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/.

Etsy Test Shows Hiding Shipping Doesn’t Help Sales, Keeps Testing

June 10, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy tried a test in which it omitted shipping costs from sellers’ listing pages, instead requiring shoppers to place items in their shopping carts in order to see shipping. After running the test for 2 and a half weeks, Etsy Read more

Etsy Denies It Pointed Finger at eBay over Account Hijackings

June 10, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy said it did not mean to imply in its announcement to users last week that the recent eBay security breach was the major contributor to a rise in account hijackings on its own marketplace, telling EcommerceBytes on Monday it Read more

PayPal President David Marcus Steps Down, eBay CEO Donahoe to Fill in

June 10, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO John Donahoe will find himself filling in again as head of PayPal after President David Marcus handed in his resignation. Marcus is leaving PayPal on June 27 and will head to Facebook to head up its messaging products. Read more

Etsy Addresses Concerns over Significant Site Testing

June 9, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy apologized to the seller community for any angst and confusion that resulted from the tests the company has been running lately and explained it was running a “significant” number of tests to help make the site – and sellers’ Read more

Sellers Choice Awards: Rate Online Payments and Ecommerce Services

June 9, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Every year we give you the opportunity to rate the services you use in your online selling activity, and we report the results in EcommerceBytes so you can see what you and your peers have to say about popular ecommerce Read more

eBay Runs Free Listing Promotion to Boost Auctions

June 9, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a promotion this week to encourage sellers to list auctions – but only some sellers can participate. Invited sellers can list up to 20,000 auction listings – with or without Buy It Now – and pay no Read more

Online Auction Site Proxibid Expands to Europe

June 6, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

In a major move, online auction site Proxibidwill expand its reach in Europe by opening an office this month in the UK. Proxibid is a live-auction site and also offers the ability for non-auctioneers to list items in fixed-price format. The Read more

Ecommerce Platform 3dcart Adds eBay Integration

June 6, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Merchants using 3dcart can now easily list on eBay thanks to new integration. 3dcart Chief Marketing Officer Joe Palko said the eBay integration gives customers the ability to better compete with larger online brands. “We had a very big demand from our Read more

eBay Pushes Back on Etsy Hack Claims

June 6, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

After Etsy implied that the criminals who had hacked eBay’s database were behind a recent increase in spam being sent through its messaging system, eBay pushed back. In an obvious reference to the eBay security hack, Etsy issued a warning Read more

Amazon Gives Mattel Brand a TV Content-Plus-Commerce Online Hub

June 5, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon will offer streaming TV and physical merchandise in the same online store page for the first time as part of an exclusive U.S. deal with a popular preschool franchise called Fireman Sam. The hub will include TV episodes, ebooks, Read more