If online sellers thought free 2-day shipping was hard to attain, Amazon is ratcheting up shopper expectations even more with its latest Prime Shipping offering. Impatient city folks can now get tens of thousands of items delivered to their front Read more
eBay’s board of directors adopted a measure to entice top-tier executives to stay until the breakup with PayPal is complete. Bloomberg did the math and determined eBay CEO John Donahoe will receive a retention bonus worth about $23 million. That’s Read more
Chris Payne, head of eBay Marketplaces North America, is leaving eBay, the company confirmed. “Christopher Payne, SVP for eBay North America, has decided to leave eBay to pursue a new business venture,” Ryan Moore told EcommerceBytes. “A search for Christopher’s Read more
While Amazon shoppers had until December 18th to qualify for free standard shipping last year in order to receive their packages by Christmas, this year they have an extra day. Amazon extended holiday shipping deadlines to December 19th for standard Read more
eBay gave car sellers some good news on Monday. Currently it lets sellers provide up to four photos with their car listing for no additional fee, and charges 15 cents per additional picture, up to 24 pictures total. Beginning in Read more
eBay said a new partnership with Shanghai-based cross-border firm Winit Corporation will provide Chinese sellers with greater opportunity to reach overseas markets, including the US, UK, Germany, and Australia. The agreement, signed last month, will offer comprehensive warehousing services to Read more
Startup champion Caterina Fake is out, M. Michele Burns is in. That’s the word from Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson who said Fake stepped down from the company’s Board of Directors, while Burns has joined the Etsy Board. The contrast between Read more
eBay is running a free-listing promotion in the run-up to Christmas and, with an unusual twist, eBay is throwing in half-off commission fees as well. However, it’s an invitation-only sale and applies only to five listings. Invited sellers can list Read more
eBay has been scaling down and appears to be phasing out a program aimed at removing counterfeit merchandise from its marketplace, opting instead to rely on users and brand owners reporting items through the site and the Verified Rights Owner Read more
An eBay employee stirred up controversy last week when he published part of an internal guide for customer service representatives about hidden limits on seller accounts. We have received further clarification from eBay about such limits. eBay imposes nine types of Read more
