How do you get early access to Amazon Prime Day deals? Ask Alexa. Some shoppers will get early access to Prime Day deals, part of Amazon’s attempt to raise awareness of its Alexa voice technology. Amazon said “voice shoppers” using Read more
eBay’s Chief Product Architect had a lot to say about the company’s effort to capitalize on mobile technology in a recent interview. Steve Yankovich said eBay’s move toward structured data is key to personalizing the shopping experience, and he also Read more
eBay is hosting its second annual seller event called eBay Open in Las Vegas this month. The company invited sellers in Canada to a happy hour gathering during the event. Announcement follows: eBay Open, a four-day series of speakers, workshops Read more
Shoppers ordered over 20 million items from its third-party sellers on Amazon Prime Day last year. Amazon touted the product selection made possible by “small businesses and entrepreneurs” in the run up to Tuesday’s Prime Day, and said sellers use Read more
eBay will remove contact details from the UK listings of business sellers over time and will display them only on the seller profile page. eBay said the change to the desktop site will make it consistent with eBay’s mobile site Read more
Amazon announced a new fulfillment center in Salt Lake City, the first in Utah. Amazon will use the 855,000-plus square-foot fulfillment center to fulfill smaller customer items, such as books, electronics, and toys. Press release follows: Amazon.com, Inc. announced today Read more
eBay launched Price Match Guarantee in the UK. The new feature doesn’t impact regular listings, instead, it applies to “deals” from a small number of exclusive merchants that are able to offer a large quantity of items at steep discounts Read more
B-Stock helps enterprise clients liquidate excess inventory. It has teamed up with Best Buy to launch Best Buy Liquidation Auctions, Best Buy’s official, branded B2B marketplace for customer-returned and overstock appliances, providing online merchants with product sourcing opportunities. Announcement follows: Read more
Third-party sellers on Amazon.com are undercutting Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) by 13 percent, according to a new report released from ORIS Intelligence, while eBay sellers undercut by about 20 percent. The report from ORIS, which helps manufacturers preserve pricing integrity Read more
eBay has finally corralled third-party sniping services, leaving some eBay shoppers with questions about the future of snipe bids. If you’re a collector or bargain-hunter, chances are you’ve placed a last-minute bid on eBay to try to win an auction, Read more
