categories. (Be sure to see update below – eBay is raising fees in the jewelry category, it Read more

eBay Seeks Strategic Partners for Its Affiliate Program

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay has a new head of business development for its affiliate program. David Ferrell joined eBay last month and, according to his bio, is charged with spearheading the growth of eBay’s Partner Network base by identifying and onboarding new, strategic Read more