Bonanza founder and CEO Bill Harding confirmed the company tested a new feature after reports came in to EcommerceBytes. “Bonanza is adding higher price next to my asking price and then crossing it out. For example, on one listing, I Read more
Etsy named a new Chief Technology Officer on Monday, revealing that its current CTO is leaving the company. CEO Chad Dickerson announced that John Allspaw will replace Kellan Elliott-McCrea. Dickerson said Elliott-McCrea was leaving Etsy “to pursue other opportunities.” He Read more
eBay’s response to its Google SEO problem that began last year is to begin using structured catalog data – a make-or-break move, one eBay manager called it. However, eBay has run into a road bump in implementing the strategy. Phase Read more
Bonanza redesigned its homepage in order to do a better job of representing the Bonanza experience, it told users. “We wanted to articulate what our marketplace has to offer buyers and sellers and present this in a way that was Read more
eBay will launch a new selling tool later this year, and the company is seeking sellers to join an “Advanced Listing Tool” pilot program to provide feedback about the new tool. eBay sent an email invitation to select sellers and Read more
PayPal is raising fees by up to 32% by eliminating volume discounts for larger sellers, and EcommerceBytes has confirmed that certain companies are exempt from the fee hike, which the payments company is referring to as a fee “simplification.” PayPal Read more
“People want what you got,” eBay is telling users in a new marketing campaign to get consumers selling unwanted items. On Thursday, eBay tried to gain some attention in consumer publications by issuing a press release about its partnership with Read more
eBay is now banning sellers from offering PayPal rivals ProPay and Skrill as payment methods on its marketplace. The move comes the same day PayPal raised fees for merchants processing over $3,000/month in payments – a 32% increase for higher Read more
PayPal is raising fees by up to 32% with the elimination of volume discounts. Sellers on eBay are particularly hit hard as the marketplace limits which payment methods they can offer for eBay transactions – and eBay just revealed yesterday Read more
Back in November, the US Postal Service filed a request to move First Class Mail Parcels (FCMP) from the market-dominant product list to the competitive product list as a retail subcategory of First Class Package Service (FCPS). But on Wednesday, Read more
