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/.

Volusion Founder on Growing Traffic for Smaller Merchants

July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 Ina Steiner

Volusion sold its Mozu enterprise platform geared to large merchants in the fall in order to focus instead on its roots: serving small- and medium-sized (SMB) sellers. Along with the launch of “Volusion 2” (V2), the company brought back its Read more

eBay Crackdown: Need-to-know Changes for eBay Sellers

July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay Vice President of Seller Experience Bob Kupbens published a post on Tuesday in which he addressed some of the changes eBay has been making without having made any announcements (though he couched his message as bringing positive news to Read more

TaxJar Provides Auto Filing for Sales Tax Obligations

July 15, 2017 Ina Steiner

TaxJar launched a new service for online sellers that will file sales tax returns on their behalf and remit sales tax payments due in all states. The program works automatically, ensuring merchants their filings are completed on time. Press release Read more

eBay UK No Longer Gives a Pass on Royal Mail Tracking

July 13, 2017 Ina Steiner

After discovering last year that tracking information received from Royal Mail was incomplete, eBay gave UK sellers a free pass on tracking requirements as long as they uploaded tracking information to their account themselves. This month, eBay UK is no Read more

eBay Welcomes Shopify Merchants with New Integration

July 13, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is making it easier for sellers with a Shopify-powered store to list on its marketplace. Merchants will soon be able to list and sell their products on eBay directly from their Shopify account, eBay announced on Thursday. The integration Read more

PayPal Worms Its Way into Apple

July 13, 2017 Ina Steiner

People can now use PayPal to pay for digital goods on Apple devices using PayPal. They can use their iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Apple TVs, and Apple Watches to pay for purchases on the Apple App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Read more

Amazon Reports on Results of Prime Day 2017

July 12, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon Prime Day 2017 grew by more than 60 percent over last year, Amazon proclaimed, and said sales growth by small businesses and entrepreneurs was higher than that. Amazon benefited greatly from the event by selling its own devices, including the Read more

Etsy Allows Sellers More Images to Promote Their Products

July 11, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy is allowing sellers to use five additional photos in their listings, it announced today. In addition, Etsy is allowing for larger file sizes – the maximum size is going from 1500 pixels to 3000 pixels. The marketplace said the Read more

eBay VP of Seller Experience Addresses Recent Changes

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 Ina Steiner

The head of Seller Experience at eBay posted a message to sellers to provide an update about its plans to bring more buyers to the site. In his blog post, Bob Kupbens also addressed some of the changes eBay is Read more

PayPal Makes Going Global Easier

July 11, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal is removing some of the obstacles of selling internationally with a new service called PayPal Global Sellers. Through a partnership with Webinterpret, it is providing a suite of tools including website translation, taxes/duties presentment, international shipping and return facilitation, Read more