Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos opened up about some Marketplace initiatives in a letter to shareholders where he seemed more open than usual, discussing the company culture and its willingness to embrace failure. For many years, Amazon has reported having about Read more
In a rare move, eBay will compete against its own sellers, and, while it’s in a narrow niche – shipping supplies – it raised concerns among sellers when eBay announced the news as part of its Spring Seller Update this Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson made it clear to Wall Street that he was looking to Seller Services to help monetize the site now that Etsy is a public company, and on Tuesday, announced a new offering that puts it in Read more
eBay will ban active content, including JavaScript, Flash, plug-ins and form actions, which sellers use to enhance their listings and to power widgets, but also comes with some security issues, as we’ve previously reported. In October 2014, eBay defended its use Read more
Amazon product reviews have become a big draw to attract shoppers to its site, and eBay has been making a more concerted effort to have its own product reviews become more robust. It announced Tuesday it will expand its recently Read more
eBay is raising fees for Store owners and for optional features for items priced over $150, it revealed as part of its 2016 Spring Seller Update. It’s also making some major policy changes including a ban on active content that Read more
eBay UK is running a promotion, and this time business sellers can participate. However, it’s by invitation only, and sellers must activate the promotion. Invited sellers can list up to 50,000 fixed-price listings on eBay UK and pay no insertion Read more
Amazon launched a new program on Monday to help ecommerce platform providers and developers offer its Amazon Payments payment-processing service to their merchant customers. Spokesperson Tom Cook told EcommerceBytes it was another step Amazon is taking to expand the number Read more
eBay has failed to fix an ongoing problem with its mobile app that is frustrating buyers and costing sellers money and goodwill. Shoppers who view listings on the eBay mobile app are seeing free shipping even on items where the Read more
eBay UK kicked off a month-long promotion on April 1. However, it’s by invitation only and is good only for those who are private (non-Business) sellers. Those invited to participate can list up to 100 listings per day in eligible Read more
