eBay launched its new holiday marketing campaign on Monday. The “Wish Bigger” campaign includes a new holiday hub at eBay.com/holidays that displays links to featured deals in such groupings as Holiday Entertaining, Holiday Dressing, and Laptops & Tablets, as well specific items Read more
eBay sent invitations to an exclusive group of sellers last week, inviting them to participate in a “returns resolution” pilot program, which was revealed as part of the Fall Seller Update. eBay spokesperson Karen Crocker Snell told EcommerceBytes last month that participating Read more
Amazon is jettisoning its payments card reader that it marketed to local merchants and is ditching its Amazon Local daily deals. Word of Amazon’s latest discards late last week came close on the heels of its announcement that it would end Read more
eBay is advising sellers to get an early start when it comes to complying with its upcoming product identifier requirements, saying it would give them an edge – “Help holiday shoppers find your items by adding product identifiers to your Read more
A power outage at a data center on Thursday evening was able to bring PayPal to its knees and wreak havoc for independent merchants as well as buyers and sellers on eBay and Etsy – and the problem proved quite Read more
Nearly 1 in 5 consumers have purchased a car online in the past 5 years, according to a survey by eBay Motors. The company released the results of its Future of Automotive Shopping survey, which found that consumers – especially Read more
eBay UK added eleven countries to its Global Shipping Program. In an announcement on Thursday, eBay said it was adding China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. “From today, buyers in 11 more Read more
Webstore launched a newly designed website specifically for mobile browsers. The independent ecommerce platform, not to be confused with Amazon Webstore, has over 175,000 members. Founder Julio Pereda said shoppers visiting Webstore will now be able to search and browse Read more
Walmart is not bowing to pressure from some other retailers when it comes to holiday shipping deals. The retail chain told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday it would continue with its normal policy of free shipping on orders that exceed $50 Read more
eBay is running yet another free-listing promotion to encourage sellers to list inventory, telling them it’s time to get ready for the busiest season of the year. Eligible sellers can list up to 1,000 auction or fixed-price listings and pay Read more
