Etsy is undertaking an investigation into how a spam message made its way onto the Etsy Announcement Board on Sunday morning. The incident followed a rash of complaints about spam being posted on the discussion boards, which some user call Read more
eBay is running a 3-day promotion for UK sellers, and as usual, this one is restricted to private (casual) sellers. The invitation-only promotion allows private sellers to list up to 100 auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fee. Read more
eBay is giving sellers up to 2,500 free listings in an end-of-February promotion, but there are many stipulations to which sellers should pay attention. And like many eBay promos in recent years, this sale is by invitation only. The promotion Read more
While eBay and online sellers are only too familiar with the problem of bad buyers, a new academic paper seeks to shed light on what it calls a common but little known type of fraud, which it dubbed “liar buyer Read more
There has been much reaction to the news that Facebook launched Product Ads on Tuesday. We checked in with an expert to learn more about the social networking site’s new advertising program for online merchants. Larry Kim is founder and CTO of Read more
eBay made changes to its Global Shipping Program in the UK. There’s no change in how the program operates, but it changed the conditions and terms for sellers in a move it says is meant to clarify certain aspects of Read more
You can now send funds to the federal government using PayPal or Dwolla. The U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving away from paper payments and announced that its digital wallet Pay.gov now offers both PayPal and Dwolla as payment Read more
Customer satisfaction with retail is down for the first time in four years, but ecommerce was up in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). A spokesperson for the ACSI Retail Read more
There’s no question that Amazon and eBay are enamored of fashion, but beyond the higher profit margins and the bait it offers to attract more affluent shoppers, does it make sense for either company to pursue haute couture? Bloomberg reports Read more
One year ago, the USPS Inspector General said offering financial services could help generate $8.9 billion in new revenue per year for the Postal Service. Apparently postal workers agree, and their union said Wednesday the Postal Service should also capture a greater Read more
