Online shoppers made history this year by spending a billion dollars a day from desktop computers for nine consecutive days beginning on Thanksgiving Day, the longest streak of billion-dollar days ever, according to comScore. This past Monday was Green Monday, one Read more
PayPal will run its first Super Bowl commercial during the February 7, 2016, football game’s first quarter. PayPal’s Vice President of Global Brand Marketing Greg Fisher made the announcement on Tuesday. Super Bowl ads are traditionally kept secret until they Read more
What sets PayPal apart from other online payment methods is its peer-payment feature, as well as its stored-value capability, but Google Wallet has now introduced a way for its users to send payments to anyone using just the recipient’s phone Read more
eBay is adjusting the way it displays delivery estimates in the listings of its UK sellers to account for the policies of independent shipping couriers in the run-up to Christmas. eBay UK also said it would monitor service levels as Read more
Many online merchants take advantage of secondary markets where they can acquire overstock, returned, or refurbished inventory to sell on marketplaces like eBay and Amazon. But the recent hoverboard scare raises important issues about product safety and seller liability. As we reported Read more
On Monday, a reader reported that eBay had edited one of his listings “to avoid its removal” for Brand Name Misuse (in effect, “keyword spamming,” as eBay calls it.) Editing a seller’s description has been unheard of up until now. Read more
There are signs that shipping carriers are struggling to keep up with the spike in orders from online shoppers, which could spell bad news, particularly for marketplace sellers such as those on eBay and Amazon who earn defects if customers Read more
eBay continues to promote hoverboards as sites like Amazon and Overstock.com crack down on the products which are making headlines due to safety concerns. Amazon also has concerns about patent liability, spelling double trouble for merchants who stocked up on Read more
eBay announced on Thursday that it would be setting up nine locations around the country to help people sell their unwanted gifts through eBay Valet. eBay will be setting up three regifting stations and six drop box locations where it Read more
Ever wonder exactly how marketplaces like eBay and Amazon performed on key holiday shopping dates? Companies are generally stingy with their data, so a new report from ecommerce platform 3dcart provides insight into how small companies performed on Cyber Monday by revealing Read more
