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/.

PayPal Updates Mobile App for Ease of Use

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Ina Steiner

PayPal updated its mobile app to make it easier and simpler, according to the company. Not surprisingly, PayPal said the most popular features of the app remain sending and requesting money, so it moved the Send and Receive money buttons Read more

Marketing Your eBay Motors Listings Just Got More Expensive

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is raising the cost of marketing automobile listings next month. The cost of listing an item is not changing, but the cost of using the optional Gallery Plus marketing feature is going up 150%. Sellers can choose to add Read more

Walmart Delves into Digital Content with Launch of Walmart eBooks

August 22, 2018 Ina Steiner

Walmart launched a new offering for shoppers – you can now purchase ebooks on its site thanks to a new partnership with Kobo. In addition to selling individual titles, Walmart is selling an audiobook subscription plan for $9.99/month. The phrase Read more

ShipStation Partners with Codisto

August 21, 2018 Ina Steiner

ShipStation has partnered with Codisto, an Amazon and eBay integration app for merchants with online stores that are powered by Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and Ecwid. Based in Australia, Codisto gives sellers the ability to create and manage Amazon and Read more

eBay Apologizes to Sellers for Billing Incident

August 21, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay sent an email to sellers on Tuesday apologizing for a serious billing-related glitch on Monday, but there’s a glaring omission in its letter: what sellers should do if the glitch caused them to double-pay their August invoice. eBay had Read more

Amazon Holds August Bank Holiday Sale for UK Shoppers

August 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon is holding an August Bank Holiday sale beginning August 22nd and running through August 29th. Amazon UK specifically called out third-party seller participation: “Small businesses, innovative start-ups and artisans selling on Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Launchpad and more will offer Read more

Bonanza Sellers Can Now Accept Credit Card Payments through Stripe

August 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

Bonanza is integrating with Stripe to allow sellers to seamlessly offer credit card payments. However, only sellers with Gold membership or higher will be allowed to offer checkout with Stripe, at least initially. Currently all Bonanza sellers can continue to Read more

PostalVision 2020 Tackles Retail Returns

August 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

PostalVision 2020 and the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) are holding an event to tackle the issue of product returns. “Return to the Future” is a one-day event taking place on September 20, 2018 and will focus on the growing opportunities Read more

Repricing Tool Available on Amazon Marketplace Appstore

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Ina Steiner

RepricerExpress, which provides repricing solutions for Amazon and eBay sellers, is now available on the Amazon Marketplace Appstore. Amazon launched the Marketplace Appstore in beta in May in order to make it easier for sellers to find Amazon-approved tools. The Read more

Avalara Makes Sales Tax Tool Available on Amazon Marketplace Appstore

August 17, 2018 Ina Steiner

Avalara is making its sales-tax tool available on the Amazon Marketplace Appstore for the convenience of those sellers who use its tax compliance automation software to file and remit state sales tax. For those unfamiliar with it, “The Marketplace Appstore Read more