Remember when there was a sense of urgency when finding items on eBay? It’s becoming apparent that current management now prefers longer duration, fixed-price listings rather than short-duration auctions, as evidenced by its May 1st fee changes. A current seller Read more
Sellers are discussing a new format in how Amazon displays offers in the book category. The issue is important to sellers since it can make a big difference in the exposure they get. Not everyone is seeing the change, and Read more
eBay received bad press in the UK over the way the company handles fraud and disputes. A reader wrote to EcommerceBytes with a link to the article, calling the 2-page spread depressing reading. The Daily Mail’s “This Is Money” interviewed Read more
Problems with Amazon’s backend where sellers manage orders, print postage and conduct other selling activities prevented sellers from processing orders for about 3 hours on May 6th – and much longer for some sellers. Reports started coming in at about Read more
Amazon customers in the UK now have to spend more in order to qualify for what’s called “Super Saver Delivery.” In addition to its Prime membership program that gives shoppers free 2-day shipping on eligible orders, Amazon also offers free-shipping Read more
Etsy provided an update about the meltdown of its payment-processing card reader, much to the relief of sellers who had been anxiously wondering if a week’s worth of in-person transactions could ever be recovered. Etsy spokesperson Nikki Summer pointed EcommerceBytes Read more
While eBay’s lawyers may be celebrating the fact that the company is off the hook in a lawsuit relating to a data breach that occurred last year, eBay’s marketing team may not be pleased, since coverage of a court’s decision Read more
eBay is running a promotion for sellers in the UK this week, but it’s for business sellers for a change. The UK marketplace frequently runs promotions for private (casual) sellers, and sales for business sellers are less frequent. However, this Read more
eBay sent an email this week to buyers and sellers warning them of changes to its user agreement and privacy policy prompted in part by the breakup with PayPal. The changes go into effect on June 15 for current users. Read more
Etsy confirmed it is investigating reports of a problem with its card reader that allows sellers to process in-person credit card payments. Some sellers discovered last week that Etsy failed to show transactions they had processed through the readers. Etsy Read more
