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 to Open New Fulfillment Center in Ontario

July 13, 2018 Ina Steiner

Even as Amazon expands in new geographies including Australia and the Middle East, it hasn’t stopped expanding its logistics capabilities in existing markets. This week the company announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Canada. The 1-million square Read more

eBay Expands Prime-Like Program with New Fulfillment Deal

July 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay launched a program for shoppers last month in Australia modeled after Amazon Prime called eBay Plus. But with no warehouses or Amazon FBA-style fulfillment program, it was difficult to see how it could meet eBay Plus customer expectations. This Read more

Amazon Prime Day Meets Black Friday in July

July 12, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon didn’t create the concept of “Christmas in July” or “back-to-school” sales, but its annual Prime Day shopping holiday has spawned annual “Black Friday in July” sales from rivals who feel compelled to follow its lead in setting the date Read more

Auctiva Surveys eBay Sellers on Going Multi Channel

July 11, 2018 Ina Steiner

Auctiva is surveying eBay sellers about using other marketplaces as it prepares to launch a new product called Auctiva Multi-Channel. Auctiva Product Manager Natasha Burns told EcommerceBytes that after 18 years of providing selling solutions exclusively for eBay, “this last Read more

eBay Runs a Second Flash Sale Ahead of Prime Day

July 11, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is running another flash sale in advance of next week’s Amazon Prime Day shopping extravaganza. Tuesday’s flash sale was limited to items in the tech category, but Wednesday’s sale appears to be sitewide, applying to everything except tech along Read more

eBay Runs Category-Wide Flash Sales in Advance of Prime Day

July 10, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay had announced on Monday it would be running category-wide sales today and tomorrow when it wrote, “Exclusively this week, eBay is hosting one-day-only sales in its top categories from 5am – 11pm PDT on Tuesday, July 10 and Wednesday, Read more

Etsy Starts Rolling Out New Subscription Plan Called Plus

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 Ina Steiner

Etsy began rolling out its new subscription plan today. It had announced Etsy Plus in mid-June, but sellers can be forgiven if they don’t remember it since it was introduced at the same time as a fee hike and fee Read more

Google Rebrands AdWords Ad Platform

July 9, 2018 Ina Steiner

Google recently announced it is rebranding its iconic AdWords advertising program that launched in 2000. Google AdWords will become Google Ads, and the company is launching two additional programs: Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad Manager. Google Ads is designed Read more

eBay Lowers Certain Fees – But Don’t Get Too Excited

July 9, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is lowering fees, but only in certain subcategories in the Business and Industrial Goods category. It’s unclear exactly what prompted the fee adjustment, but competitive factors likely played a role. eBay stated in its announcement that it was “serious” Read more

eBay Launches Deals a Week ahead of Amazon Prime Day

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is launching what it calls massive deals this week. We can’t help wondering if like many in the industry, it thought Amazon would be holding its Prime Day shopping event this week. Some believe Amazon held off a week Read more