A popular niche marketplace for music lovers announced it has gone mobile. Discogs announced it is adding commerce capabilities to its Android app this week. The company explained it had first released the official Discogs app as a tool for Read more
eBay is running a splashy sweepstakes to encourage sellers to use its recommended shipping practices, such as offering free and fast shipping. The ShipShipHooray sweepstakes offers four weekly prices as well as a grand prize that includes a trip to Read more
eBay said it has added “Why to Buy” signals to its mobile app to tell shoppers the reasons they should buy items they are look at – the feature has been running on the desktop version of the site since Read more
Congratulations to the ten Sellers Choice 2018 finalists, including one marketplace that appears on the list for the first time, and thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in the nominations process. This is the 9th annual Sellers Read more
Amazon may have a workaround as Product Reviews are increasingly being gamed by merchants looking to boost their exposure and harm their competitors. (See this post on the EcommerceBytes Blog to see how bad it’s getting.) The solution? Actively promote Read more
Etsy will hold a session next week to provide direct feedback to sellers on their social media activity. On January 19th, sellers will have one hour to submit posts to be considered. Etsy employees will then provide feedback and specific Read more
Etsy has begun making seller return policies more prominent as part of a test it initiated this month. Management has been focused on improving conversion rates, and according to Etsy, it describes the goal of this latest test as follows: Read more
An online seller was indicted for fraud involving shipping insurance claims and was arrested. According to the US Attorney’s Office, the indictment alleges that the man filed false insurance claims with the Parcel Insurance Plan (PIP), which provides insurance against Read more
Amazon said over 300,000 US-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) joined its Marketplace in 2017, and it said those businesses sold “billions” of items to Amazon customers around the world. Amazon previously reported that third-party sellers sold over a billion Read more
eBay posted the first of a four-part series to help sellers understand the “Modern Buyer,” where it promised to reveal what buyers expect when it comes to shopping experiences and how sellers can meet those expectations to remain competitive. It Read more
