What’s it like to work at a fulfillment center during the holiday rush? EcommerceBytes did a series called Amazon Confidential last year that followed a worker throughout the weeks of their temporary employment at an undisclosed Amazon warehouse. This year, ecommerce analysts Read more
Etsy is trying to take advantage of the fact that many of its sellers straddle the online and offline world, displaying their wares at shows and fairs. In fact, 35% of its US-based sellers sell at craft fairs. Presuming that Read more
Looking for ideas on how to take advantage of the holiday shopping period? Matt Brossard, Director of Community for ecommerce research firm Terapeak, offered some tips on how online retailers could make the most of the expected influx of sales Read more
Bigcommerce raised $50 million in funding, attracting new investors SoftBank Capital, American Express, and Telstra Ventures as well as existing investors General Catalyst and Revolution Growth. The company will use the funds to invest in product development, aggressively grow sales Read more
Plenty of warm paeans from the New York Times and elsewhere complimented Facebook’s moves to cut down on unpaid ads appearing in the news feeds of its userbase. And while Facebook users may rejoice, it means fewer potential shoppers may see online Read more
The summer debut of Bing’s Auction Insights presented a new reporting feature to help advertisers understand how well (or less well) they were competing with others. That was available as a report showing how one ranked against up to twenty others based Read more
Sellers of all sizes face a similar issue this holiday season that they did in 2013 – a late-falling Thanksgiving means a later Black Friday / Cyber Monday taking place, and fewer holiday shopping days overall. For online merchants managing Read more
eBay launched an analytics and repricing tool that helps sellers analyze sales and make improvements. It’s currently available only to certain sellers in certain geographies and only to managed accounts in the U.S. Decide.com built the tool after eBay acquired Read more
A new report finds content can boost ecommerce sales and can help merchants avoid falling into the trap of competing solely on price. And while the report studied 80 global brands, its conclusions can apply to sellers of any size. Read more
Etsy is working on improving the listing-management process, generally a time-consuming but important task for online sellers. A prototype of a new listing tool is now open to all sellers for them to try out for themselves. A warning before Read more
