PayPal was inaccessible for many users beginning shortly before 2 pm EST Sunday afternoon. Reports came flooding in to Twitter, Ecommerce EKG, the eBay boards, and on glitch-reporting sites indicating that the PayPal homepage was live, but attempts to login to Read more
Jet is not living up to the hype surrounding its launch, abandoning the membership-only business model that was key to turning the site into a serious threat to Amazon. Jet launched in July and charged a $50 annual fee to Read more
eBay is running a promotion for private (non-business) sellers in the UK that kicked off on September 30th and runs through October 5th. The invitation-only promotion allows eligible sellers to list up to 100 auction or fixed-price listings and pay Read more
Target expanded its price-match policy, but it seems to have learned a few things from Walmart, which ran into some bumps last year when it expanded its price matching program. As of October 1st, Target stores and Target.com will match Read more
This week, Twitter took another step in bringing ecommerce to its social platform, announcing on Wednesday additional partnerships to make it easier for retailers of any size to sell products, digital goods, or services directly within a Tweet via Buy Read more
Which top retailer has the lowest prices? Online sellers know how competitive the Amazon marketplace is, but they may be wondering how it compares to other sites on pricing and product assortment. A new report from Boomerang Commerce takes a Read more
Etsy is making its own checkout system mandatory for all new shops, whether they’re opened by new sellers or by existing sellers wishing to expand or diversify. That means sellers who want to use their own PayPal account in new Read more
eBay released a new document as part of its lobbying efforts to fight the online sales-tax bills legislators are trying to pass. eBay Government Relations tweeted on Wednesday, “MFA & RTPA tax bills are bad for small business. Download our paper explaining Read more
eBay named the former president of the Gap to its Board of Directors, while PayPal faced one of the challenges of being a public company. Paul Pressler was President and CEO of Gap Inc. and spent 15 years in senior Read more
Ecommerce vendor 360pi is tracking the best-selling toys throughout the holiday shopping season. You can sign up to receive the information – there’s no charge, but you must sign up to receive marketing emails along with the free reports. The Read more
