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/.

Management Change at eBay Germany

February 17, 2018 Ina Steiner

The Managing Director of eBay Germany has stepped down – Stefan Wenzel reported on LinkedIn that he has joined Heiko Schäfer and the Tom Tailor Group team, an international fashion and lifestyle group. The move does not come as a Read more

Super Shopper Favors Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Craigslist

February 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

This finding from a research report caught our eye – do you identify with the following profile? “The super shopper is a 47 year-old woman with a household income under $50,000 who spends 44 hours per month (nearly two whole Read more

eBay Plans March Madness and Spring Coupon Campaigns

February 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is planning its next two coupon marketing campaigns while its current President’s Day promotion is still running. Only a small group of sellers are invited to participate in eBay coupon campaigns that it heavily promotes on its website, in Read more

Amazon to Divulge Seller Names to Rhode Island

February 16, 2018 Ina Steiner

Amazon will provide Rhode Island with the names and addresses of sellers who made sales to customers located in the state in 2017, saying it believes it is required to do so under a new Rhode Island state law. It Read more

eBay Launches Seller Bootcamp Training

February 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay is launching a program to help sellers jumpstart sales and grow their business. The eBay Seller Boot Camp is a free virtual course that begins on March 5th. eBay compared the experience to a fitness bootcamp for people who Read more

Etsy Discloses Tax-Related Privacy Breach

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

Etsy confirmed a privacy breach impacted about 1,500 sellers. The incident was caused by human error and was not related to any hacking or website vulnerability. The incident occurred on January 30, 2018, when an Etsy seller requested a copy Read more

States Are Giving Sellers and Marketplaces Tax Headaches

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 Ina Steiner

There are 45 states that impose statewide sales tax, and some of them are now making things complicated for online sellers and the marketplaces on which they sell, as Etsy and its sellers are discovering. At least two states have Read more

eBay Launches Peer Fundraising Tool

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay has long offered ways for both buyers and sellers to help raise money for charity by having a portion or all of the proceeds of a sale go to the charity of their choosing, and today it launched a Read more

eBay Hires Chief Scientist to Work on Artificial Intelligence

February 13, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay announced today it has hired Jan Pedersen to work on the company’s Artificial Intelligence strategy. He’s tasked with figuring out ways to use technology to deliver new customer experiences. He comes to eBay from Twitter, and before that, Microsoft Read more

eBay Helps Affiliates Drive Traffic with Smart Tech

February 12, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay offers contextual ads through the eBay Partner Network, its affiliate program that rewards publishers for driving traffic and sales to its marketplace. eBay Partner Network explained in a recent blog post how affiliate publishers could display contextual ads based Read more