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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 Payment-Posting Lag Leads to Disbursement Delays

December 9, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon sellers are shipping orders, but Amazon is failing to post them to sellers’ payments dashboard. The problem started on Friday, and sellers continued to report the problem as of Monday evening. “No updates on payment dashboard,” a seller wrote Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon disbursements, Amazon glitch1 Comment

eBay Says Some Customers Can’t Sign in Due to Captcha Issue

December 9, 2024 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay is experiencing a technical issue that leaves some customers unable to sign in to the marketplace because they are unable to complete Captcha verification. Technical issues that hamper buyers should be of grave concern not only to eBay, but Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay Captcha issue, eBay glitch1 Comment

Bookselling Site Biblio Raises Selling Fees to Keep up with Regulations

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Ina Steiner
Biblio

Bookselling site Biblio is raising its selling fees as of January 1, 2025. “This is bad news,” a reader shared with EcommerceBytes. For those unfamiliar with the site, it describes itself as follows: “BIBLIO is a marketplace where thousands of Read more

Marketplaces, NewsBiblio, Biblio fees, Booksellers

Etsy Sends Shoppers to Items that Already Sold

December 8, 2024 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy sellers are seeing a spike in the number of shoppers who have viewed their listings – unfortunately, they’re listings for items that already sold – some going back over a decade. The problem appears to have started as early Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy glitch2 Comments

PayPal Raises Certain Seller Fees Including Virtual Terminal

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal sent an email to customers alerting them to “some changes to our legal agreements,” but despite the fact the changes impacted fees, it never said so in the email notice, instead advising sellers: “There is no action needed from Read more

News, PaymentsPayPal, PayPal fees

Amazon Hikes Multi-Channel Fulfillment Fees, Lowers AWD Costs

December 4, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon will raise fees for sellers who use its Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) service by an average of 3.5% beginning January 15, 2025. The Amazon Seller Central announcement came on Wednesday and included some news of lower fees for certain Buy Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon AWD, Amazon fees, Amazon MCF

Amazon Clarifies New Bundling Policy, Sellers Ask for More Time

December 4, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

In October, Amazon restricted its bundling policy, but acknowledged this week that sellers needed more clarity. The new policy that took effect on October 14, 2024, restricted sellers from listing bundles to those created and offered by the original manufacturer, Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon bundling policy1 Comment

Alibaba Feels the Heat from Temu and Amazon Haul

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 Ina Steiner
Alibaba

eBay and Etsy are are feeling the heat from low-cost China-to-the-West marketplaces like Temu, and Amazon just created its own version called Amazon Haul. Now comes word that Alibaba is restructuring its ecommerce businesses and putting a young, rising executive Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAlibaba, Amazon Haul, Jiang Fan, Temu

Etsy Funds $5 Off Discount on Cyber Monday

December 2, 2024 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy is once again running a Cyber Monday promotion in which it is giving shoppers $5 off on a purchase of $25 or more, although last year shoppers had to spend $30 to receive the discount. The marketplace sent an Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy Cyber Monday sale, Etsy funded promotion1 Comment

DOJ Appeals Dismissal of Its Case against eBay

December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 Ina Steiner
eBay

A Federal Judge agreed in September to dismiss the government’s lawsuit against eBay over the sale of products it alleged violated federal laws, including the CAA, TSCA, and the FIFRA. On Tuesday, the DOJ filed notice that it was appealing Read more

Marketplaces, NewsDOJ, eBay, eBay lawsuit, EPA2 Comments

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