Etsy asked sellers to use social media to attract holiday shoppers to their Etsy shops, advising them to let customers know their Etsy items would make great gifts. It also created a special hashtag for sharing. “As we lead up Read more
eBay caused some confusion by running two versions of a nearly identical seller promotion. EcommerceBytes covered one in Monday’s Newsflash newsletter, which restricted sellers to running new auctions only – relistings were excluded. But some sellers received an invitation to participate Read more
eBay confirmed it had an outage early Monday morning that prevented some users from accessing features on the site. Reports came flooding in overnight via email and various boards, including Ecommerce EKG and DownDetector. Users reported being unable to buy, and sellers were Read more
A seller wrote today to say eBay has raised its caps on shipping costs in the media categories. “Listing today and I just noticed that the flat shipping allowed in the magazines and books is showing up as $6 (it Read more
eBay is running a seller promotion in the UK that kicked off on Sunday. However, there are a lot of restrictions to pay attention to – the first being, only sellers who are invited may participate. The promotion is also Read more
Thanks to a report on Ecommerce EKG, we’ve identified a technical problem impacting eBay listings. On Thursday, sellers began noticing that descriptions were missing on some of their eBay listings. It’s a serious issue, since a listing lacking a description Read more
eBay sellers were not happy to learn that the shopping site was placing ads on their shipping labels. The ad appears at the bottom of the label underneath the USPS Tracking number and states, “Happening now on eBay deals. Always Read more
eBay is running a promotion to try and get fresh auctions onto its site. For 11 days, invited sellers can list auctions and pay no insertion fee. But in an unusual move, it is excluding relistings, clearly a bid to Read more
China celebrates its largest ecommerce holiday, the 11.11. Shopping Festival, on Tuesday, but the company behind it hopes the annual shopping extravaganza will become a true global shopping event in five to 10 years. Alibaba launched Singles Day, as it’s Read more
Amazon expanded its same-day delivery option to Canada on Wednesday. Customers in Toronto and Vancouver can choose Same-Day Delivery, which lets them place orders as late as noon and receive their packages before 9 pm the same day. They’ll pay Read more
