Amazon gave Wall Street analysts a reason to smile, but it can thank a business that has nothing to do with retail for much of the good news. The Wall Street Journal was giddy, writing of Amazon’s first-quarter performance, “Superlatives Read more
Amazon executives said the company is working with FBA sellers on the issue of warehouse space. It’s hard to believe that sellers were once wary of using Fulfillment by Amazon, but now many sellers are eager to send their inventory Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig does not believe in building walls around countries, he said during a presentation directly following the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Rather, Wenig said he believes in a global market. “This idea that national markets, Read more
Amazon will open two new fulfillment centers in New Jersey. One new FC will be located in Florence, and the other in Carteret where Amazon already operates a fulfillment center. The company said the decision to build the new centers Read more
PayPal users have experienced problems logging in to their account over the past several days, while others are having problems sending payments or accessing certain pages. A report came in to Ecommerce EKG on Tuesday: “Can’t login, says – “Some of your Read more
eBay first tested wine sales in 2001 in a partnership with New Vine Logistics and Winetasting.com, opening a sub-category in the food and beverage section of eBay’s Home & Garden category. 15 years later, eBay has teamed up with Drync Read more
eBay has opened its Promoted Listing ad program to a number of Collectibles categories. The marketplace explains, “you can increase the likelihood of a sale by putting your multi-quantity items in front of buyers who are actively shopping. Your ads Read more
eBay Marketplaces GMV grew 4% in the first quarter year-over-year accounting for foreign currency (“FX-neutral”), company executives said during an earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts on Tuesday. Marketplace revenue was up 3% on an FX-Neutral basis during the Read more
eBay is giving casual (non-business) sellers in the UK yet another free-listing promotion. Sellers who are registered as private sellers on eBay.co.uk who receive an invitation can list up to 100 listings and pay no insertion fees. In addition, if Read more
Reports are coming in from eBay sellers that they are unable to issue refunds to eBay buyers. “I’m trying to refund a buyer, but keep getting an error message: We couldn’t process your request because of a technical issue. Please Read more
