This July marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of a little bookselling website called Amazon.com. In 1997, three years after founding Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos wrote in a letter to shareholders that it was Day 1 for the Internet and, Read more
PayPal has expanded a controversial program to the UK. The “Pay After Delivery” program lets shoppers pay for purchases 2 weeks after hitting the buy button – and funds are taken from the buyer’s bank account on file rather than Read more
Etsy began offering limited phone support in November, and during its Town Hall Meeting in January, said it would make it easier to get help when users needed it. The company recently released statistics on its progress. Out of the Read more
Early this year, Carl Icahn came out swinging against eBay CEO John Donahoe and its Board, but backtracked on Thursday after the parties came to a settlement and agreed to disagree. Donahoe has passion for the company, Icahn told CNBC, something Read more
As eBay shares its vision of being a partner to retailers and helping them become “omnichannel” – a reference to serving customers online, offline and mobile – its payments unit is looking to do the same. PayPal is expanding its Read more
eBay abruptly announced a new fee structure for private (casual) sellers in the UK. While it titled its announcement, “A good surprise for private sellers on eBay.co.uk,” it depends on what type of seller you are as to whether it’s Read more
eBay, Etsy, PayPal, GoDaddy and others had advice for online merchants who are worried about the Heartbleed bug that was made public this week. A bug in a system used by many ecommerce sites that was supposed to encrypt data Read more
More online-only retailers are moving to the offline world with brick-and-mortar stores, and eBay subsidiaries are poised to capitalize on the trend toward “omnichannel” retail. For the past dozen years, traditional retailers have been expanding online, building online storefronts and Read more
When the people in charge of keeping websites secure and keeping sensitive data private are running scared, you know it’s time to worry. A vulnerability called the Heartbleed Bug was discovered recently, and, one of the things that has people Read more
eBay Canada has lifted some of the restrictions on editing fixed-price listings, it told sellers on Monday. The reason for having such policies in the first place is to minimize buyer confusion when they view a listing after having made Read more
