A major provider of tools for marketplace shoppers had reported last month that eBay was blocking snipe bids, which are last-minute bids critical to auction-format listings. This week, eSnipe said the problem with eBay has been resolved – good news Read more
Rakuten is closing its marketplaces in the UK and Spain in a major restructuring move in Europe. The company said it would focus on France and Germany, where its businesses have the scale and potential for sustainable growth. The announcement Read more
Ecommerce has come a long way since the 1990s – consider that Demandware, a company that supports online merchants, announced last week that it will be acquired for nearly $3 billion. Demandware isn’t alone in offering solutions to multichannel merchants, Read more
A company that helps big brands monitor pricing compliance has been sold. Market Track acquired Channel IQ for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced on Thursday. Headquartered in Chicago, Market Trackprovides subscription-based advertising, promotions, ecommerce and pricing intelligence solutions. Clients use Read more
Your emails may not be getting into the hands of your customers, and one email service provider has a new approach to trying to attack the problem. Return Path launched a new Deliverability Wizard as part of its “next generation” Read more
Which marketplace does a better job of protecting sellers from “bad” buyers, eBay or Amazon? The latter, by a wide margin, according to an informal poll conducted via SurveyMonkey. We asked the online sellers to answer the question through an Read more
PayPal hired former District Attorney and American Express executive Aaron Karczmer to become its Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer. Karczmer held a number of roles at the New York County District Attorney’s office including Assistant District Attorney and Unit Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur and TV star Mark Cuban fished up his latest promotional effort with the aid of online retail giant Amazon.com. The Amazon Exclusives collection of curated merchandise will be home to The Mark Cuban Collection seen on the television show Shark Tank. Read more
Add Vermont to the list of states trying to put the burden of sales tax onto out-of-state sellers instead of on their residents who shop online. The state apparently wants online merchants to educate its residents about their sales use Read more
eBay is running a special promotion to attract crafters as its rivals Amazon and Etsy cater to the handmade movement. The “Save on Craft Supplies” event kicks off on June 13th, and eBay is enlisting the help of sellers to Read more
