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/.

USPS Needs Years to Meet the Standards It Just Lowered

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Ina Steiner

Today, the USPS responded to criticism from PostCom and others in a filing available on the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)’s website. We hadn’t noticed until Save the Post Office (@savethepo on Twitter) tweeted the following: “In a filing today the Read more

Poshmark Runs Free Shipping Promotion

March 15, 2022 Ina Steiner

Poshmark is running a promotion this week offering limited flash sales on shipping costs. On Poshmark, buyers pay for shipping (a flat rate of $7.67 – more information about shipping is available on this page). In an email to users, Read more

Online Sellers Feel the Sting of Rising Costs

March 15, 2022March 16, 2022 Ina Steiner

Costs are rising, and the ecommerce industry is no exception. We thought we’d catalog some of the rates that are going up in 2022 including online marketplace fees and shipping costs. Keep in mind that what isn’t included are costs Read more

eBay Expands Coupon Feature for Stores

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay announced today it has expanded its coupon feature for Stores. Sellers who pay extra for a Store subscription can now send coded coupons to “buyer groups.” If you haven’t sold on eBay for a while, coupons may sound more Read more

Glitch Strikes as eBay Preps New Messaging Platform

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay is building a new messaging platform and will launch it in the Spring, it announced on Thursday. But in the meantime, users have been reporting a problem with the existing member messaging system that makes it more difficult for Read more

eBay Waives Fees, Facilitates Donations for Ukraine Aid

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay is waiving fees for sellers in Ukraine and is facilitating donations to support Ukraine relief aid from buyers and sellers on its platform. “In support of our Ukrainian sellers, we are waiving their seller fees,” said eBay Chief Marketing Read more

eBay to Allow Wire Transfers for Certain Payments

March 11, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay will soon allow buyers to make wire transfers to pay for certain types of goods, according to the company’s Chief Growth Officer Julie Loeger. The news came during her presentation to investors and Wall Street analysts at eBay Investor Read more

Amazon Raises Fees for Fulfilling Sellers’ Off-Amazon Orders

March 10, 2022 Ina Steiner

Amazon is raising fees for sellers who use the company’s services to fulfill off-Amazon orders known as Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF). The company said the fees will go into effect on May 9 “to ensure that MCF fees are competitive with Read more

eBay CEO Kicks Off Investor Day with Payments News

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO Jamie Iannone kicked off today’s Investor Day by talking about eBay’s strategy since taking over as CEO in 2020. He covered a lot of ground, including breaking the news that eBay is launching its first digital wallet. Iannone Read more

Amazon Makes Prime More Appealing in Canada

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Ina Steiner

Amazon is making its Prime membership program more appealing in Canada by removing the $25 minimum-purchase requirement on millions of items that are eligible for Prime Free One-Day Delivery. Currently Amazon Prime membership costs $109/year for Canadian subscribers. (Amazon recently Read more