Last year, eBay introduced a new policy in which certain fixed-price listings and auctions purchased with Buy It Now remain for sale until the buyer pays for the items. At the time, eBay said it was designed to eliminate a Read more
Merchants who use Volusion to power their ecommerce websites have new option for accepting payments via web and mobile. The ecommerce platform has integrated with Stripe, an online payment service with a developer focus that processes billions of dollars a Read more
Amazon hired over 20,000 full-time employees at its U.S. Fulfillment Centers last year. Amazon reveals so few details about its operations that it felt like significant information revealed in the company’s press release on Wednesday. “Last year, we hired more Read more
Lush Cosmetics has long objected to Amazon.com purchasing the keyword “lush” on Google AdWords and using it to bring searchers to Amazon’s equivalent results. The issue became a trademark dispute that ended up in court in the UK, with Lush Read more
In the legendary sci-fi film The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he’s been living in a dream world. That virtual existence parallels the internet, upon which many online sellers have built their businesses rather than take on the myriad challenges of the Read more
Mobile payments service Square has entered into a deal with Whole Foods Market, which will use Square’s point-of-sale systems to accept payments from customers purchasing items at food venues within select Whole Foods Market stores. It is Square’s first partnership Read more
Time and again, we hear online merchants urging online marketplaces to advertise their sites more prominently, with many sellers advocating TV campaigns to drive shoppers to their listings. eBay and Overstock.com have run some memorable television ads in the past, Read more
The good news for sellers? eBay is running a free-listing promotion. The bad news? It’s only running in the UK; it’s only for private (casual) sellers; and it’s by invitation only. And there’s one more important twist to the promotion: Read more
There’s debate about whether there should be a new law requiring online merchants to collect sales tax in states where they don’t have a physical presence. But the reality is, sellers must deal with sales tax in their own states Read more
You probably don’t think of guns when you think of Etsy, the marketplace known for handmade goods and vintage items. Indeed, the site prohibits the sale of firearms and weapons. But on Monday, Etsy announced a new update to that Read more
