After painting a grim picture of eBay in January, ChannelAdvisor made the decision to close down an eBay inventory management tool called MarketplaceAdvisor, formerly called Marketworks. ChannelAdvisor had made waves in January when its President questioned the viability of small eBay sellers. Read more
As part of the fallout from the Great Recession, people took a closer look at the salaries of top executives versus regular workers, and it became a major social and political issue. Executive pay is again making news headlines. People Read more
An eBay seller forwarded an email they received from PayPal about a “Recent Transaction Issue.” PayPal apologized for an error that impacted some transactions between buyers and sellers. “From 4:00 p.m. PDT on April 13 until 6:00 a.m. PDT on Read more
eBay is running a 5-day promotion to encourage sellers to list auctions. Sellers who are invited to participate can list up to 500 auction or auction with Buy It Now listings and pay no insertion or 10-day duration fees. Invited Read more
Another report is out with a negative assessment of eBay Marketplaces. SunTrust’s Bob Peck is expecting eBay to report a “lackluster” first quarter when it reports earnings next week. And if it seems like everyone is picking on eBay, understand Read more
Online merchants have already proven they’re willing to share the most precious of proprietary data with Google, even transactions, pricing, and tracking data in the case of Google Trusted Stores. But are they willing to hand over shoppers’ email addresses? Many Read more
Another ecommerce platform has filed its intention to go public – Shopify filed a Form F-1 with the SEC on Tuesday, as well as filing with regulatory authorities in Canada. The move follows online marketplace Etsy’s IPO filing in March, with Read more
Alibaba rival JD.com launched a new platform that includes a pilot program with eBay. eBay’s channel on JD Worldwide, called “Best of eBay Deals,” will showcase a variety of top categories and popular brands at attractive prices from select, trusted Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will ring the opening bell at NASDAQ with his Chief Financial Officer Kristina Salen on Thursday morning in advance of the company going public. Etsy will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on April Read more
Amazon continues to encourage online sellers to explore its Japanese marketplace. An ad on Seller Central shows an image of cherry tree blossoms with the message, “reach millions of customers in Japan.” The landing page hosted on services.amazon.co.jp explains that Read more
