eBay’s shipping calculator is in violation of another company’s patents, according to a lawsuit filed on December 20th. Paid Inc. is suing eBay for patent infringement, claiming it had demonstrated its online shipping calculator to eBay in 2001, over a Read more
Amazon is best known for its online marketplace, but is also known for its Kindle tablets, for which it provides another kind of marketplace – this one for developers and publishers to sell digital applications – known as the Amazon Read more
eBay UK is running a free listing promotion to encourage sellers to keep listing beyond Christmas and into January. As we pointed out yesterday in describing a promotion running on eBay Australia, online shopping doesn’t stop on December 24th, and “unwanted Read more
Online sellers understand that shopping does not come to an end on December 24th. In fact, eBay said “unwanted Christmas presents” was the sixth highest search term on eBay on Christmas Day last year as shoppers went online for a deal or Read more
Just a few weeks ago the Amazon fulfillment center where I work as a temporary stower was just gearing up for the first big holiday sales of the year. The entire plant now hums with the steady sound of rumbling Read more
eBay launched a new category called Digital Comics, but it’s not as groundbreaking a development as it sounds. eBay doesn’t actually sell digital comics on its site (nor can its sellers) – you must go to another site to purchase Read more
What if Amazon opened up its third-party marketplace to retailers’ in-store inventory? That’s exactly what eBay is attempting to do with the help of its acquisition of Milo, and a new report from Wall Street analysts says that may be Read more
First there was Black Friday. Then Cyber Monday. Based on the incentives being offered by Amazon, all of us who worked that long weekend anticipated a mass confusion of pickers and stowers fighting for space in the long aisles of Read more
Amazon sellers who want to make sales know how important it is to get exposure by appearing on the Buy Box, but that prime real estate is reserved for Featured Merchants only. For sellers who are not Featured Merchants on Read more
The appeal of the Etsy marketplace has been its position as a home for sellers of handmade and vintage items. To the layman, this presents an image of a crafter working on a piece of jewelry or a woven basket Read more
