eBay is running a 5-day listing promotion this week to encourage sellers to list fixed-price listings, but not everyone received an invitation to participate. The promotion comes in advance of the slow season in ecommerce, with headlines reading: “Hit record Read more
Have you ever wished you could give your eBay buyers an incentive for buying your item or spending more with you? If you operate an eBay Store (for which the company charges a monthly subscription fee), now you can. As Read more
No one knows for sure just how eBay’s security breach is impacting overall sales except for the company itself, but sellers worry about how the hack will impact them. Last week, IDG News Service was among those reporting on vulnerabilities that security Read more
Over a week has gone by since eBay revealedcriminals had gained unauthorized access to its corporate network and user data, and the fallout continues. A few states vowed to launch an investigation of their own, and there are reports of other Read more
Consider for a moment Amazon.com’s roots, a seller of books at discounted prices that delighted bibliophiles and altered the bookselling industry. Now nearly twenty years after its founding, the company’s ongoing dispute with French publisher Hachetteovershadows what should be an interesting Read more
After many sellers complained about a test Etsy is running in which a percentage of buyers are unable to view shipping costs without placing an item in their shopping cart, other sellers defended Etsy’s practice of testing new layouts and Read more
Collectors can now turn to Amazon.com to buy collectible coins with the launch of a new collectibles store on Wednesday. Featured on the Amazon Collectible Coins Store homepage are coins ranging from an 1882 Morgan dollar listed for $105 to an 1893 Read more
After Etsy stirred controversy last week by initiating a test in which it hid shipping costs from some shoppers, sellers say the marketplace is at it again, with multiple threads popping up on Tuesday evening complaining about layout changes to sellers’ shops. Read more
When polled about which top executive should be accountable for the recent security breach at eBay, a majority of sellers said eBay CEO John Donahoe. But about a quarter of respondents also said the company’s Chief Technology Office (CTO), Chief Security Read more
Earlier this month there were two interviews in which an Etsy executive and investor were asked about a possible IPO – Initial Public Offering. Was Etsy ready to take the company public, they were asked? On May 2, Etsy CEO Read more
