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/.

eBay Rolls Out Seller Hub and Announces Webinar in UK

October 14, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay has been rolling out its new Seller Hub in the UK, and this week sent an email to sellers announcing its launch and notifying them of an introductory webinar. Here’s the email announcement. Seller Hub is here. Transform the Read more

Amazon Publishes 2016 Holiday Toy List

October 14, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon.com unwrapped its 2016 Holiday Toy List, a hand-selected list of more than a thousand of the season’s most sought-after products for kids featuring the hottest toys, games for the entire family, electronics, popular books, learning toys and more. In Read more

Amazon Gets Ready for Holidays with New Hires

October 14, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon today announced it is creating more than 120,000 seasonal positions across its U.S. network of fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites this holiday season. Last year, more than 14,000 seasonal positions were transitioned to regular, full-time roles Read more

Majority of Global Consumers Shop Cross Border

October 13, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Pitney Bowes, a global technology leader providing innovative products and solutions powering anywhere-to-everywhere commerce, announced the results of the third annual Pitney Bowes Global Online Shopping Survey, which finds that cross-border ecommerce has become prevalent among consumers around the world. Read more

eBay Sells Majority of Stake in Latin American Marketplace

October 13, 2016December 30, 2019 Ina Steiner

eBay announcement by Scott Schenkel follows: We regularly review and actively manage our investment portfolio to ensure that our investments support the company’s strategic direction and complement our disciplined approach to value creation, profitability and capital allocation. Against this backdrop, Read more

USPS to Raise Rates in 2017

October 13, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

The United States Postal Service today (Wednesday) filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for Mailing Services products to take effect next year, following the end of the holiday mailing season. The new prices, if approved, Read more

What Americans Think of Drone Delivery

October 12, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

More Americans like the concept of drone delivery than dislike it, but a large number have yet to decide. That’s just one finding of a new national survey administered by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG). With Read more

Time to Take Note of Holiday Shipping Cut-off Dates

October 12, 2016July 19, 2017 Ina Steiner

ShipStation, the leading web-based ecommerce shipping solution, released their 5th annual infographic offering the shipping cutoff dates for the upcoming holiday season. The infographic includes information from the top three U.S. shipping carriers, FedEx, UPS and USPS. The ship-by dates Read more

Shyp Pivots Service from Pickup to Shipping Labels

October 11, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

This summer, we introduced powerful new features for our customers to power their businesses with Shyp. Since then, we’ve seen an overwhelmingly positive response from individuals, online marketplace sellers, and businesses that have adopted Shyp as a critical tool to Read more

Wendy Jones to Head eBay Global Customer Service Operations

October 11, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay has promoted Wendy Jones, a 13-year company veteran, to Senior Vice President, Global Operations and named her to take on additional responsibilities leading eBay’s global customer service operations. Wendy will continue to lead eBay’s Operating Committee, which oversees the Read more