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/.

eBay Encourages Auction Listings in Fashion and Collectibles

April 4, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a promotion for sellers in the Fashion and Collectibles categories, but it’s by invitation only. Invited sellers can list up to 1,000 auction listings in qualifying categories and pay no insertion fees during the month of April. Read more

Etsy Registers to Lobby Congress

April 4, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy registered to lobby for the first time, according to Politico. The publication noted that Etsy will be represented by Julie Stitzel, formerly with the Pew Charitable Trusts. Stitzel is Senior Manager of Federal Advocacy and Policy at Etsy. According to Read more

Amazon Terminates More Affiliates over State Tax Law

April 4, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Affiliates and online sellers are the losers thanks to Louisiana’s attempt to pressure Amazon to collect its state sales tax on purchases made by Louisiana residents. Amazon sent a letter to affiliates in the state last month explaining it was Read more

New Amazon Shipping Policy Worries Some Sellers

April 4, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is requiring certain sellers to offer a free-shipping option, and it has some sellers nervous that it’s a sign of things to come. Amazon issued the following notice to sellers in late March: “To help provide customers with the Read more

Now Use Square on Your Online Shop

April 1, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Square is now letting retailers and online merchants use its payment-processing services on their online stores. The company revolutionized in-person payment processing for small retailers and micro sellers by offering a credit-card reader that works with mobile devices. This week, Read more

Etsy Lets Shoppers Save Items in Shopping Carts

April 1, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy is rolling out a change to its shopping cart, it announced on Thursday. The “Save for Later” feature is a new cart function that will allow buyers to save items from their cart to purchase later. “Buyers will soon Read more

Price Guide Explores Crowd-Investing to Grow Beyond eBay

April 1, 2016July 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Will Seippel is on a mission, and he’s open to trying a new and very different approach to help him achieve it. As founder and CEO of WorthPoint Corporation, he’s working to improve the pricing transparency that exists between sellers Read more

News Roundup: Ecommerce Tools Get New Features and Designs

March 31, 2016July 24, 2017 Ina Steiner

Online sellers who use ecommerce platforms and listing tools to host their shops and manage inventory received news from several vendors this month about new features – along with an important security alert. The popular Zen Cart shopping cart issued Read more

Visa Checkout Reaches More Shoppers

March 31, 2016July 24, 2017 Ina Steiner

Visa Checkout is making it easier for more people to sign up for an account, it announced this week. Bank of America is helping customers enroll in Visa Checkout by directly populating their Bank of America cards into Visa Checkout Read more

Amazon to Open Seventh California Fulfillment Center

March 31, 2016July 24, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon will open a third fulfillment center in San Bernardino, its seventh in California after opening its first warehouse in the state in 2012. Amazon employees at the new 1.1 million-square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack, and ship smaller customer Read more