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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 Entices Collectors to Link Accounts to Goldin

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay acquired Goldin Auctions in 2024 and is now enticing collectors to link their eBay accounts to Goldin through a sweepstakes. eBay sent an email to customers on Friday with the subject line: “Enter to win $1,500 in credit on Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay Collectibles, eBay sweepstakes, Goldin Auctions

How Amazon AI Tool Helps Shoppers, Including to Spot Fake Discounts

December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Online shoppers are right to be skeptical about discounts offered during sales like Black Friday (as this article from 2024 shows). But now Amazon’s Rufus AI shopping assistant may help buyers spot deceptive pricing. Amazon said since launching last year, Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon AI, Pricing, Rufus

Amazon to Lower Fees for European Sellers

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

European sellers will see lower fees on Amazon next year, which Reuters surmised was a response to competition from Temu and Shein, sites that sell “clothes, homeware and gadgets at rock-bottom prices.” Amazon’s selling-fee reductions are “focused first on lowering Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon fees1 Comment

eBay Holds Live-Streaming Luxury and Collectibles Auctions for the Holidays

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay’s live- streaming platform called eBay Live is holding special holiday events kicking off on Black Friday (November 28) and running through December 20th. The live auctions include “rare luxury pieces and coveted collectibles – including Hermès Birkin bags and Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay Live, eBay live-streaming auctions

Amazon Sellers Can Now Set ‘No-Ship’ Dates

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

It’s nearly impossible for sellers to take a day off from shipping orders because of strict delivery deadlines set by marketplaces. But Amazon is now giving sellers who fulfill their own orders a break with a new Fulfillment by Merchant Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon FBM, Shipping holidays

eBay Reports Show Its Continued Focus on Fashion, Used Goods

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay was out with two new reports on Tuesday that show its continued focus on fashion and used (“pre-loved”) goods. eBay now has a “resident stylist,” Brie Welch, who said of eBay’s year-end Watchlist report, “This season, people are embracing Read more

Marketplaces, NewsBrie Welch, eBay, eBay Fashion, eBay Recommerce, Jamie Iannone1 Comment

Etsy UK Adds Royal Mail Duties-Paid Option for US Orders

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy is offering UK sellers a new delivery service for orders going to the US. It’s the first marketplace to offer Royal Mail’s postal delivery duties paid (PDDP) service directly on its platform – an effort to make sure US Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy shipping, Royal Mail1 Comment

Amazon Expands Service that Grades and Resells FBA Sellers’ Returns

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon launched the Grade and Resell service for FBA sellers in 2021, and this month it expanded the program to additional categories “with smarter features.” Amazon describes the program as follows: “The FBA Grade and Resell program allows you to Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon FBA Grade & Resell

Etsy Sellers Say ‘Total Search Invisibility’ Is Causing Sales to Tank

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Glitch? Policy enforcement crackdown? Etsy sellers have been reporting since early November that their listings are not showing up in Etsy search results and, as a result, they say their sales have nose-dived. On a thread created on November 8 Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy glitch, Etsy search1 Comment

USPS Adds Service in Response to Tariffs, End of De Minimis

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

USPS is adding Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) to address recent challenges mailers have faced related to foreign-country tariffs that apply to certain outbound international items as well as the end of de minimis, it revealed in filings with the Postal Read more

News, Shippingde minimis, Tariffs, USPS, USPS DDP, USPS Delivered Duty Paid2 Comments

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