Ecommerce Industry News
Even as Amazon expands in new geographies including Australia and the Middle East, it hasn’t stopped expanding its logistics capabilities in existing markets. This week the company announced plans to open a new fulfillment center […]
eBay launched a program for shoppers last month in Australia modeled after Amazon Prime called eBay Plus. But with no warehouses or Amazon FBA-style fulfillment program, it was difficult to see how it could meet […]
Amazon didn’t create the concept of “Christmas in July” or “back-to-school” sales, but its annual Prime Day shopping holiday has spawned annual “Black Friday in July” sales from rivals who feel compelled to follow its […]
Auctiva is surveying eBay sellers about using other marketplaces as it prepares to launch a new product called Auctiva Multi-Channel. Auctiva Product Manager Natasha Burns told EcommerceBytes that after 18 years of providing selling solutions […]
eBay is running another flash sale in advance of next week’s Amazon Prime Day shopping extravaganza. Tuesday’s flash sale was limited to items in the tech category, but Wednesday’s sale appears to be sitewide, applying […]
eBay had announced on Monday it would be running category-wide sales today and tomorrow when it wrote, “Exclusively this week, eBay is hosting one-day-only sales in its top categories from 5am – 11pm PDT on […]
Etsy began rolling out its new subscription plan today. It had announced Etsy Plus in mid-June, but sellers can be forgiven if they don’t remember it since it was introduced at the same time as […]
Google recently announced it is rebranding its iconic AdWords advertising program that launched in 2000. Google AdWords will become Google Ads, and the company is launching two additional programs: Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad […]
eBay is lowering fees, but only in certain subcategories in the Business and Industrial Goods category. It’s unclear exactly what prompted the fee adjustment, but competitive factors likely played a role. eBay stated in its […]
eBay is launching what it calls massive deals this week. We can’t help wondering if like many in the industry, it thought Amazon would be holding its Prime Day shopping event this week. Some believe […]