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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/.

Amazon Runs 1st Prime-Exclusive Sale Since Crackdown

September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon announced the date of its 4th annual Prime Big Deal Days, boasting it would include “millions of early deals exclusively for Prime members” in Monday’s announcement. It’s Amazon’s first sale exclusively for Prime members since restricting how shoppers could Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

eBay Runs Half-Off Sale on Express Payouts

September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay is promoting its Express Payouts with a promotion giving a 50% discount to sellers who sign up – but only for their first 5 express payouts (a feature that gives sellers access to their funds within 30 minutes). When Read more

News, PaymentseBay, eBay Express Payouts

PRC Approves USPS Rate Hike Hitting Holiday Shoppers

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

As if there had been any doubt, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the USPS’s holiday season rate hike requested last month. But in its filing on Thursday, the PRC noted that the Public Representative* called the temporary increase a Read more

News, ShippingPRC, USPS, USPS holiday rate hike3 Comments

Amazon Uses Machine Learning to Tell Sellers if FBA Is a Good Fit

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon uses Machine Learning technology to advise sellers which of the products they sell would be a good fit for its fulfillment service through a feature called Amazon FBA Enrollment Opportunities. On Tuesday, it announced it had integrated FBA Enrollment Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon FBA Enrollment Opportunities

USPS Offers Free Ground-Advantage Shipping Boxes, with a Catch

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

USPS is offering free shipping boxes for sellers using Ground Advantage – but only to sellers using them to fulfill orders on Poshmark. For decades, many small online sellers relied on free Priority Mail shipping supplies from the USPS. But Read more

News, ShippingPosh Post, Poshmark, USPS, USPS Ground Advantage, USPS Ground Advantage shipping boxes5 Comments

Walmart Launches ‘Collector’s Night’ Live-Shopping Series

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 Ina Steiner

eBay lost General Manager of Collectibles Mayank Hajela to Walmart last year as the latter company expands its collectibles category. On Thursday, Walmart live-streamed its first episode of “Collector’s Night,” its new Thursday-night series on Walmart Live. Live commerce platform Read more

Marketplaces, NewsWalmart, Walmart Collectibles, Walmart Live shopping

Copying Styles Just Became Easier with Amazon Lens Live

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

When Amazon wrote about its shopping app’s image-search feature last year, it demonstrated how Amazon Lens could help you find an item you see in real life “such as your friend’s magnetized fridge calendar that’s perfect for organizing you or Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon Lens, Amazon Lens Live, Mita Mahadevan, Rufus

Etsy Consolidates C-Suite with Departure of Chief Product Officer

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy announced the departure of Chief Product Officer Nick Daniel on September 5, 2025. Rather than replace him, the company will expand the role of its current CTO Rafe Colburn, who will “expand his remit to Chief Product and Technology Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Nick Daniel, Rafe Colburn2 Comments

PayPal Launches New Hub to Track Recurring Subscriptions

September 3, 2025September 4, 2025 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal launched a new subscriptions hub that gives customers a single place to track, manage, and update recurring subscription payments. To link a subscription to PayPal means saving it as the payment method for that subscription. It appears users must Read more

News, PaymentsPayPal, PayPal subscription hub

eBay Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Marketing Campaign

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay kicked off a campaign promoting the anniversary of its founding 30 years ago with the launch of an “eBay’s ’95 Shop” online and a pop-up shop in New York. In Wednesday’s announcement, eBay explained the shop focuses on pop Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay anniversary1 Comment

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