Ecommerce Industry News
A Platinum PowerSeller who has been listing on eBay since the late 1990’s recently stumbled upon the fact that eBay had placed limits on his account without his knowing. While many sellers are aware of […]
eBay is running a promotion this week that offers sellers the ability to list items for free, but the sale isn’t open to everyone. In addition, those who do receive invitations are required to activate […]
Etsy looked into reports of faltering sales in its vintage category but sees nothing to suggest a difference from other categories, a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes. Etsy is best known as a marketplace for handmade goods, […]
Now that eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is trying to make a name for himself as a proponent of investigative journalism, some sellers have suggested a campaign to make him aware of practices at the company […]
eBay and PayPal nearly doubled the amount of “mobile enabled commerce volume” (ECV) for the recent 5-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend period, seeing an increase of 96% year-over-year. eBay spokesperson Ryan Moore confirmed the mobile ECV […]
With Black Friday creep, brick-and-mortar stores weren’t the only retailers working on Thanksgiving Day. Endicia, whose online postage service helps online merchants ship their ecommerce orders via the U.S. Postal Service, found shipping volume was up […]
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson took to the company blog to report strong sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Sales from Thursday to Cyber Monday increased 60% year-over-year compared to last year’s Thanksgiving weekend. There were […]
eBay CEO John Donahoe named John Maeda the Chair of the new eBay Inc. Design Advisory Board. He will report directly to Donahoe. eBay said little about the new board, stating that Maeda was uniquely […]
It’s about to get more expensive to use Amazon’s fulfillment services, especially for merchants who sell apparel, and it looks like FBA rate increases are now an annual event. The company explained the latest Fulfillment […]
The Monday following Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, is traditionally one of the busiest online shopping days, and this year, research firm comScore said desktop sales (not including mobile) grew 18% over last year to […]