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/.

Visa Solves the Compatibility Problem among Payment Apps

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ina Steiner

It can be inconvenient if you want to send money from your PayPal account to someone who uses a different digital payment app. Visa is looking to become a sort of middleman and solve for the compatibility problem with “interoperability”. Read more

PayPal Updates Users on New Capabilities and Features

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ina Steiner

PayPal sent emails to users this week informing them of “capability and feature updates,” but the emails were customized depending on which services the recipients used. PayPal wrote, “We want to make you aware of recent changes that are relevant Read more

eBay Expands Ads on Search Results Pages

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ina Steiner

eBay expanded the real estate it devotes to ads on search results pages, which it officially announced on Tuesday. “In addition to the top slots of search, Promoted Listings AdvancedBETA ads can now appear in three additional premium placements on Read more

eBay Shipping Supplies Discontinues Vinyl Record Mailer

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ina Steiner

A seller informed us that eBay Shipping Supplies has discontinued vinyl record mailers, which are 12.5″ x 12.5″ x 1″ flat boxes for sending records. Presumably he’d been using his eBay Store shipping-supply coupon to get the boxes at a Read more

eBay to Lose Another Board Member, Former CFO Bob Swan

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Ina Steiner

Bob Swan will not stand for re-election to eBay’s Board of Directors and will retire from the Board at the end of his current term, reducing the Board from ten to nine. The news came in eBay’s Annual Proxy Statement Read more

Amazon Makes Donation Certificates Available to FBA Sellers

April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 Ina Steiner

In 2019, we reported the launch of Amazon FBA Donations, which allows sellers to donate excess inventory as an alternative to having Amazon destroy or dispose of it or having Amazon return it to them. There are accounting and tax Read more

eBay Kicks Off Latest Promotion in Its Sneaker ‘Focus Category’

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Ina Steiner

eBay is crazy about sneakers, if readers hadn’t noticed by now, and today it launched its latest promotion to attract buyers. eBay opened a 2-day pop-up shop in Chicago called the ’85 Shop that gives homage to the Air Jordan Read more

Poshmark Launches Live Auctions to Exploit Live Shopping Trend

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 Ina Steiner

Fashion-selling app Poshmark officially launched live auctions on Wednesday, and it’s seeking hosts to live stream them. The new live shopping feature is called Posh Shows, and Poshmark is welcoming all fashion resellers to participate, “regardless of the size of Read more

PayPal Adds Checkout Options including Apple Pay and Saved-Settings

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Ina Steiner

PayPal announced new features for sellers who use its services that are designed to enhance payment acceptance on their online stores. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes, “With one integration, small businesses will get access to these new features, as well as Read more