Etsy is testing a new navigation bar, and vintage sellers who often feel overlooked can breathe a sigh of relief, as Vintage is one of the eight categories highlighted. Etsy explained the new nav bar “helps shoppers more immediately understand Read more
eBay is using machine learning and “deep learning” to help determine what a shopper is looking for when they enter a search term. eBay researcher Hassan Sawaf heads the team tasked with developing tools and services in language technology – Read more
Etsy launched a Seller Account Management program to provide its top sellers access to account managers. An Etsy spokesperson told EcommerceBytes the program offers tailored, high-touch support to some of the marketplace’s most active sellers. “Sellers in the program are Read more
eBay is running a couple of promotions that sellers say are causing some conflicts. The first problem has to do with a promotion offering 500 free listings to US sellers across many categories, described in this Newsflash article. A seller wrote Read more
Amazon.com will build its first fulfillment center in Illinois in Joliet, a significant occurrence given the history between the marketplace and the state. Illinois had been off limits for years due to Amazon’s refusal to collect sales tax from residents Read more
Merchants who advertise products on Amazon got some confusing news on Tuesday. Amazon is discontinuing the Product Ads program, and it’s replacing it with a new Text Ads program. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes that Amazon Text Ads are a new pay-per-click Read more
eBay will host a webinar on Monday in conjunction with the US Postal Service to answer questions about shipping via USPS. eBay seller advocate Jim (Griff) Griffith will be joined by Maria Aspiras, who will answer questions through the live Read more
In terms of dollars and cents, eBay and Amazon benefit from the shipping costs merchants charge shoppers. In the pre-Internet days, Shipping & Handling was a profit center for mail order companies, but now online merchants are lucky to break Read more
eBay is running a new promotion for US sellers, and unlike another promotion running this month, it is not limited to one category. While the landing page mentions an invitation, it does not specify the sale is by invitation only, stating it’s Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage buyers to sell as part of its “consumer seller” strategy. The marketplace sent an email to certain users on Friday with the subject line, “Get your $10 Coupon today.” The promotion explains, “List Read more
