eBay UK is running two nearly identical promotions, both by invitation only. In one promotion, invited sellers can create up to 100 listings using the auction-style or fixed price format and pay no insertion fees. The other promotion is similar Read more
Wal-Mart made headlines when it revealed it was extending its Ad Match Guarantee to include matching prices of online retailers, including Amazon.com – and extending it to include purchases on Walmart.com. But when we asked Wal-Mart if it would honor Amazon third-party Read more
A rumor is circulating that Etsy has instituted a quota system as a band-aid to the problem of “clumping.” Etsy acknowledged the problem with its search engine last month and began testing a fix in late October. Clumping is when a Read more
Amazon unveiled a new fee on Thursday and said it was lifting SKU limits to 2 million active non-media SKUs, effective immediately. For sellers who had to spend the last year with SKU limits of 25,000 or 100,000, raising the Read more
You know some of those ads you see on eBay’s website? They used to be served up by Yahoo’s ad platform, and now by Google’s. But after Google punished eBay in search results for “spammy techniques” earlier this year, eBay responded by Read more
Alibaba’s U.S. marketplace 11 Main unveiled new shopping apps for Apple and Android devices. The apps allow mobile shoppers to pay with Apple Pay. Apple’s new payment service is compatible with iPhone 6, iPhone 6+, iPad Air 2, and iPad Read more
eBay has a firm policy against listing items connected to terrorist groups, but enforcement has been uneven, according to one report. A user told EcommerceBytes that he has reported numerous listings related to groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and ISIS Read more
Craig Crosby, publisher of the Counterfeit Report, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing eBay of retaliating against him when he tried to report counterfeit items for sale on the eBay marketplace as part of a 9-month investigation. He also accused eBay Read more
Online resale site thredUP is running a promotion in which it will sell women’s used handbags and give 100% of the selling price to the consignor. The promotion runs through the end of the year. ThredUP is a combination consignment Read more
Amazon UK predicts the biggest day ever for online shopping will be Cyber Monday, which falls on December 1st this year. But Black Friday, November 28th, is catching up. Last year, its shoppers ordered over 4 million items on Black Read more
