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/.

Facebook Expands P2P Payments

April 13, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Facebook is working to make it easier for people to send money to each other directly in Messenger without having to leave the messaging app, and on Tuesday it added group payments. Partha Sundaram published the following post in the Read more

PayPal Launches App in UK for Online Sellers

April 12, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Imogen Howat published the following post on the PayPal corporate blog on Monday: At PayPal, we understand that staying on top of everything when you’re a small business owner can be enough to give you sleepless nights. Invoices, payments, refunds, Read more

Amazon Nominated for Internet Retailer of the Year

April 12, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Internet Retailer announced the finalists for the 2017 Internet Retailer Excellence Awards, which includes 13 categories. eBay and Amazon are among those nominated for awards: Amazon has been nominated for Internet Retailer of the Year and Cisco Systems Inc. for Read more

Amazon and Visa Team Up for Business Customers

April 11, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon Business has teamed up with Visa to provide enhanced transaction data on customer purchases made with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, and PNC U.S. issued Visa commercial cards. With enhanced transaction data, Amazon Business customers will receive additional Read more

eBay Reminds Sellers of May 1st Fee Hike

April 11, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Audrey Tracy published the following post on the eBay Seller News Announcement Board on Monday reminding sellers about the Spring Seller Update changes that are rolling out: In February, we announced a host of changes we’re making at eBay to Read more

eBay Sells eBay India to Flipkart

April 11, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

The biggest investment in Flipkart’s 10-year history comes at an opportune moment for ecommerce in India. Tencent, eBay and Microsoft have made investments aggregating to $1.4 billion in Flipkart, India’s leading online marketplace. The latest funding round from the three Read more

Retail Employment Lower than Expected in March

April 10, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Retail industry employment decreased by 30,300 jobs in March from February, a substantially weaker-than-expected report due in part to weather patterns from mild temperatures to blizzards, the National Retail Federation said. The numbers exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants. Read more

Visa Adoption Growing among Buyers and Merchants

April 10, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Visa Inc., announced that Visa Checkout, the easier way to use a Visa card online, is sustaining tremendous growth, reaching more than 20 million enrolled accounts. Visa Checkout enables millions of consumers to pay in just a few clicks on Read more

BigCommerce Helps Hook up Merchants with Ecommerce Designers

April 7, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

BigCommerce, the leading ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, and Envato, the leading community for buying and selling creative assets, today announced the launch of a new BigCommerce category in the world’s largest theme marketplace, ThemeForest. Through this partnership, Read more

Amazon to Create 30,000 Part-time Jobs

April 7, 2017July 9, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon announced plans to create more than 5,000 new part-time roles over the next year in Virtual Customer Service, a program in the company’s award-winning customer service organization that offers employees the flexibility to work from home as a customer Read more