eBay is expanding its global shipping program in the UK with the addition of 12 countries. In late May, the program will add the ability for shoppers in 12 new countries to purchase from UK sellers through the eBay UK Read more
Move over, Siri. Amazon Echo’s Alexa has shopping covered. People who use the Echo gadget and have a subscription to Amazon Prime can order eligible items from the online marketplace just by speaking out loud. Amazon calls the voice-controlled shopping Read more
WorthPoint has sold the GoAntiques marketplace to Gemr, a social marketplace for collectors. Gemr will integrate the GoAntiques community of 200,000-plus users who list over 350,000 items for sale into the Gemr platform. Gemr CEO Terry Anderton said the acquisition supports Read more
Sellers are caught in the middle of two companies, Etsy and PayPal, and have said they’ve gotten few answers over missing funds. EcommerceBytes has been following the problem since May 12th and has also received cryptic answers from the two Read more
PayPal had never achieved a profitable quarter when it began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange in February 2002. It reported a profit for the first time that quarter (Q1 2002), when it earned $48.8 million in revenue – up Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe will serve as Chairman of the Board for PayPal following the separation of the two companies, but he faces criticism in his role as director on another company’s board. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that two influential Read more
Two republicans on the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to the US Postmaster General demanding she turn over details about the agency’s competitive products operations. In a letter dated May 13, 2015, republican Read more
Many online sellers rely on suppliers to get their inventory, and running out of stock is not an option. What if you could see at a glance all the key information about your suppliers, such as average lead-time needed to Read more
As eBay tries to increase cross-border trade and keep up with delivery and package-pickup trends, its UK arm has hired a new director of shipping and logistics. Mike Pitt joins eBay UK from retail consultancy the Javelin Group. In its Read more
Amazon announced it will build a new fulfillment center in the UK in Dunstable, north of London. The news comes after company had announced plans for a new fulfillment center in New Jersey earlier this week. The Dunstable warehouse will be 310,000 Read more
