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/.

Google Says ‘Deals Days’ Work to Boost Summer Shopping

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 Ina Steiner

People are shopping more in July than they used to thanks to deals days, which Amazon made popular through its annual Prime Day sale. A survey of 1,017 people conducted by Ipsos for Google (May 31 – June 2, 2024) Read more

eBay 2024 Summer Seller Update Includes Changes to User Agreement

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Ina Steiner

The eBay 2024 Summer Seller Update is live on the eBay website and includes changes to advertising; international shipping; auction payments; the messaging interface; and changes to the User Agreement. eBay put the changes into four buckets; some of the Read more

Walmart to Run Sale a Week before Amazon Prime Day

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 Ina Steiner

Last year, Walmart ran its “Walmart Plus Week” sale in July, overlapping Amazon Prime Day. This year, Walmart Plus Week was held in June, but it will run another sale called “Walmart Deals” in July – a week before Prime Read more

Amazon Announces Prime Day Date, Highlights Small Biz

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 Ina Steiner

Amazon revealed that this year’s Prime Day sale will take place in 3 weeks, on July 16 – 17, 2024. It will be Amazon’s 10th Prime Day event, and executive Dharmesh Mehta said in a post on LinkedIn that Prime Read more

USPS May Institute Zone-Based Surcharges in October

June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 Ina Steiner

The USPS instituted surcharge fees for long and awkward packages in 2022, and this year, it is proposing changes to the fee structure. Most significantly, it wants to make surcharges zone-based, so non-standard packages shipped across the country would cost Read more

Over 200,000 Amazon Sellers Have Used Gen-AI Listing Tools

June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 Ina Steiner

Over 200,000 sellers have used one of Amazon’s generative AI listing tools, with over 30,000 of them from the EU, according to Dharmesh Mehta, Vice President of Amazon’s Selling Partner Services. In a post on LinkedIn on Thursday, Mehta pointed Read more

Etsy to Proceed with Plans to Retire Old Listing Form on Tuesday

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Ina Steiner

Etsy will proceed with its plans to retire the old listing form on June 25th, but said it had made some improvements to the new listing form after sellers raised concerns about missing functionality in the new form. Etsy acknowledged Read more

Seagate Opens eBay Store to Sell Refurbished Hard Drives

June 19, 2024June 19, 2024 Ina Steiner

Seagate opened an official storefront on eBay where it is selling factory-recertified hard drives, which come with a limited warranty. eBay has been tightening the rules around selling refurbished goods on its platform in recent years, making it tougher for Read more

eBay Says It Will Fix Feedback Issues

June 19, 2024June 19, 2024 Ina Steiner

eBay posted an announcement about feedback changes in a post on Tuesday on the Seller Announcement Board that an executive had previously shared in a presentation during the June 6th eBay Seller Check-In online event. If eBay’s acknowledgement that feedback Read more

Etsy Exclusive Shipping Deal Raises Anticompetitive Concerns

June 17, 2024June 19, 2024 Ina Steiner

Some US businesses say Etsy is shutting them out from working with artisans in Turkey due to an exclusive shipping deal Etsy entered into with a single shipping company. Two companies told EcommerceBytes they feel the practice is anticompetitive and Read more