eBay is running another promotion involving eBay Stores, this one encouraging users to sign up for a Store. It is also running a promotion encouraging current Store owners to upgrade their Store. “Subscribe and enjoy 500 extra free listings,” eBay advised sellers without a current Store Read more
Amazon Seller Central is experiencing an outage. That is the area where merchants log in to manage orders, meaning they’re unable to send them out for now. The problem comes a day after technical issues left many shoppers unable to order Read more
Merchants are facing delays in shipments from China that are going through Hong Kong. The issue is impacting some sellers as they source inventory for the holiday shopping season, though EcommerceBytes has yet to determine the scale of the problem. Read more
Word got out that the USPS had been testing grocery delivery for Amazon, and on Tuesday, the agency officially filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow it to conduct a Market Test of such a service designed Read more
Etsy has been rolling out a new ad platform for sellers and is holding a workshop on Thursday to address the many questions sellers are asking. EcommerceBytes checked in with Etsy and with a seller who is getting up and Read more
PayPal is willing to let its merchant customers accept the virtual currency Bitcoin, but it’s not willing to extend protection to cover such transactions – the eBay payments company will limit Bitcoin transactions to the purchase of digital goods. Nevertheless, Read more
Sellers wondering why they experienced a slowdown in orders today discovered it was likely due to technical issues that prevented many customers from completing orders. One seller who had tried to make a purchase himself started a thread, “The reason Read more
Users of Google Analytics have had the option of anonymously sharing the data they gather as part of the service. Given the broad adoption of the service, Google always looked likely to gain a lot of customers opting in and Read more
Workers in Amazon’s German warehouses have gone on strike over a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, according to the Chicago Tribune. Earlier this month NPR delved into the issue in some depth, interviewing a German Amazon worker and citing a written statement Read more
Sellers are still struggling to come to terms with eBay’s new returns policies and practices, and apparently eBay customer service is adding to the confusion. One reader says she is very concerned about what eBay Customer Service Reps are telling Read more
