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 Hopes to Rejuvenate Marketplace as It Celebrates 20 Years

September 3, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

This is a special week for eBay as the company celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding on Thursday. Time magazine devoted coverage to the anniversary with a few articles, including this one featuring an infographic. The Mayor of San Jose, California, Read more

PayPal Launches a Brand New Way to Get Paid

September 2, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal has launched a new way for accountholders to get paid. You don’t have to give people your email address or send them to a page with a shopping cart in order to get paid – now you can create Read more

ProPay Responds to eBay Ban and Reveals Rationale

September 2, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay gave PayPal rivals the boot last week, and one of the companies impacted said they were given some advance warning. ProPay said eBay gave them advance notice of its decision to prohibit sellers from offering its payment service as Read more

Is eBay Canada Phasing Out the US Dollar?

September 2, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay Canada may be on its way to phasing out the US dollar. The site allows sellers to list items in either Canadian or US dollars, but this year it has been making changes to encourage sellers to list in Read more

eBay Runs 6-Week Variable Seller Promotion

September 1, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a 6-week promotion that kicks off today, September 1, 2015. In one version, sellers can list up to 80 listings in the auction-style format or fixed price format and pay no insertion fees. In another version, sellers Read more

USPS Makes Argument for Exclusive Mailbox Access

September 1, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Only the Postal Service can access your mailbox, and last week, we wrote about an essay written by a UPS executive who’d like to see that change. The USPS has responded, making an argument for why it made sense for the Read more

Bonanza Tests MSRP Pricing Strikethrough Feature

September 1, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Bonanza founder and CEO Bill Harding confirmed the company tested a new feature after reports came in to EcommerceBytes. “Bonanza is adding higher price next to my asking price and then crossing it out. For example, on one listing, I Read more

Etsy Names New Head Tech with CTO Departure

September 1, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy named a new Chief Technology Officer on Monday, revealing that its current CTO is leaving the company. CEO Chad Dickerson announced that John Allspaw will replace Kellan Elliott-McCrea. Dickerson said Elliott-McCrea was leaving Etsy “to pursue other opportunities.” He Read more

eBay Delays Make-or-Break Move toward Catalog

September 1, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s response to its Google SEO problem that began last year is to begin using structured catalog data – a make-or-break move, one eBay manager called it. However, eBay has run into a road bump in implementing the strategy. Phase Read more

Bonanza Redesigns Homepage and Navigation

August 31, 2015August 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Bonanza redesigned its homepage in order to do a better job of representing the Bonanza experience, it told users. “We wanted to articulate what our marketplace has to offer buyers and sellers and present this in a way that was Read more