Mobile payments service Square has entered into a deal with Whole Foods Market, which will use Square’s point-of-sale systems to accept payments from customers purchasing items at food venues within select Whole Foods Market stores. It is Square’s first partnership Read more
Time and again, we hear online merchants urging online marketplaces to advertise their sites more prominently, with many sellers advocating TV campaigns to drive shoppers to their listings. eBay and Overstock.com have run some memorable television ads in the past, Read more
The good news for sellers? eBay is running a free-listing promotion. The bad news? It’s only running in the UK; it’s only for private (casual) sellers; and it’s by invitation only. And there’s one more important twist to the promotion: Read more
You probably don’t think of guns when you think of Etsy, the marketplace known for handmade goods and vintage items. Indeed, the site prohibits the sale of firearms and weapons. But on Monday, Etsy announced a new update to that Read more
eBay will roll out a new seller dashboard over the coming weeks and says the new page will give sellers greater insight into their performance. Staying in compliance with eBay’s performance standards has never been more important, with exposure in Read more
eBay told sellers in the UK (and in the U.S. on Monday) it had inadvertently reset sellers’ photo-sharing preferences and advised them to check their settings. While not everyone realizes it, eBay allows itself to add photos that sellers have uploaded in Read more
eBay has been on a makeover kick, with a new logo, new social features and a redesigned eBay Store among the changes over the past year or so. Now it’s time for its payments unit to get a redesign – Read more
A new Alibaba subsidiary is close to launching a marketplace in the U.S. and has been on-boarding third-party sellers since late last year, EcommerceBytes has learned. 11Main.com has hand-picked eBay sellers to participate in the pre-launch phase. The marketplace is Read more
Alibris marketplace will roll out a new fee and inventory structure for Gold sellers effective March 1, 2014. Eliminating its 13-tier structure, Alibris will introduce a simplified, “more affordable” 5-tier plan. “As a result of this new plan, current Gold Sellers Read more
Amazon has acquired a video gaming studio called Double Helix, fueling speculation that it’s developing a gaming console. Amazon.com has been leveraging its strength in media (books, DVDs, CDs) in the digital space, and just as it producing ebooks, streaming video and Read more
