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/.

Amazon Survey Shows Its Platform Boosts Small Businesses

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Ina Steiner

Amazon commissioned a survey that found small- and medium-sized businesses who sell on Amazon are more likely to have high growth than those that don’t sell on its marketplace. “Small businesses that sell in Amazon’s stores are 2.5 times more Read more

Amazon Eases IPI Metric for FBA Sellers

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Ina Steiner

Amazon is making it slightly easier for sellers who use its FBA fulfillment service by easing standards for the Inventory Performance Index (IPI). This comes after stricter rules went into place on January 1st. Introduced in the fall of 2017, Read more

UPS Launches Ecommerce Plugins for Small Businesses

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Ina Steiner

UPS is making it easier for online merchants to offer its shipping services in their stores. On Monday, it announced plug-ins to make UPS tools and services available within WooCommerce, PrestaShop, OpenCart, and Magento. The new plug-ins are part of Read more

Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Surveilled and Targeted Rivals

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 Ina Steiner

Facebook attempted to stifle competition and use its market power to do so, according to a class action lawsuit filed by four developers on January 16, 2020, the Verge reported. And the plaintiffs are trying to force Facebook founder and Read more

Etsy Makes Changes to Categories and Attributes

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 Ina Steiner

Sellers should be aware of Etsy latest changes to categories and attributes, announced on Friday. As the marketplace explained, sellers select a category for their listing by which shoppers can filter results when searching Etsy. Categories also act as tags, Read more

eBay CEO Visits White House and Capitol Hill to Talk Trade

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO Scott Schenkel visited the White House and Capitol Hill “to explain the unique role eBay’s platform plays in connecting US small businesses with global buyers.” eBay issued the following announcement on its eBay Main Street government relations website: Read more

Amazon Opens New Corporate Office in North West England

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 Ina Steiner

Amazon opened a new corporate office in England located in Central Manchester. Over time, the Manchester office will be home to both technical and non-tech employees, including software development engineers, solutions architects, applied scientists, business development specialists and finance analysts. Read more

What PayPal Did to Help Charities and Fight Crime

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Ina Steiner

Two big do-good announcements came from PayPal this week – it’s helping charities and fighting crime. On Thursday, PayPal announced it processed a record $10.3 billion in donations to charities around the world in 2019. Over $1 billion of that Read more

Amazon Lifts Block on FedEx Ground for Seller Fulfilled Prime

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Ina Steiner

Tech publications are abuzz about news that Amazon sellers can once again use FedEx Ground delivery for Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders after the company temporarily halted access to the service during the holiday shopping season. The Wall Street Journal Read more

eBay Lauded for Its Fight Against Fakes

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Ina Steiner

A European company that offers services to brands in their efforts to combat counterfeit goods granted eBay an award for its cooperation with rights holders to address the sale of fakes. eBay announced the news of the REACT award on Read more