The only thing that might be considered worse than a full ecommerce site outage is an outage where buyers can place orders not knowing they may never receive the items. That’s what is happening with the Alibris book and media Read more
eBay Enterprise is absorbing Magento into its business unit. Readers may well ask, “who are these companies again,” as it can be a little confusing to keep track of eBay businesses. eBay Enterprise was formerly called GSI Commerce, a company Read more
Amazon is opening its second fulfillment center in New England, this one in Windsor, Connecticut. The 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 300 full-time jobs when it opens next year. Amazon had entered into an agreement with the state Read more
In today’s guest column, Margaret Kuchler, Director of Industry Marketing at Akamai Technologies, says studying 2012 online holiday shopping traffic can help merchants understand what to expect in 2013. The best way to anticipate holiday web traffic for the upcoming Read more
The USPS can raise the price of a stamp from 46 to 47 cents in January, but whether the agency can raise it to 49 cents has yet to be decided. On Thursday, the Postal Regulatory Committee (PRC) approved the Read more
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that have plagued ecommerce sites of all sizes in the past may not emerge seemingly out of nowhere. Instead it has been suggested that the person interested in harming one’s online presence might Read more
As ecommerce pros have seen from their calendars, there is less time this holiday shopping season to get a lot of work done. Six fewer shopping days at a time that for many retailers is a make or break period Read more
Remember the eBay-powered touchscreensthat it displayed in store windows at Kate Spade in the spring that allowed shoppers to place orders “online”? eBay said this week it is committed to the technology and plans to scale it. eBay announced a partnership Read more
Online auction site Proxibid is adding seller ratings, meaning buyers who have completed a transaction with a seller in the Proxibid Marketplace now have the ability to rate and provide feedback on their experience with a specific seller. While it is best Read more
In July, Amazon stopped allowing customers to add images to product pages, news that was greeted with much disappointment. In a surprise reversal, the company is once again allowing customers to upload their own images to the product page. Amazon.com Read more
