eBay appealed to advertisers trying to reach sports fans with the promise of an exciting season of March Madness NCAA college basketball, thanks in part to some help from a collaboration with sports television network ESPN. eBay entered into the Read more
Late last week we reported on the Etsy billing debacle in which it incorrectly withdrew funds from some sellers’ bank accounts and charged some sellers’ credit cards, despite the sellers not owing fees. The problem occurred on Friday, with some Read more
You don’t have to be a Top Rated Seller or Store subscriber in order to advertise your listings on eBay. The marketplace is now allowing sellers who are in “good standing” to use Promoted Listings, regardless of whether or not Read more
It’s the eternal struggle between marketplaces wanting to entice shoppers with free shipping and sellers needing to cover their costs. On Tuesday, Etsy offered some examples of sellers who have found a way to do both. As is often the Read more
Walmart grew its US ecommerce sales by 43% in the fourth quarter. The company said Walmart U.S. eCommerce continued to benefit from the expansion of grocery pickup and delivery and a broader assortment on Walmart.com. Note that its fiscal year Read more
Amazon is setting a path to net zero carbon delivery of shipments to customers with the help of improvements in electric vehicles, aviation bio fuels, reusable packaging, and renewable energy. On Monday, it revealed a goal of reaching 50% of Read more
The next phase of eBay’s Managed Payments rollout will impact larger merchants. As we reported in November, eBay is turning off Integrated Merchant Credit Card Accounts (IMCC) in two phases beginning March 1, 2019 – meaning sellers will no longer Read more
Mobile selling app Mercari is dramatically raising shipping costs for those who use its prepaid shipping labels, leaving users worried that some items will become too expensive to buy and sell through the venue, which is like a mobile version Read more
Etsy posted an apology for what it called a bill payment error after some sellers reported the company took large sums of money from their credit cards and bank accounts on Friday afternoon. EcommerceBytes reported the problem on the AuctionBytes Read more
eBay completed its acquisition of UK classifieds site Motors.co.uk this week, having announced its intention to buy the car-selling site from Cox Automotive in October. Motors.co.uk became part of eBay’s Gumtree UK classifieds site, which eBay said would help UK Read more
