When the going gets tough, the tough get going – sometimes all the way out the door, Anonymous learns in week 5 of an assignment at an Amazon fulfillment center. As the holiday shopping season ramps up, managers urge workers Read more
eBay and Amazon are taking different approaches to shipping and delivery, as demonstrated by recent press releases issued to attract holiday shoppers. Amazon is promoting its Prime shipping program and suggests shoppers give memberships to friends and family as a Read more
The only thing that might be considered worse than a full ecommerce site outage is an outage where buyers can place orders not knowing they may never receive the items. That’s what is happening with the Alibris book and media Read more
eBay Enterprise is absorbing Magento into its business unit. Readers may well ask, “who are these companies again,” as it can be a little confusing to keep track of eBay businesses. eBay Enterprise was formerly called GSI Commerce, a company Read more
Amazon is opening its second fulfillment center in New England, this one in Windsor, Connecticut. The 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 300 full-time jobs when it opens next year. Amazon had entered into an agreement with the state Read more
Remember the eBay-powered touchscreensthat it displayed in store windows at Kate Spade in the spring that allowed shoppers to place orders “online”? eBay said this week it is committed to the technology and plans to scale it. eBay announced a partnership Read more
Online auction site Proxibid is adding seller ratings, meaning buyers who have completed a transaction with a seller in the Proxibid Marketplace now have the ability to rate and provide feedback on their experience with a specific seller. While it is best Read more
In July, Amazon stopped allowing customers to add images to product pages, news that was greeted with much disappointment. In a surprise reversal, the company is once again allowing customers to upload their own images to the product page. Amazon.com Read more
Don’t have ready cash to pay for your holiday purchases? eBay hopes you’ll consider using its financing service Bill Me Later. This week, it sent an email to eBay customers with an offer to tempt them by tying it into Read more
eBay is running a free-listing promotion in advance of Thanksgiving week. All sellers can participate in the 5-day promotion, and it includes all formats: auction-style, auction-style with Buy It Now, or fixed price formats. Listing durations of 3, 5, 7, Read more
