eBay executive Chris Payne, who left the ecommerce site in December “to pursue a new business venture” has joined Tinder as CEO. Tinder is a mobile dating app that uses location-based data to connect users, and Payne joins as the Read more
Now that Etsy has revamped its listing infrastructure, it’s able to offer new functionality, and one that sellers appear to be welcoming is auto-renew. “You’ve told us that manually renewing listings after the four-month listing period ends is time consuming. Read more
Amazon.com expanded its Prime Now same-day delivery service to Baltimore and Miami. The service is free for 2-hour delivery and costs $7.99 for one-hour delivery. Amazons spokesperson Kelly Cheeseman told the Miami Herald many of the items available through the Prime Now Read more
The FAA will allow Amazon to test its drones, the agency revealed on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an “experimental airworthiness certificate” to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. unmanned aircraft (UAS) design that the company will use for research and Read more
Etsy is pulling a popular listing-management tool from its API program. In a surprise email to users on Thursday, the marketplace told sellers the third-party applications BETSI and BETSI lite will no longer have access to the Etsy Application Programming Read more
eBay issued a notice to sellers in the UK, informing them of the Royal Mail rate changes for 2015. “We want to explain how this affects you,” eBay UK stated. Announced at the end of February, the changes take effect Read more
Rumors surfaced at the IRCE Focus: Digital Design conference on Wednesday that Amazon will close its web-hosting service. Kevin Richards, CEO of Ventura Web Design, was speaking on a panel about the basics of ecommerce site design. He confirmed the news Read more
Several threads on its discussion boards reveal that eBay is giving away $5 in coupons to shoppers who experience delays in receiving their package, or experienced other problems with their orders. One user who said she mostly sells on eBay Read more
eBay UK is running a promotion in which it gives sellers a break on commission fees. However, the sale applies only to one item, with plenty of restrictions. The promotion is by invitation only and applies only to private (casual) Read more
Ecommerce powerhouse Rakuten will allow Bitcoin payments, the company announced. Customers will be able to choose Bitcoin as a payment option on Rakutken.com (formerly Buy.com), to be followed by Rakuten.de in Germany and Rakuten.at in Austria. Rakuten said the advantage Read more
