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/.

Poshmark Launches New Feature to Speed the Selling Process

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Ina Steiner

Poshmark revolutionized fashion buying and selling on mobile devices, and now it’s allowing its users to list on the web, which is more convenient for serious sellers. One EcommerceBytes reader called it great news for Poshmark sellers, saying they’d be Read more

Amazon to Open Fulfillment Center in Florida Disney Territory

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is opening an 850,000 square-foot fulfillment center located in Orlando, Florida – home to Walt Disney World – to fulfill small items such as books, electronics, and consumer goods. The new facility will employ 1,500 fulltime employees and utilize Read more

Etsy Will Critique Seller Listings

July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

How can you improve your listings to get more sales? One way is to submit your store for critique by experts, and on Tuesday, Etsy is hosting a shop optimization session. Sellers can submit their shops for review for a Read more

Amazon Gives Some Shoppers Early Access to Prime Day Deals

July 8, 2017 Ina Steiner

How do you get early access to Amazon Prime Day deals? Ask Alexa. Some shoppers will get early access to Prime Day deals, part of Amazon’s attempt to raise awareness of its Alexa voice technology. Amazon said “voice shoppers” using Read more

eBay Invites Canadian Sellers to July Seller Event

July 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is hosting its second annual seller event called eBay Open in Las Vegas this month. The company invited sellers in Canada to a happy hour gathering during the event. Announcement follows: eBay Open, a four-day series of speakers, workshops Read more

Amazon Showcases Sellers in Runup to Prime Day

July 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

Shoppers ordered over 20 million items from its third-party sellers on Amazon Prime Day last year. Amazon touted the product selection made possible by “small businesses and entrepreneurs” in the run up to Tuesday’s Prime Day, and said sellers use Read more

eBay UK Moves Business-Seller Contact Info to Seller Profile Page

July 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay will remove contact details from the UK listings of business sellers over time and will display them only on the seller profile page. eBay said the change to the desktop site will make it consistent with eBay’s mobile site Read more

Amazon to Open First Utah Fulfillment Center

July 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon announced a new fulfillment center in Salt Lake City, the first in Utah. Amazon will use the 855,000-plus square-foot fulfillment center to fulfill smaller customer items, such as books, electronics, and toys. Press release follows: Amazon.com, Inc. announced today Read more

eBay Launches Price Match Guarantee in the UK

July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay launched Price Match Guarantee in the UK. The new feature doesn’t impact regular listings, instead, it applies to “deals” from a small number of exclusive merchants that are able to offer a large quantity of items at steep discounts Read more