Square, best known for its online payment service, is running a promotion in order to attract holiday shoppers to its fairly new online marketplace. “Give with Character” is a campaign to encourage buyers to find gifts for their friends and Read more
Online marketplace Etsy is surveying users to find out what they wish to discuss with administrators in future Q&A chat sessions. Etsy CTO Kellan Elliot-McCrea had explained in a discussion thread on November 15th that the company spent a lot Read more
eBay and Amazon are taking different approaches to shipping and delivery, as demonstrated by recent press releases issued to attract holiday shoppers. Amazon is promoting its Prime shipping program and suggests shoppers give memberships to friends and family as a Read more
The only thing that might be considered worse than a full ecommerce site outage is an outage where buyers can place orders not knowing they may never receive the items. That’s what is happening with the Alibris book and media Read more
eBay Enterprise is absorbing Magento into its business unit. Readers may well ask, “who are these companies again,” as it can be a little confusing to keep track of eBay businesses. eBay Enterprise was formerly called GSI Commerce, a company Read more
Amazon is opening its second fulfillment center in New England, this one in Windsor, Connecticut. The 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 300 full-time jobs when it opens next year. Amazon had entered into an agreement with the state Read more
In today’s guest column, Margaret Kuchler, Director of Industry Marketing at Akamai Technologies, says studying 2012 online holiday shopping traffic can help merchants understand what to expect in 2013. The best way to anticipate holiday web traffic for the upcoming Read more
The USPS can raise the price of a stamp from 46 to 47 cents in January, but whether the agency can raise it to 49 cents has yet to be decided. On Thursday, the Postal Regulatory Committee (PRC) approved the Read more
Remember the eBay-powered touchscreensthat it displayed in store windows at Kate Spade in the spring that allowed shoppers to place orders “online”? eBay said this week it is committed to the technology and plans to scale it. eBay announced a partnership Read more
Online auction site Proxibid is adding seller ratings, meaning buyers who have completed a transaction with a seller in the Proxibid Marketplace now have the ability to rate and provide feedback on their experience with a specific seller. While it is best Read more
