eBay Enterprise will open a new fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada in the second quarter of this year, bringing the total number of warehouses to eight. The company currently has five fulfillment centers in the U.S., one in Canada, and Read more
eBay’s battle to fend off Carl Icahn is benefitting other tech firms, from Twitter to Google. Aside from the fodder the proxy battleprovides tech reporters (CNBC has been on a roll with its coverage), there are now “dualing hashtags” on Twitter, Read more
Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more
eBay sellers in Australia are getting some bad news: eBay will extend its commission to include shipping costs, meaning higher selling fees. eBay has already rolled out the policy change in the U.S. in 2011 and in the UK last Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe along with members of the eBay Board will face shareholders on May 13th. eBay is holding its annual shareholder meeting a little later this year, perhaps because it finds itself being targeted by investor shareholder Carl Read more
eBay is running a major seller promotion in order to stock the shelves for Mother’s Day shoppers. eBay will kick off a marketing campaign next week and said the May holiday is the 4th largest retail holiday of the year. Read more
Calling it one of the best ecommerce business models seen in a long time, Silicon Valley guru Sramana Mitra said Auctionata is succeeding where eBay could not: high-end online auctions. Mitra interviewed Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke recently to find out Read more
Etsy is among the many ecommerce sites and retailers rolling out personalization features – in fact, the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods will provide more customized content for visitors, calling it a top priority in 2014. Next up: Read more
The US Postal Service is trying to catch up to UPS and FedEx when it comes to providing customers with delivery status information – something that ecommerce sellers are finding increasingly important. The USPS renamed “Delivery Confirmation” to “Tracking” last Read more
eBay is finally giving sellers something they’ve been requesting for years: more transparency in the feedback ratings left by buyers. In its early days when auctions ruled, eBay’s feedback system was all that deterred buyers and sellers from scamming each Read more
