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/.

Etsy Adds Features and Promises More International Marketing

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Ina Steiner

Etsy recently added some new capabilities for sellers – one is for sellers who list variations of their products, the other for sellers who list internationally. The online marketplace also noted that it would be increasing its marketing activity internationally. Read more

Amazon Offers Early Prime Day Deals, Including Handmade Goods

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Ina Steiner

Amazon Prime Day kicks off 2 weeks from today, but the company is whetting shoppers’ appetites with early deals. It also kicked off a Happy School Year store for those wanting to get a jump on their back-to-school and off-to-college Read more

eBay Replaces Its Own Same-Day Delivery Service in the UK

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 Ina Steiner

eBay informed UK sellers it is replacing its same-day delivery service offering. It began offering Shutl as a delivery option in the UK in 2016, and next month it will replace Shutl with Packlink, effective July 25, 2019. eBay UK Read more

USPS Runs Holiday Shipping Ads in June

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 Ina Steiner

The holiday shopping season may be months away, but the USPS is running an ad campaign to reach merchants and offer to help them prepare for the busy shipping season. The ads lead to a page featuring the following heading: Read more

Amazon Makes ‘Small and Light’ Lighter and Cheaper

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Ina Steiner

Amazon is adding new restrictions to its Small and Light program that it offers to FBA sellers. The new restrictions for Small and Light items: they will be required to weigh 10 oz or less and be priced at $7 Read more

Why eBay Mobile-Friendly Checker No Longer Works

June 27, 2019June 28, 2019 Ina Steiner

If you’re one of the sellers who has been having problems with the eBay mobile friendly checker tool, you’ll want to read eBay’s announcement that sheds some light on the issue. “We have made all listings mobile friendly automatically, regardless Read more

Retail Stores Add Amazon Counters; Buyers Have 14 Days to Pick Up Orders

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Ina Steiner

Over 100 Rite Aid stores opened Amazon Counters today, and that number will expand to over 1,500 by the end of the year. Amazon Counters allow customers to easily pickup their Amazon packages. Amazon plans to expand the Counter network Read more

eBay Opens Payments to Third-Party Developers

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Ina Steiner

In a significant move, eBay has opened its Managed Payments platform to third-party developers. eBay shared the news with developers at its annual eBay Connect developers conference, which kicked off on Tuesday. eBay began rolling out Managed Payments last year Read more

Bonanza Offers Sale on Membership Plans to Celebrate 11-Year Anniversary

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Ina Steiner

Online Marketplace Bonanza Creates Some Surprising New Tools

Online marketplace Bonanza is running a sale this week with deals for both buyers and sellers. One of the specials: a contest for all Bonanza buyers and sellers for the chance to win a $100 Bonanza gift card. And blog Read more

eBay Announces July 15 Crash Sale

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Ina Steiner

eBay is among the ecommerce sites countering Amazon’s Prime Day shopping event, announcing a sale on July 15th. But eBay gave the sale an unusual name – Crash Sale – which it said was a reference to Amazon’s technical issues Read more