Ecommerce Industry News
Alibaba debuted its Pay Later service for online sellers procuring inventory on its marketplace during the CES show last week. The service is powered by Kabbage, which kicked off the trend of offering loans and […]
In a letter to employees, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman revealed his priorities for the payments firm formerly owned by eBay. Not surprisingly, mobile was at the top of the list, and Schulman also reminded employees […]
Amazon is tempting merchants to sign up for its Amazon Pay payments solution by dangling an Amazon Echo device before their eyes. An email described the new promotion as follows: “For a limited-time, new Amazon […]
Online payment services have gotten into small-business lending through working capital loans, but did you know ecommerce payments giant PayPal also offers a more traditional flavor of lending? A reader forwarded us a marketing email […]
Amazon is promoting its payments solution with an email marketing campaign targeted at small businesses. With the “Success beyond Small Business Saturday” subject line, the email from Amazon Pay encourages sellers to learn more about […]
Shoppers in certain countries will be able to shop on Amazon and pay in person in their local currency through Western Union thanks to a new agreement. Customers in those select countries will be offered […]
PayPal will help merchants in Germany with financing by expanding its Working Capital program, already available in the US, UK, and Australia. PayPal Businesskredit allows businesses to get a working capital loan – and because […]
Antiquarian booksellers are boycotting Amazon’s AbeBooks marketplace after it reportedly planned to close its site to sellers from Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, and South Korea. Eureka Booksellers reports that hundreds of booksellers from many different […]
PayPal saw healthy volume growth in the third quarter ended September 30, 2018. It’s too early to see any impact eBay’s managed payments may have on its business, as eBay only began rolling out its […]
eBay launched a calculator to help sellers determine how much they could save using managed payments. While eBay chooses to focus on cost savings – which can be significant – sellers must also weigh other […]