Google wants Mom and Pop retail stores to join their larger brethren in using its ad program to reach online shoppers. It recently launched a new hub for retailers, urging them to advertise through Google Shopping. Google Shopping Product Marketing Read more
Endicia launched a new service to help online merchants and other shippers reach customers in Latin America. Endicia Global Service provides quicker customs clearance and affordable rates for businesses shipping to Brazil, with more countries to follow. Endicia Global Service Read more
Bigcommerce isn’t just for online-only merchants, and its acquisition of Zing.co on Monday is designed to make it easier for its sellers to manage their online and offline operations as they scale. This includes in-store payments (Point of Sale), cross-platform Read more
Alibaba has laid off employees at its U.S. subsidiaries Auctiva and Vendio, according to a source familiar with the matter. When asked, spokesperson Abbygail Reyes replied, “We have made changes that align the organization with the needs of our business Read more
Twitter conducted a survey this week to find out how users shop on its platform. The survey comes as the social networking site expands its Buy buttons in a test that began last fall. In this week’s survey, which focused Read more
After painting a grim picture of eBay in January, ChannelAdvisor made the decision to close down an eBay inventory management tool called MarketplaceAdvisor, formerly called Marketworks. ChannelAdvisor had made waves in January when its President questioned the viability of small eBay sellers. Read more
Online merchants have already proven they’re willing to share the most precious of proprietary data with Google, even transactions, pricing, and tracking data in the case of Google Trusted Stores. But are they willing to hand over shoppers’ email addresses? Many Read more
Another ecommerce platform has filed its intention to go public – Shopify filed a Form F-1 with the SEC on Tuesday, as well as filing with regulatory authorities in Canada. The move follows online marketplace Etsy’s IPO filing in March, with Read more
Google has once again been exploited by scammers using doorway pages to drive shoppers to their websites. A website with the country code for Peru has scraped Etsy listings in order to get exposure in Google search results, and it’s Read more
Etsy has revamped its Seller Handbook, a resource for the 1.4 million users who actively sell on the site. The handbook offers content designed to educate and inspire sellers, and Nadine Heintz, Group Manager of Seller Communications, told EcommerceBytes the Read more
