PayPal got personal in a new survey of holiday shoppers, asking respondents, “what do you prefer to wear when you’re shopping online or on mobile (smartphone or tablet)?” The eBay payments unit commissioned the survey which conducted by GfK Custom Read more
If online sellers thought free 2-day shipping was hard to attain, Amazon is ratcheting up shopper expectations even more with its latest Prime Shipping offering. Impatient city folks can now get tens of thousands of items delivered to their front Read more
eBay’s board of directors adopted a measure to entice top-tier executives to stay until the breakup with PayPal is complete. Bloomberg did the math and determined eBay CEO John Donahoe will receive a retention bonus worth about $23 million. That’s Read more
Ecommerce spending for the holiday period is up 15% from last year so far, according to comScore. The research firm examined ecommerce spending for the first 44 days of the November-December 2014 holiday season (ending December 15th) and found shoppers Read more
USPS trucks are pulling up to front doors on Sundays to deliver holiday orders to Amazon shoppers. But some postal workers say it’s too much to handle. “The U.S. Postal Service is straining to keep up with the volume of Read more
Chris Payne, head of eBay Marketplaces North America, is leaving eBay, the company confirmed. “Christopher Payne, SVP for eBay North America, has decided to leave eBay to pursue a new business venture,” Ryan Moore told EcommerceBytes. “A search for Christopher’s Read more
Ecomdash, an inventory-management tool for online merchants, received an investment from Gemini Southern, which will also provide ecommerce-specific expertise and advisory services. Ecomdash also announced integration with Rakuten.com (formerly Buy.com) and Newegg, making it easier for sellers to sync inventory, Read more
Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal says Google is considering the launch of two initiatives that would directly challenge Amazon.com. The first is a Buy button similar to Amazon’s popular “one-click ordering” feature, according to people familiar with the Read more
What’s it like to work at a fulfillment center during the holiday rush? EcommerceBytes did a series called Amazon Confidential last year that followed a worker throughout the weeks of their temporary employment at an undisclosed Amazon warehouse. This year, ecommerce analysts Read more
While Amazon shoppers had until December 18th to qualify for free standard shipping last year in order to receive their packages by Christmas, this year they have an extra day. Amazon extended holiday shipping deadlines to December 19th for standard Read more
