eBay is taking a new approach to the way it displays products to online shoppers that goes far beyond traditional keyword search results, it announced this week. The structured data eBay refers to as being “the key to unlocking this Read more
Is it fair for online marketplaces to give higher rankings in search results to listings from sellers located in the country in which the shopper resides? Or should buyers have the ability to control geographic search preferences themselves? That’s at Read more
Daimler AG filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday for trademark infringement, design patent infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, and other complaints for allegedly selling replica Mercedes wheels that were not authorized or sold by Daimler. The case is interesting Read more
eBay bidders will soon be able to receive reminders via Facebook Messenger when an auction listing is about to end. The feature is part of the first phase of pilot testing, so will only be available to a subset of Read more
Aabaco is the new brand for what remains in many people’s minds “Yahoo Stores” and “Yahoo Small Business.” With fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the fate of parent company Yahoo, Aabaco’s announcement this week could provide some measure of comfort Read more
Merchants using the popular Magento ecommerce software to power their online store have to figure out how to host it, whether it means buying their own hardware servers or using a web-hosting company. But now it’s adding a cloud-based store-hosting Read more
BigCommerce has expanded the availability of the Shop section on Facebook Pages, which lets merchants create a custom Shop on their business Facebook Page. Sellers who use BigCommerce can begin merchandising individual products or custom collections to Facebook users; the Read more
Postal carriers could get help hauling heavy packages, according to a report in the Mirror. Germany’s Deutsche Post is testing robots to help with the increase in packages. “Clemens Beckmann, head of innovation at Deutsche Post, told Reuters: “Robots could be Read more
eBay warned sellers on Monday that not having Product Identifiers in listings could decrease their visibility in search – that’s because eBay added a feature that allows buyers to search by Product Identifier numbers. “Starting today, buyers can search for Read more
The National Football League is taking a new approach to tackling the problem of counterfeit goods on marketplaces like eBay and Amazon. Part of its strategy: it’s demanding manufacturers stop selling to marketplace sellers or to any retailer who sells Read more
