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/.

eBay Runs August 17th Sitewide Flash Sale in UK

August 17, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is running yet another sitewide flash sale – this one is running today in the UK. Interestingly it isn’t advertised in the top slider of the eBay UK website – you have to scroll down to see the banner Read more

Why Amazon Brags ‘Many’ TV Shoppers Don’t Buy on Its Site

August 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

Brick-and-mortar retailers don’t like it when shoppers engage in “showrooming” behavior (visiting their stores but buying online). But Amazon doesn’t always mind the opposite phenomenon, called “webrooming” – shopping online but buying in-store. That’s because Amazon can monetize the visits Read more

CommerceHub, SlickDeals, and PlentyMarkets Win eBay Developer Awards

August 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

Three companies won awards during the 2018 eBay Connect developers conference in San Jose. CommerceHub, SlickDeals, and PlentyMarkets won the annual eBay Star Developer Awards, announced on Thursday. CommerceHub helps retailers work with suppliers and integrates with online marketplaces, search Read more

eBay Launches New Auto-Parts Shopping Tools

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay has nearly 80 million live auto-parts listings, but what do you do if you don’t know the name of the part you need to replace? New eBay Motors tools to the rescue. eBay offers a new “Shop by Diagram” Read more

Etsy Updates Category Structure and Attributes

August 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

Online marketplace Etsy announced changes to its category structure and attributes. Keep in mind that categories also act as “tags” on Etsy to further help shoppers find what they’re looking for, and to help Etsy determine relevancy in search. Sellers Read more

Yahoo Small Business Celebrates 20 Years with Renewed Focus

August 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

Younger readers may not realize that before sites like Facebook and before Google, there was Yahoo, once the leading search engine on which most of us relied. Its Yahoo Stores platform (now called Yahoo Merchant Solutions) has been around for Read more

The End of Free inkFrog Accounts for eBay Sellers

August 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

inkFrog notified sellers this week it will no longer make available free accounts to those who had been grandfathered in. The tool helps online sellers manage their inventory, market, and synchronize their product eBay listings with accounts on Shopify, BigCommerce, Read more

eBay Launches New Portal for Affiliates

August 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay’s affiliate program launched a new portal for members of its eBay Partner Network program (ePN). The new Partner Success Hub is designed to consolidate tools for affiliates, and includes a promotions calendar featuring eBay Daily Deals and monthly promotional Read more

UPS Rate Hike in UK When Printing Labels through eBay

August 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay announced that UPS rates are increasing for UK sellers when they purchase shipping labels through “eBay Delivery powered by Shutl.” The new higher rates will go into effect on September 14, according to this week’s announcement. You can read Read more

eBay Announces New APIs at eBay Connect Developers Conference 2018

August 14, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay kicked off this year’s developers conference with news of new APIs and AI capabilities for companies that make tools and apps for eBay buyers and sellers. Image Search, Machine Translation and Marketplace Feeds are all now available for developers Read more