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’s StubHub Faces Major League Problems

February 25, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s StubHub unit was a bright spot in eBay’s fourth quarter earnings released last month thanks to its high revenue growth, but now it’s facing “major league” problems. While StubHub’s revenue is a fraction of eBay’s total revenue – eBay Marketplaces saw Read more

Visa Checkout Is Gaining Momentum

February 25, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

Visa launched its Visa Checkout online payment service in 2014 with the help of former PayPal executive Sam Shrauger, now Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at Visa. This week it previewed a new design that will launch in April Read more

The Hidden Secrets of Your Product Metrics

February 25, 2016September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Are you familiar with the term, “Inventory Days to Zero”? Monitoring this metric can help you avoid running out of stock, and it’s just one of several performance indicators sellers should be watching. Rob McGrorty of Webgility is back with Read more

Auction Site Proxibid Benefits from eBay Partnership

February 24, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

Auction site Proxibid reported double-digit growth in online sales in 2015 and a nearly 50% increase in Merchandise Value (GMV) compared to 2014. The company attributes the strong growth in part to a partnership with eBay. “Company growth was fueled Read more

Best Buy Confirms Closure of Third-Party Merchant Marketplace

February 24, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

Best Buy opened its site to third-party merchants in 2011, and today, February 24, 2016, it is cutting them loose with the closure of its Marketplace business. The closure affects only the US marketplace on BestBuy.com. EcommerceBytes broke the news on Tuesday Read more

Etsy Grows Sales 21 Percent in Fourth Quarter 2015

February 24, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy grew Gross Merchandise Sales 21.3% to $741.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, the company revealed Tuesday when it released earnings. It said the growth was driven by a 15.5% year-over-year growth in active sellers and 21.4% year-over-year Read more

What Will eBay Do with $750 Million?

February 24, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

“What will eBay do with $750 million?” a reader asked upon reading that the company was raising that amount by offering 6% notes. According to eBay’s press release on Monday, it expects its offering of $750 million in senior unsecured notes to Read more

eBay UK Runs Week-Long Promo for Business Sellers

February 23, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a free-listing promotion, and unlike most seller promos in the UK, it’s not limited to private (casual) sellers. But while the week-long promo is for business sellers, it’s also by invitation only. Sellers who receive an invitation Read more

PayPal Redesigned Its Mobile App and Unveiled New Partnerships

February 23, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal is keeping busy – it launched a new marketing campaign called New Money that kicked off with a Super Bowl TV ad earlier this month, and last week it announced it had redesigned its mobile app. This week at the Read more

Senior eBay Executives Become Top Rated Sellers

February 23, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

The head of eBay’s North American Marketplaces revealed on Monday that he has become a Top Rated Seller. Hal Lawton came to eBay from The Home Depot last April and invited users to visit his eBay Store to see what he has Read more