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/.

Amazon Offers Product Protection – for a Price

April 25, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is offering customers in the UK an option to purchase product protection. Amazon Protect is an add-on to the manufacturer’s guarantee that provides a choice of protection against accidental damage, breakdown and theft. Amazon Protect is available for mobile Read more

Woolworths Will Ship eBay Items for Sellers

April 25, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is working on ways to make selling on its marketplace more attractive to casual sellers looking for ease-of-use, and on Friday, it announced a new test in Australia to try to take the pain out of shipping. eBay sellers Read more

eBay Scares Away Shoppers with Search Results Glitch

April 25, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay sellers in the US and in the UK say a glitch is scaring buyers away from their listings by incorrectly displaying higher costs in search results than what the seller is offering. The glitch affects listings that offer free Read more

Mother and Son Charged with eBay Collectibles Fraud

April 22, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

A 30-year-old man was charged with eBay fraud over the alleged sale of phony autographed baseball cards, and authorities believe he had help from his 61-year-old mother. The pair are accused of being the masterminds behind “the biggest case of Read more

Etsy Integrates FedEx into Its Shipping Labels Program

April 22, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy has added FedEx to its shipping labels program so that sellers can purchase and print FedEx shipping labels directly on Etsy. The company also had a confession to make about shipping. FedEx Integration “A direct integration with FedEx means Read more

Amazon to Close MyHabit Fashion Site

April 22, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is closing its MyHabit fashion site, according to Women’s Wear Daily(WWD), but not in defeat. WWD sees the move as “streamlining” as Amazon pushes to become a bigger fashion player. As we wrote when it launched in 2011, MyHabit was similar to Read more

Walmart Seeks More Merchants to Sell on Marketplace

April 22, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Walmart is seeking to grow its Marketplace from hundreds of third-party merchants to thousands. And with over 80 million unique visitors shopping Walmart.com every month, it may not be difficult to temp sellers to apply. Walmart has kept its Marketplace Read more

eBay UK Entices Sellers to Upgrade their Shops

April 21, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is enticing business sellers in the UK to upgrade their Shop by running a special promotion, though it is by invitation only. eBay’s email message to sellers explained, “We noticed that you are listing a lot lately. Why not Read more

eBay Seeks Auction Listings to Attract Mother’s Day Shoppers

April 21, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a seller promotion to make sure it has enough items to appease Mother’s Day shoppers looking for the perfect gift. The promotion encourages sellers to list items using the auction format – those sellers who are invited Read more

eBay Enterprise Ditches the eBay Name

April 21, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Founded as GSI Commerce, acquired by eBay and rebranded, and sold off last year and broken up into further pieces, eBay Enterprise is finally ditching the eBay name. eBay Enterprise was separated into four businesses after the November 2015 sale. Read more