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 Colorado

June 13, 2017June 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon will build another new fulfillment center, this one in Colorado. It will be the first Amazon Robotics facility in the state. The 855,000-plus square-foot fulfillment center will fulfill smaller customer items such as books, electronics and toys. Press Release Read more

eBay Raises Fees on Motors

June 13, 2017June 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is raising certain fees for sellers listing vehicles on eBay Motors. Beginning July 13th, eBay will raise the cost for adding Reserve or Buy It Now on auction listings in major categories on eBay Motors. Announcement follows: Starting July Read more

UPS to Build New Hub for Ecommerce Package Processing

June 12, 2017June 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

UPS will open a new package-processing hub in Arizona to add capacity for ecommerce shipments. The facility will open in time for this year’s holiday shopping season and is expected to be fully operational by late 2019. The company also Read more

BigCommerce Expands Partner Program to Help Online Sellers

June 12, 2017June 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

BigCommerce expanded its partnership program that helps online sellers by integrating with selling tools. The ecommerce platform said it would continue to expand its ecosystem with technology providers that are committed to supporting merchant success. Press release follows: BigCommerce, the Read more

Amazon Expands Fulfillment Network to New Territories

June 12, 2017June 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon announced plans to open its first fulfillment center in Oregon where it currently operates a sortation center and Prime Now hub. It also announced plans for its third fulfillment center in Connecticut that will feature Amazon Robotics technology that Read more

From the Editor – June 11, 2017

June 11, 2017June 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is purging its site of “stale” listings in what it calls an act of “Spring Cleaning” that came as a surprise to sellers, and last week it launched its Active Content ban in Europe. eBay also says it’s cracking Read more

EcommerceBytes Soundoff: Letters to the Editor – June 11, 2017

June 11, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

In every issue, readers soundoff about issues important to them. From shipping issues to payment processing, from fees to online marketplace policies, EcommerceBytes Soundoff gives you a chance to air your views. Dear Ina, Have you ever noticed that PayPal Read more

Are You Ready for Amazon Prime Day?

June 11, 2017June 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon will hold its third annual Prime Day the second week in July, and BigCommerce’s Product Marketing Manager Natasha Russ shared some advice for EcommerceBytes readers to make the most of the summertime holiday-shopping event. The first Prime Day was Read more

How to Optimize eBay Listing Titles to Boost Sales

June 11, 2017June 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Titles are precious real estate on eBay listings – there’s limited space to describe what you’re selling in a way that can help you get found by those searching the more than 1 billion items on eBay. We spoke to Read more

Amazon Lent a Billion Dollars to Small Biz This Year

June 9, 2017June 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon has lent more than $1 billion to small businesses in the last 12 months through its Amazon Lending program, and lent a total of $3 billion to over 20,000 small businesses since the program’s launch in 2011. The company Read more