Overall, eBid earned better grades from sellers than they did last year and nudged up one slot to 8th place in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards for Online Marketplaces, even though the UK-based company lacks the robust sales of larger Read more
Facebook came in 9th place in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards. There are numerous ways to sell on this marketplace, though the focus remains on local selling (or advertising) for now. In January 2018, EcommerceBytes surveyed over 10,000 online sellers Read more
Walmart came in 10th place in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards. This is the first year Walmart cracked the top-ten nominated marketplaces after it opened its platform to third-party sellers in 2009 on a very limited basis (3 merchants were Read more
eBay has partnered with PideloRapido to give Latin American shoppers access to tens of millions of eBay.com listings. Shoppers who use the service from PideloRapido won’t need a US shipping address or PayPal account thanks to an integration with eBay’s Read more
eBay launched a new program for sellers who also operate brick-and-mortar retail stores. Always Open on eBay provides participating retailers co-branded marketing collateral for their physical space that promotes their eBay store. “Always Open is intended to drive additional retail Read more
PayPal provided us with some clarification on the duplicate 1099Ks some Etsy sellers received this month. PayPal and other payment providers are required to send Form 1099K to sellers and to the IRS showing the amount they processed on the Read more
PayPal launched its PayPal Here card reader in 2012, allowing sellers to accept in-person payments by connecting the swiper to their smartphones. Today it launched new two new card readers with up-to-date technology: the Swipe reader and the Chip and Read more
Online sellers are being swept up in new confusion this year over Form 1099K as they prepare to file their income tax with the IRS and their state departments of revenue. New laws targeting income tax evaders are impacting small Read more
eBay added two new managers to its executive team in Australia. Kristian Haigh was appointed Senior Director of B2C & Advertising, and David Ramadge re-joined the company as Senior Director of Product & Shipping. The appointments come as rival Amazon Read more
eBay Partner Network announced a new tool for affiliate marketers. Smart Share is a Chrome Extension that lets affiliates create personalized tracking links while browsing eBay’s website outside of the program’s portal. eBay said affiliates could continue to use its Read more
