Craig Crosby, publisher of the Counterfeit Report, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing eBay of retaliating against him when he tried to report counterfeit items for sale on the eBay marketplace as part of a 9-month investigation. He also accused eBay Read more
Online resale site thredUP is running a promotion in which it will sell women’s used handbags and give 100% of the selling price to the consignor. The promotion runs through the end of the year. ThredUP is a combination consignment Read more
Amazon UK predicts the biggest day ever for online shopping will be Cyber Monday, which falls on December 1st this year. But Black Friday, November 28th, is catching up. Last year, its shoppers ordered over 4 million items on Black Read more
Etsy asked sellers to use social media to attract holiday shoppers to their Etsy shops, advising them to let customers know their Etsy items would make great gifts. It also created a special hashtag for sharing. “As we lead up Read more
Merchants who use PayPal on their websites need to take action, as PayPal will end support for SSL v3 on December 3, 2014. PayPal Chief Technology Officer James Barrese posted a message for sellers on the PayPal blog, letting them Read more
eBay caused some confusion by running two versions of a nearly identical seller promotion. EcommerceBytes covered one in Monday’s Newsflash newsletter, which restricted sellers to running new auctions only – relistings were excluded. But some sellers received an invitation to participate Read more
After pulling its gift cards from retail shelves last year, eBay has once again made them available in stores. Last fall, eBay spokesperson Ryan Moore confirmed that eBay gift cards were no longer being offered in brick-and-mortar retail locations, though Read more
eBay confirmed it had an outage early Monday morning that prevented some users from accessing features on the site. Reports came flooding in overnight via email and various boards, including Ecommerce EKG and DownDetector. Users reported being unable to buy, and sellers were Read more
It seems one retailer after another finds itself the victim of a data breach due to a hacking incident, and on Monday came the bad news that the U.S. Postal Service had been hacked. For online merchants, the news could Read more
A seller wrote today to say eBay has raised its caps on shipping costs in the media categories. “Listing today and I just noticed that the flat shipping allowed in the magazines and books is showing up as $6 (it Read more
