Responsible email marketers have for years provided methods within their messages for recipients to unsubscribe from future mailings. But Google made a change recently to its Gmail service that puts an unsubscribe button at the top of all emails it Read more
Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more
eBay sellers in Australia are getting some bad news: eBay will extend its commission to include shipping costs, meaning higher selling fees. eBay has already rolled out the policy change in the U.S. in 2011 and in the UK last Read more
Hall of Famer. Multiple-time NBA MVP and champion. All-time league scoring leader. And of course, comedic actor. What’s next for Kareem Abdul Jabbar? Why not ecommerce, as the sporting legend embarked on a partnership with online selling giant Amazon.com to sell Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe along with members of the eBay Board will face shareholders on May 13th. eBay is holding its annual shareholder meeting a little later this year, perhaps because it finds itself being targeted by investor shareholder Carl Read more
eBay is running a major seller promotion in order to stock the shelves for Mother’s Day shoppers. eBay will kick off a marketing campaign next week and said the May holiday is the 4th largest retail holiday of the year. Read more
Calling it one of the best ecommerce business models seen in a long time, Silicon Valley guru Sramana Mitra said Auctionata is succeeding where eBay could not: high-end online auctions. Mitra interviewed Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke recently to find out Read more
Etsy is among the many ecommerce sites and retailers rolling out personalization features – in fact, the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods will provide more customized content for visitors, calling it a top priority in 2014. Next up: Read more
The US Postal Service is trying to catch up to UPS and FedEx when it comes to providing customers with delivery status information – something that ecommerce sellers are finding increasingly important. The USPS renamed “Delivery Confirmation” to “Tracking” last Read more
eBay is finally giving sellers something they’ve been requesting for years: more transparency in the feedback ratings left by buyers. In its early days when auctions ruled, eBay’s feedback system was all that deterred buyers and sellers from scamming each Read more
