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/.

Online Marketplace Trade Me May Sell for $1.7 Billion

November 22, 2018 Ina Steiner

Online marketplace Trade Me has received a takeover offer with a bid of $1.7 billion, according to the Aim Group. The company is the number one auction site and marketplace in New Zealand, and UK-based private equity firm Apax Partners Read more

eBay Runs Pre-Thanksgiving Day Flash Sale – with a Catch

November 21, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay Flash Sale Promotion Thanksgiving 2018

eBay is running a sitewide flash sale on Wednesday, November 21st – but there’s a catch: “Coupon is only valid when you buy within the latest version of the eBay Mobile App on iOS or Android.” The sale kicks off Read more

eBay Runs Second Round of Black Friday Deals on Its Deals Platform

November 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay kicked off Black Friday deals on its deals platform on Monday. Each day from Nov. 19 through Nov. 26, eBay is launching deals at 8 am ET at eBay.com/deals. It’s the second round of Black Friday deals – eBay Read more

Amazon Pay Promises ‘Success beyond Small Business Saturday’

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon is promoting its payments solution with an email marketing campaign targeted at small businesses. With the “Success beyond Small Business Saturday” subject line, the email from Amazon Pay encourages sellers to learn more about how Amazon helps small businesses: Read more

Etsy CEO Josh Silverman Commits to Vintage

November 19, 2018 Ina Steiner

Etsy CEO Josh Silverman voiced his commitment to vintage goods on the Etsy marketplace, which is generally better known for its handmade goods. Silverman and Kruti Patel Goyal, General Manager of Seller Services, answered seller questions on a November 13 Read more

Shopping Is on the Thanksgiving Day Menu

November 18, 2018 Ina Steiner

Over 164 million consumers plan to shop over five-day Thanksgiving weekend, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which surveyed 7,516 consumers. Black Friday will be the busiest day with 71 percent of consumers planning to shop. On Cyber Monday, Read more

Tornado Highlights Vulnerabilities in Amazon Logistics

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

Some Amazon customers in the Washington DC and Baltimore areas are experiencing delays in delivery estimates due to the tornado that struck a Baltimore Sortation Center on November 2, according to the Washington Post. The facility, known as BWI5, is Read more

Postal Workers Run Ad against Privatizing the US Postal Service

November 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

The American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter Carriers are running an ad in opposition to the White House’s proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service. The ad says, “Heard how the government wants to sell Read more

How Mercari Selling App Is Tackling Shipping

November 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

Mercari announced a new pack-and-ship service for sellers through a deal with the UPS Store. Mercari is like Craigslist only it’s a mobile app, and without the meetups – everything ships. Take a look at its shipping page to see Read more

eBay Urges End to Postal Disruption in Canada

November 14, 2018November 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay has gotten involved in the postal strike in Canada a day after Canada Post suspended its service delivery guarantees due to delays it blamed on escalating rotating strikes by the union. Canada Post said on Wednesday that in Toronto Read more