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 Holds Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday

January 27, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday that will be broadcast online. Unlike the last meeting it had in October, there will be no sellers in attendance, but they will be able to watch a live video feed. Read more

eBay Highlights Benefits of Global Trade to Small Business

January 24, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay has been promoting its role in fostering international trade and recently hosted a trade delegation from Australia at its headquarters in San Jose, California. The eBay Government Relations team made a presentation on the power of Internet-enabled trade and Read more

John Donahoe’s Letter to eBay Employees on Icahn Proposal

January 24, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

After imposing disruption on the eBay Marketplaces since becoming CEO in 2008, John Donahoe is now facing the possible disruption of his company from without, and he asked employees not to get distracted. Donahoe and the eBay board are in Read more

eBay Runs Free Listing Promotion for All Sellers for Valentine’s Day

January 24, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a promotion in which sellers can list up to 5,000 listings and pay no insertion fees. The promotion is unusual in that it is offered to all sellers rather than the typical invitation-only promotion usually seen these Read more

eBay UK Runs Free Listing Day Promotion

January 23, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay UK is running an invitation-only Free Listing Day promotion in which sellers can list up to 100 auction listings and pay no insertion fee. In a slight twist, however, only listings with a duration of 10 days qualify – Read more

eBay to Step up Acquisitions in 2014 while Fending off Carl Icahn

January 23, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO John Donahoe said the company would step up investments in 2014, “particularly in PayPal” (eBay spent $800 million in cash to acquire Braintree last year), but he will have to do it while fending off advances by Carl Read more

Why Pierre Omidyar Launched the eBay Feedback System

January 22, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s Pierre Omidyar hasn’t talked this much about the company he founded in years. But in order to get press about his new startup, he’s doing interviews, and the story of eBay’s founding (the real one, not the apocryphal Pez Read more

eBay Alerts Sellers to USPS Changes

January 22, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay sellers have the option of using eBay’s online-postage label program, and the marketplace alerted sellers to several changes coming to USPS this month, including previously announced postage-rate changes. Highlighting the announcement was news that the USPS would be adding Read more

As USPS Outsources the Counter, Will Ecommerce Packages Be Safe?

January 21, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

In November, the U.S. Postal Service launched a Retail Partner Expansion Program pilot with Staples, an office-products chain-store. Under the pilot program, Staples sells postal products and services at select stores in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Georgia – including Priority Read more

eBay UK Runs Promotion for Business Sellers

January 21, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay UK is running a promotion in which business sellers can list up to 50,000 listings and pay no insertion fees. Like many eBay promotions these days, it’s by invitation only. Sale listings are restricted to fixed-price format on eBay.co.uk, Read more