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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/.

Amazon Entices Retailers to Sell Kindle eBook Readers

November 8, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is inviting retailers to sell its Kindles and is enticing them with a 10 percent commission on the price of Kindle ebooks purchased from the devices they sell for the first two years after […]

Etsy Research Shows Marketplace Sellers Are an Economic Force

November 7, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

In order to show the impact Etsy sellers have on the economy, it commissioned research firm GfK to conduct an anonymous online survey of 5,500 active U.S. sellers on topics including sources of start-up capital, […]

Amazon Payments Moves Closer to Serving Location-Based Ads

November 7, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon Payments made changes to its Privacy Notice and User Agreement and Unauthorized Transaction Policy, informing users through its annual notice emailed to Amazon Payments account holders at the end of October. “Each year we […]

Etsy Cooks up New Deal with Whole Foods Stores

November 7, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy has partnered with yet another retail chain, this time Whole Foods Market. The deal is designed to highlight the Etsy marketplace inside Whole Foods Market locations around the world. The partnership, called Ingredients for […]

Staples to Open Its Marketplace to Third Party Sellers

November 7, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Staples will open its ecommerce website to third-party sellers and will work with wholesalers and drop-shippers to broaden and deepen its selection, and it is also looking to broaden its distribution footprint. Executive Faisal Masud […]

eBay CEO Shares Lessons from His First Job as a Teamster

November 6, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO John Donahoe is continuing his monthly essays on the LinkedIn business social-networking site. Again, he chose to talk about something personal – this time, his first job after high school working for his […]

EcommerceBytes Announces Sellers Choice Awards: Inventory Management

November 5, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

EcommerceBytes asked readers to rate 34 inventory and listing management tools as part of the 2013 Sellers Choice Awards. Over 3,000 merchants responded to this year’s awards and rated the services they used on five […]

eBay Says Congress Will Try to Sneak Passage of Online Sales Tax Bill

November 5, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay sent an email to sellers on Monday asking them to contact their members of Congress regarding the pending online sales tax bill. “If the Marketplace Fairness Act is allowed to become law, it could […]

eBay Offers Sellers Holiday Discount on USPS Shipping

November 5, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is offering sellers the chance to save on USPS shipping throughout the holidays when using eBay Labels. Normally the program is limited to eBay Top Rated sellers and sellers with an average of 300 […]

Amazon Prime Outpaces Other Shipping Methods, More FCs in Works

November 4, 2013December 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon’s not a one for giving out too much information, but last week it said unlimited free Two-Day shipping with Prime continues to be the preferred shipping method among Amazon customers. And, it revealed, it […]