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 Acquires Twice to Boost Its Consignment Service

July 21, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay acquired a used-clothing shop Twice that allowed people to send in their used clothing and accessories and have the company sell the items for them on a consignment basis. The founders told customers it was shutting down the site Read more

More eBay Changes Are on the Way

July 21, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay told sellers on Monday that more changes are ahead, but only hinted at what’s to come. Sellers abhor changes and lived through a period of extreme “disruptive innovation” when John Donahoe took over as CEO in 2008 – it Read more

One Seller’s Experience with eBay’s New Ad Program

July 21, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s new Promoted Listings advertising program for sellers has an easy-to-use interface, confusing pricing, and brings added exposure to listings, according to a seller who has been advertising his eBay listings through the program. Jason Opdyke began using eBay’s new Read more

Weigh In on eBay’s Recent Change to Feedback

July 20, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s new CEO Devin Wenig wants to make changes to fundamental areas of the marketplace. One such change that has begun rolling out involves eBay’s sacred cow, the feedback system, and EcommerceBytes is polling sellers to see what they think. Read more

Etsy Runs Pilot Program to Test Licensed Merchandise

July 17, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

There’s not only fan fiction, there’s fan merchandise as well, and Etsy is testing a way to allow its sellers to participate in an approved manner. Etsy Director of Business Development Morgan Blake said the marketplace has been developing the Read more

FBA Sellers Participated in Amazon Prime Day

July 17, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

The inaugural Amazon Prime Day broke global records, with unit sales exceeding 2014’s Black Friday holiday-shopping day – and the company revealed it will hold the event again. In a press release boasting about its new shopping holiday that took Read more

Google Is Turning into an Advertising-Marketplace Hybrid

July 17, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Watch out, eBay and Amazon – Google is turning into an advertising-marketplace hybrid as it brings shopping transactions directly to its search engine platform. The company is testing “Purchases on Google,” which lets retail advertisers add a Buy button to Read more

eBay Sells Enterprise Unit for Bargain Price of $925 Million

July 16, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is selling its enterprise unit, and broke into its second quarter 2015 earnings call with analysts to announce it had found a buyer. Permira, an international private equity firm, and Sterling Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, announced that Read more

Ecomdash Introduces New Pricing for Smaller Merchants

July 16, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Inventory-management software firm Ecomdash has cut its entry price to $25 – half of what it had been – in order to attract smaller sellers. The company offers a web software application that automates and integrates omni-channel retailers’ inventory, sales Read more

eBay UK to Raise Fees for Casual Sellers Next Month

July 16, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

It’s going to get more expensive for casual sellers to list on eBay UK next month unless they have a 100% sell-through rate. eBay announced a change to its automatic-relist feature – it will impact private sellers on eBay UK Read more