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 UK Turns Black Friday into 10 Days of Deals

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon UK is turning Black Friday into 10 days of deals. Kicking off on November 16th and running through November 25, 2018, The Amazon.co.uk Black Friday sale will offer thousands of deals on the latest consumer electronics, toys, games, fashion, Read more

FedEx Announces Annual Rate Hike for 2019

November 5, 2018 Ina Steiner

FedEx announced its annual rate hike for 2019, with the popular Express and Ground service set to rise an average of nearly 5%. FedEx SmartPost shipping rates will also increase (SmartPost is a cheaper service that relies on USPS for Read more

eBay Applies Tech Resources to Identifying Brands in Photos

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is devoting tech resources to using Artificial Intelligence to identify brands in product photos. In a post on the eBay corporate blog, it wrote, “By understanding brand characteristics, we can further cater the shopping experience to individuals and serve Read more

Amazon Offers Free Holiday Shipping, even to Non-Prime Members

November 5, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon is offering free shipping to all customers during the holiday season, including those who are not paying for Prime membership. The promotion kicked off in the US today, November 5, 2018, and applies to hundreds of millions of items Read more

Tragedy Strikes Amazon BWI5 Sortation Center in Maryland

November 3, 2018 Ina Steiner

A storm struck an Amazon sortation center in Baltimore, Maryland yesterday resulting in two deaths. The facility, known as BWI5, is located at Holabird Ave. Amazon Senior Vice President of Operations Dave Clark posted two updates on Twitter where he Read more

eBay Wants to Monetize Pixels on Every Screen

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO Devin Wenig envisions having an algorithm decide where to place Promoted Listing ads on its site to help eBay monetize pixels on every screen. He made the remarks on Tuesday’s earning call with analysts, where he revealed eBay Read more

Amazon to Open Another Fulfillment Center in California

November 2, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon will open another fulfillment center in California. The 640,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Beaumont will fulfill such items as books, small electronics, school supplies, and home goods. The new facility will join Amazon’s other “Inland Empire” fulfillment facilities in Eastvale, Read more

Etsy to Host Pop-up Markets on Small Business Saturday

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 Ina Steiner

Etsy will host pop-up markets featuring one-of-a-kind items in four cities on Small Business Saturday, a shopping event created by American Express that each year falls on the day after Black Friday. Etsy will host the markets in San Francisco, Read more

Etsy Adds Search Analytics to Help with SEO

November 1, 2018 Ina Steiner

Etsy’s Search Analytics tool is now available to all sellers, and the company will hold a chat session on November 7 to discuss the new tool and answer questions. Etsy Search Analytics gives sellers more information about traffic to listings Read more

eBay Early Holiday Campaign Focuses on Deals Site Not Marketplace

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay kicked off its first holiday-shopping campaign today with “eleven days of holiday deals.” The campaign focuses on eBay Deals, a section of its site closed to the majority of third-party sellers and offering heavily discounted commodity goods in tech, Read more