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/.

Selling on Classifieds via Mobile Apps

October 18, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Curious to learn which classifieds apps sellers are using? Take our survey and find out. Craigslist once dominated classifieds, but thanks to smartphones, there are a lot of mobile apps people are using to buy and sell locally and beyond Read more

eBay Uses AI to Pitch Interior Decorators

October 18, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay launched a new destination, eBay Collective, an elevated shopping experience to provide interior designers and consumers with curated inventory of furniture, antiques, contemporary design and fine art. The bespoke experience has been specifically developed for eBay’s 164 million active buyers Read more

Amazon to Host Business Academy for Small UK Businesses

October 17, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon announced that it will host its first ever Digital Business Academy in the UK on Wednesday 23rd November at its Fashion Photography Studio in Hoxton. The event will be run in partnership with small business group Enterprise Nation and Read more

eBay Hosts Roundtable on Online Sales Tax

October 17, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

This week US Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) held a roundtable meeting with a group of eBay sellers at eWaste Direct in Livermore, California. In attendance were the owners of eWaste Direct, Angie and Joe Nelson, as well as eBay sellers Read more

Deal Sites Get Ready to Share Black Friday Deals

October 17, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

FatWallet.com and BFAds.net, known for breaking Black Friday’s biggest news, announced they are combining resources to bring holiday shoppers a one-stop solution for sorting through the best holiday sales and deals, including first access to Black Friday ad leaks. Experts Read more

eBay News from Down Under

October 14, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay relaunched Seller Centre in Australia, where it has also modified a couple of policies about selling adult items and medical devices. Here are the announcement board posts. The Seller Centre has relaunched Great news, we have just relaunched our Seller Read more

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