eBay renewed its “Up & Running Grants” program designed to help small retail businesses. Through the 2021 eBay Up & Running Grants program, 50 eBay small business sellers will each receive a $10,000 grant package composed of cash, premium access Read more
eBay held its annual eBay Open seller conference last week, kicking off the virtual event with a keynote by CEO Jamie Iannone. Not surprisingly, executives announced some new features and policies to attendees. For example, eBay will offer Store sellers Read more
An online business is as real as any other business – so why not treat it that way? When I first started reselling over 25 years ago, I never considered it a real business. It was just a fun way Read more
When Osama Bedier announced in December that his payments company, Poynt, had agreed to be acquired by GoDaddy, he declared: “In GoDaddy, we found a company that shares our passion and vision for the future of small business commerce.” “We Read more
Judging from the vast number of pop-up greeting cards that you can find online and at shops these days, you might assume that the format is a relatively recent development, but the cards actually made their first popular appearance during Read more
In every issue, readers soundoff about issues important to them. From shipping issues to payment processing, from fees to online marketplace policies, EcommerceBytes Soundoff gives you a chance to air your views. Hi,Has any Ebayer mentioned that when an item Read more
Sellers are experiencing a glitch impacting their Stores that began on Thursday. “eBay made a recent change to managing store categories and now categories are not displayed at all in my store,” a seller reported on Ecommerce EKG. “Anyone else Read more
eBay’s Chief Product Officer Pete Thompson said eBay is re-architecting the View Item page so that it can introduce changes more quickly. He made the remarks at a session during the eBay Open conference that kicked off (virtually) on Wednesday Read more
Etsy touted a “retrieval engine” called XWalk that improves search results, reminiscent of eBay’s Cassini search engine. In its 2nd-quarter earnings announcement, Etsy stated: “We continued to improve our search capabilities by leveraging the engagement of buyers and sellers and Read more
Etsy grew revenue 23% in the 2nd quarter of 2021, though in comparison it grew Gross Merchandise Sales 13%, it reported on Wednesday. An excerpt of the company’s financial press release follows. Etsy, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2021 ResultsEtsy, Inc. Read more
