Amazon continues to expand what and how it will deliver to consumers – including opening a restaurant division. In the past week, Amazon has announced the expansion of its one-hour delivery service in Seattle; it has announced a new fulfillment Read more
eBay was the subject of an investigation by ABC News over its practices with regard to the ease in which it releases information about sellers. The news report was critical of eBay’s practice of providing seller names and locations to Read more
A mega merchant that calls itself the nation’s largest seller of used books has loaded millions of listings on eBay under at least 9 different accounts. A reader noticed the listings are showing up on top of Best Match search Read more
Twitter will make available Buy Buttons to small merchants through an integration with the Shopify ecommerce platform, according to recent reports. Wall Street analyst Bob Peck of SunTrust believes Buy Buttons will roll out to Shopify merchants this fall, “allowing Read more
eBay is launching deep linking for members of its affiliate program. Deep linking is when a link on a mobile device attempts to first open inside a company’s mobile app rather than the company’s mobile website. Companies like deep linking Read more
Storing too much inventory in a warehouse can be costly, just as running out of stock can cost a seller lost revenue. As a retailer itself, Amazon knows this only too well. This week, the company provided a set of Read more
A coalition of labor groups and advocacy organizations is calling on Etsy to scrap its tax strategy through which it channels revenue through its subsidiary in Dublin, Ireland. Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) is contesting Etsy’s status as a so-called Read more
How can a single knitter make a million dollars on Etsy? That’s the question many other sellers asked themselves after Fast Companywrote about the Etsy shop Three Bird Nest in February. While the piece was a PR coup for the seller, Read more
This is a special week for eBay as the company celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding on Thursday. Time magazine devoted coverage to the anniversary with a few articles, including this one featuring an infographic. The Mayor of San Jose, California, Read more
eBay gave PayPal rivals the boot last week, and one of the companies impacted said they were given some advance warning. ProPay said eBay gave them advance notice of its decision to prohibit sellers from offering its payment service as Read more
