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/.

UPS Forecasts Record-Breaking Holiday Shipments

October 31, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

UPS is forecasting a 14 percent increase in packages shipments this holiday season compared to last year. It also revealed its prediction for its busiest tracking day. UPS plans record seasonal global delivery volume with an increase of more than Read more

Walmart May Copy Amazon FBA Fulfillment Program

October 28, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Walmart is exploring offering a fulfillment program for third-party merchants on its marketplace, according to Internet Retailer. An executive made the revelation at the Shop.org conference in Dallas on Tuesday. NOTE: See update below. Tri Huynh, director of business development for Read more

UPS Grew Profits in Third Quarter

October 28, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

UPS announced third-quarter 2016 diluted earnings per share of $1.44, a 3.6% increase over the same period last year. International operating profit increased 14% to $576 million, achieving the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Total reported revenue was $14.9 Read more

Shipping Costs More Important to Holiday Shoppers than Speed

October 28, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

The convenience and proliferation of year-round ecommerce sales and discounting is causing consumers to place much less emphasis on traditional Black Friday sales. In the second annual JDA Consumer Survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers conducted by JDA Software Group, Inc., Read more

Is eBay Empowering Sellers or Giving Them Busy Work?

October 27, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay asked sellers for help in keeping its product pages free from irrelevant listings. Here is the announcement eBay posted to its Announcement Board on Monday: eBay is built on the strength of our seller community. So we’re giving sellers Read more

Amazon Adds Pitney Bowes Global Trade Solutions to Provider Network

October 27, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Pitney Bowes, a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced it is a solution provider within the Amazon Solution Provider Network. Global sellers will now have access to Pitney Bowes’ Global Trade Solutions, Read more

Etsy Adds New Payment Processor

October 27, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Adyen, the payments company powering global commerce for Uber, Facebook and Netflix amongst others, today announced a global partnership with online marketplace Etsy. The technology partnership covers the United States, Europe and other key markets where Etsy operates marketplaces and Read more

eBay Canada Names Entrepreneur Award-Winners

October 26, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay Canada COO and Director of Product Management Russ Patterson posted the following announcement on the eBay Canada Announcement Board. Today the winners of our 12th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year awards have been announced. For more than Read more

Visa Checkout Opens Platform for Integration with Digital Wallets

October 26, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Visa announced that Visa Checkout is opening its platform to partners – allowing them to integrate the easy and secure payment service into digital wallets for online payments. Google’s Android Pay will take advantage of this new open platform by Read more

eBay Asks for Help in Cleaning up Product Pages

October 26, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay published the following post on its UK Announcement Board on October 25 to ask sellers for help in improving product pages. eBay is built on the strength of our seller community, so we’re giving sellers the opportunity to help Read more