Ecommerce Industry News
eBay sellers can breathe a sigh of relief as PayPal announced it would not proceed with a move that would have left sellers without protection for certain transactions. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes on Monday: “We […]
PayPal is updating its User Agreement (UA) and Privacy Policy effective April 19, 2018. The change that has sellers buzzing is the removal of its Seller Protection program for certain types of transactions. PayPal states: […]
Etsy’s new CEO found another way to streamline operations – the marketplace will retire its own credit card reader in favor of a deal with Square. Josh Silverman took over in May after Chad Dickerson’s […]
Amazon is in talks with banks to work on a customized branded service for its customers, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.” “The talks with financial firms are focused […]
The votes in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards have been tallied, and the full results of all 10 marketplaces are published in today’s issue. Thanks to everyone who took the time to first nominate marketplaces […]
PayPal provided us with some clarification on the duplicate 1099Ks some Etsy sellers received this month. PayPal and other payment providers are required to send Form 1099K to sellers and to the IRS showing the […]
PayPal launched its PayPal Here card reader in 2012, allowing sellers to accept in-person payments by connecting the swiper to their smartphones. Today it launched new two new card readers with up-to-date technology: the Swipe […]
Online sellers are being swept up in new confusion this year over Form 1099K as they prepare to file their income tax with the IRS and their state departments of revenue. New laws targeting income […]
Volusion has integrated with Apple Pay, allowing merchants on its ecommerce platform to accept the payment method for transactions. Press release follows: Volusion, the only all-in-one e-commerce platform on the market built specifically for the […]
A reader told us he was at the movies last night and saw a preview ad for a payment service called Zelle. “I love when EcommerceBytes does compare and contrast on anything in the ecommerce […]