Holiday shoppers spent $1.4 billion online from their desktops on Green Monday (December 9th), up 10 percent versus year ago. It represented the third heaviest online spending day of the holiday season-to-date. ComScore chairman Gian Fulgoni noted that the 10-percent Read more
The honeymoon period for Amazon Webstore is over – Amazon is significantly raising the cost of operating a Webstore next year, perhaps a sign that the company is more confident of the offering. The monthly fee will double for all Read more
Remember when eBay would run free listing days every December 26th so that there would be enough inventory on the site in the weeks following Christmas into January? Those days are over and have, for the most part, been replaced Read more
Amazon is breaking the rules on conventional thinking about how you should engage shoppers on social networking sites, but it is driving far more sales from social networks than other merchants, according to Internet Retailer. The publication took a look at Read more
Many ecommerce pros have turned to free shipping as an enticement to customers to shop online. That perk has become popular with shoppers and at this point in time it’s practically expected by them. For online sellers, taking best advantage Read more
eBay is holding a sweepstakes to increase user engagement by offering rewards for sharing its new Pinterest-style “collections.” The eBay “Share It. Win It Sweepstakes” gives users a chance to win weekly $1,000 prizes as well as a $25,000 grand Read more
How satisfied are you with your experience filling out the listing form on eBay? That was a question on a recent survey eBay sent sellers. The survey was extremely short – only four questions in total – and centered on Read more
On the heels of a “60 Minutes” feature about Amazon during which the company revealed its concept of unmanned drones to deliver packages to shoppers’ doorsteps, eBay invited Bloomberg West TV for a tour of its headquarters and commerce innovation Read more
eBay imposes selling limits on merchants – but how exactly does that work? EcommerceBytes described the effect of eBay’s practice in yesterday’s newsletter, explaining how a long-time seller was thwarted in his attempt to grow his eBay business. But readers asked, is Read more
Beginning today, shoppers in Dallas will be able to order items from some local stores and get the items within an hour. The eBay Now same-day delivery service that’s currently available in San Francisco, Bay Area Peninsula, New York (Manhattan, Read more
