Product Listing Ads (PLA) represented a significant shift for ecommerce pros who had been previously been able to promote products through Google Shopping for free. Google has supported this new emphasis with AdWords updates in recent months. By late summer, Read more
Etsy launched a new homepage after several months of testing, and in a blog post for developers, it provided more information about the reasoning behind the new design. Etsy shows the new homepage design only to first-time visitors to Etsy’s Read more
eBay is running a new promotion that lets sellers list up to 15,000 fixed-price listings for free – if they receive eBay’s invitation to participate. eBay has been running more of these types of promotions of late that let sellers Read more
Recent activity by eBay’s global payment processing arm PayPal regarding updates to the company’s privacy policy generated some expressed concerns online. Perceptions and worries about how private people’s online lives truly are have been heightened in recent months, and activities Read more
eBay is kicking off a promotion today encouraging business sellers located in the UK to list their items on four other European websites. And eBay UK is providing a powerful incentive for those sellers who are eligible to participate: it’s Read more
Online buyers and sellers were among the first targeted by fraudsters and identity thieves in the early days of the Internet, and those threats have not abated. As EcommerceBytes reported last week, Amazon and PayPal are among the companies most frequently targeted Read more
Those evil geniuses at Amazon are at it again, revolutionizing the way we shop. Imagine taking a small wand with you around the house to scan products that are running low. Into the kitchen to scan boxes of cereal and Read more
PayPal is launching its credit card reader in Australia that allows small businesses to accept in-person credit card payments with the help of their smartphones. Called PayPal Here, the service first launched in the U.S. in 2012 and several other Read more
A strong brand is usually an asset, but PayPal probably wishes its brand was less well known among cybercriminals. Phishing fraudsters who attempt to trick users into revealing their confidential consumer data in order to commit cybercrimes put PayPal at Read more
eBay is running a free listing promotion in the UK in which sellers can list up to 50,000 fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees. The promotion is rare in that it applies to business sellers – typically eBay UK Read more
