Etsy said a spam message posted to its Announcement Board was the result of human error, not a hacking incident. The message had aroused fears from users of a possible hack, since only Etsy employees are announced to post messages Read more
eBay has expanded its Click and Collect service to Australia thanks to a partnership with Woolworths. Buyers will be able to choose from more than 40,000 items on eBay and pick up their orders from their choice of more than Read more
UK’s privatized postal service Royal Mail has acquired StoreFeeder, an ecommerce platform for multichannel sellers that promises to help merchants manage and automate their ecommerce operation from a single interface. In addition to integrating with eBay, eBay Click and Collect, Read more
Target announced Monday that, effective immediately, all online orders of $25 or more now qualify for free shipping, with virtually no exclusions. The new minimum is down from the previous threshold of $50. The key competitive advantage may be found Read more
Etsy is undertaking an investigation into how a spam message made its way onto the Etsy Announcement Board on Sunday morning. The incident followed a rash of complaints about spam being posted on the discussion boards, which some user call Read more
eBay is running a 3-day promotion for UK sellers, and as usual, this one is restricted to private (casual) sellers. The invitation-only promotion allows private sellers to list up to 100 auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fee. Read more
eBay is giving sellers up to 2,500 free listings in an end-of-February promotion, but there are many stipulations to which sellers should pay attention. And like many eBay promos in recent years, this sale is by invitation only. The promotion Read more
While eBay and online sellers are only too familiar with the problem of bad buyers, a new academic paper seeks to shed light on what it calls a common but little known type of fraud, which it dubbed “liar buyer Read more
There has been much reaction to the news that Facebook launched Product Ads on Tuesday. We checked in with an expert to learn more about the social networking site’s new advertising program for online merchants. Larry Kim is founder and CTO of Read more
eBay made changes to its Global Shipping Program in the UK. There’s no change in how the program operates, but it changed the conditions and terms for sellers in a move it says is meant to clarify certain aspects of Read more
