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/.

Sellers Choice Awards Get Social: Voting Now Open

January 20, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

A record number of readers participated in this year’s nomination process for the Sellers Choice Awards in which sellers rate the online marketplaces on which they sell. The awards give merchants, who are rated by their customers every day, a Read more

Yet Another eBay Promotion: Lowering the Cap on Commission Fees

January 20, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is encouraging sellers to list high-value items in what is yet another promotion kicking off in January. This promotion is limited to Store subscribers who are often excluded from sales. The promotion lowers the $250 cap on commission fees: Read more

Lucky Few Receive Fee-Free eBay Listings in January

January 20, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is running a promotion in which sellers can list up to ten auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees and pay no final value fees. eBay rarely includes final value fees as part of its promotions, making this a Read more

NRF Notes Strong Holiday Sales and Interesting Category Trends

January 17, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

The National Retailer Federation (NRF) announced holiday sales figures (including both traditional retailers and ecommerce merchants) and also reported on annual sales growth of some key categories released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week that may hold some surprise at first Read more

Rakuten Shop of the Year Awards to Be Announced at Expo West

January 17, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Rakuten Shopping (formerly Buy.com) has revealed the finalists for its 2013 Shop of the Year Awards. Each year, the Shop of the Year Awards recognize the Rakuten.com marketplace’s most successful and pioneering merchants in several categories as well as two Read more

Etsy to Retire Search Option and Seller Pricing Tool

January 17, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy will retire two search options, the “list view” and the Market Research Tool. The company announced on Thursday that it would stop supporting the two options effective January 23rd. “By consolidating search to one view, we can provide a Read more

eBay Retires Off-Site Widgets Including eBay to Go

January 16, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

These days, widgets are out of style – at eBay, at least. The online marketplace is retiring some tools that allowed people to display listings on their own websites or blogs. eBay announced the deprecation of four such tools on Read more

Square Founder Jack Dorsey Advises Retailers to Find Genuine Voice

January 16, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

As cofounder of social networking site Twitter and of payments service Square, Jack Dorsey is at the intersection of social and commerce. After his presentation at the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Big Show conference in New York on Wednesday, Dorsey Read more

eBay Loses Head of Enterprise Chris Saridakis

January 16, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay lost the head of one of its most important subsidiaries, eBay Enterprise, which has been wooing large retailers and brands to its technology platform through a number of new initiatives. News of the departure came as the National Retail Read more

eBay UK Updates User Agreement – Managed Returns Mandatory for Some

January 15, 2014September 23, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay UK has made changes to its User Agreement and eBay Privacy Policy. These are effective immediately for new members, and take effect on February 17, 2014 for current members. eBay provided a summary of the main changes for UK Read more