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/.

Etsy Shares Seller Profile as It Lobbies Lawmakers

July 27, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy organized a group of sellers from around the country to go to Washington, DC to meet with lawmakers and advocate on issues important to small businesses. But who is the average Etsy seller? Etsy is sharing the findings of Read more

eBay Tries Again with New Promotion

July 27, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay sent shoppers a new coupon last week after a glitch prevented them from redeeming coupons it sent them last month. eBay UK had invited sellers to receive 20% off when they spent 20 pounds or more on eBay UK, Read more

eBay Apologizes for Lockout By Giving Users Coupons

July 27, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

We told you on Thursday about an incidentin which eBay required a small subset of users to reset their passwords on Wednesday. On Friday, eBay sent them an email explanation along with a $25 coupon. The title of the email was, Read more

Etsy Rolls Out Change to Search This Week

July 27, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy is rolling out a change to search this week – a sentence that can strike fear into the heart of an online seller. But it will only impact search results when shoppers enter very broad search terms – “owl,” Read more

eBay UK Runs Listing Promo for Casual Sellers

July 24, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay UK is running another promotion for private (casual) sellers. Those invited to participate can list up to 100 listings using auction or fixed-price format and pay no insertion fees. Sellers are required to opt-in using an RSVP link in Read more

Amazon Sales Up 20 Percent in Second Quarter

July 24, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon.com announced net sales grew 20% in the second quarter to $23.18 billion, year over year – but after excluding the impact of foreign exchange, it grew sales 27%. Those are impressive numbers these days in ecommerce. Worldwide unit growth Read more

eBay Revives Seller Conference, Set for September

July 24, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is choosing to celebrate its 20th anniversary with an event for sellers rather than a special day of deals for customers, as its rival Amazon had done earlier this month with Prime Day. eBay sent invitations to sellers on Read more

Terapeak Integrates Alibaba into Its Merchant Research Tool

July 23, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Online merchants and eBay and Amazon sellers now have access to data from product-sourcing site Alibaba through Terapeak, a leading supplier of marketplace analytics with over 2.6 million users. Terapeak users can view, search and filter the top 30 million Read more

USPS: Grocery Delivery Service Won’t Impact Small Biz

July 23, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Small businesses that deliver groceries have nothing to fear from the Postal Service, it told the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) in a filing on Wednesday. The USPS began workingwith Amazon Fresh on grocery delivery last year. The PRC requested the USPS Read more

Amazon Developer Day Is Not All Fun and Games

July 23, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is hosting a developer day next month in San Francisco. You might recall eBay developer days and think it’s all about ecommerce, but on the surface, it’s about mobile games and entertainment apps. That’s because the event is being Read more