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/.

An eBay Roadmap to PayPal Breakup

March 12, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay provided a guide to its pending breakup with PayPal in an infographic called the Road to Separation. eBay had initially fought off attempts by shareholder Carl Icahn to spin off PayPal for the first 9 months of 2014, but by Read more

New Hampshire Senator Vows to Fight Online Sales Tax Bill

March 12, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Does anyone hate taxes more than the residents of the “Live free or die” state of New Hampshire, which is one of just five states that doesn’t have sales tax? Their representative in the Senate Jeanne Shaheen said she will Read more

Amazon Wants to Be Exclusive Source of Hot New Products

March 12, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon launched a new store on its marketplace called Amazon Exclusives featuring innovative new products from “popular up-and-coming brands” and inventors. But you won’t see any items sold by third-party merchants here. Nor will you see the items in Amazon Read more

eBay Gets Bad Press over Handling of Gun Parts

March 12, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is getting bad publicity this week over a report that criticizes the way eBay handles the sale of gun parts on its marketplace. “For the do-it-yourself crowd,” wrote Reveal in an article on Wednesday, “building an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is as Read more

PayPal Opens New Security Center in Israel

March 11, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal is opening a new security center in Israel, it announced on Tuesday as part of a strategic decision to expand its security efforts. “Located in one of the world’s top cybersecurity hubs, this new security center will allow us Read more

eBay Promotes New Ad Network over Google

March 11, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s classifieds unit has promoted a new ad network over Google’s after a 6-month test. eBay Classifieds is using adMarketplace to serve ads on its sites. As a result of the testing, adMarketplace said it has replaced Google as eBay Read more

eBay Gooses Sellers with Prize Dash Promotion

March 11, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a promotion that kicked off on Monday called Prize Dash. It encourages sellers to list items and engage in other activities for a chance to win a gift card. One of the activities for which eBay rewards Read more

eBay Tool Pivots to Service Off-eBay Stores

March 10, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

A tool that specializes in helping eBay sellers has found new opportunities thanks to emerging ecommerce platforms. InkFrog has built new apps that lets sellers who have stores on Shopify and Bigcommerce easily list on eBay and keep their inventory Read more

Etsy to Add Apple Pay as Payment Option

March 10, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy is adding Apple Pay to its Direct Checkout system to encourage mobile sales as it continues to wean itself from dependence on PayPal. Etsy announced on Monday it will soon let mobile shoppers pay for items using Apple’s mobile Read more

Etsy Experiences Technical Issues

March 10, 2015August 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy acknowledged some technical issues that began on Thursday that impacted its browse function, and it experienced a brief site outage on Monday morning. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes the two events were unrelated. Users said they noticed that beginning on Read more