eBay is not shy about entering into partnerships, as evidenced this month with its first Sotheby’s live auction and announcement-board post promoting tax products from Intuit. eBay also fixed an error with its delivery estimates on the UK website. eBay Read more
Because Amazon caters to consumer shoppers, it requires them to pay upon shipment. But with its increased efforts to pursue business customers, could that change? And how would it impact third-party sellers who are wary of deadbeat customers? Amazon polled Read more
As Etsy preps for its Initial Public Offering, it’s also seeking to attract more experienced executives and board members. Contained in Etsy’s filing to go public is information about executive compensation – including golden parachutes – which may be of Read more
Danny Rimer from Index Ventures stepped down from Etsy’s board of directors this month. The move follows the departure of Caterina Fake who resigned last July. Fake was replaced by M. Michele Burns, who, interestingly enough, had served on the Read more
Have you ever run out of coffee pods for your Keurig coffee machine? That’s the dilemma of a woman in desperate need of a caffeine fix who is featured in a new video from Amazon, which suggests a solution: the Read more
Spokesperson Ryan Moore confirmed eBay has fixed a pair of security vulnerabilities described in ThreatPost. Moore told EcommerceBytes on Tuesday they’d been addressed and fixed. Security software firm Kaspersky Lab publishes ThreatPost, which has a reporters covering security issues. The Read more
The threat from eBay’s new live-bidding platform has not scared away investors in Auctionata, which has raised more funding. The German auction house raised 42 million euros ($45 million) and will use it to grow existing categories, launch new categories, and Read more
Amazon launched a new marketplace for on-demand professional services called Amazon Home Services. What makes it so powerful is its ability to reach shoppers at the point of purchase, and the new offering could actually boost conversion rates for the Read more
In what appears to be a glitch, some Etsy sellers have reported that they have found themselves logged in to someone else’s account. Three reports came in on February 24th via posts on the Etsy boards, one on March 10th, Read more
Would you let eBay pack and ship the items you’ve sold by dropping them off at a local drop-off point? It sounds unlikely, but British newspaper the Telegraph is reporting a new pilot program that does just that. The concept, according to Read more
