After eBay warned sellers last month about how Congress might try to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, it came out swinging again on Cyber Monday over the online sales tax issue. This time, eBay criticized the SBA(Small Business Administration). eBay said an SBA study failed Read more
EcommerceBytes is surveying readers on the optimal day and time to end an auction. The site has periodically conducted surveys on this topic since 1999 and used the findings to update the Interactive Auction Calendar, a guide that many readers use Read more
Rakuten COO and Chief Marketing Officer Bernard Luthi revealed how the marketplace fared over the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend in an EcommerceBytes podcast interview on Monday. Rakuten acquired Buy.com three years ago, and Luthi said Rakuten is the first Read more
Everyone is talking about same-day delivery this week after Amazon revealed on Sunday it was working to develop drones that could deliver packages to customer doorsteps in 30 minutes. But for those not wanting to wait years for Amazon’s octocopters, Read more
It’s Cyber Monday, and we’re wrapping up the most hyped holiday-shopping weekend of the season, with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday behind us. By many accounts, it was a good holiday weekend for merchants, with some key shopping Read more
Sellers were stunned when eBay suspended the account of a well known Power Seller, and eBay has since reinstated the account after a hue and cry from the eBay community. The reinstatement is rare, and its circumstances somewhat mysterious. eBay Read more
Recognizing that sellers who might be interested in its Global Shipping Program (GSP) may want more flexibility in the program than it currently offers, eBay has added some flexibility to the program. It now allows sellers to use their own Read more
Amazon is getting a lot of flak these days over treatment of warehouse workers, but you wouldn’t know it if you watched 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. The investigative news show went inside a company warehouse, but with cameras in Read more
eBay is running a seller promotion through December 5th, but only for those sellers invited to participate. The company does not reveal how it chooses which sellers will be allowed to participate in invitation-only promotions. The current promotion kicked off Read more
eBay noted in a recent blog post that it supports a bill that promotes cross border trade that was introduced in Congress in March. The Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase Read more
