Etsy launched a new way of displaying shipping costs to buyers as a first step in a two-part plan to introduce a calculated shipping option for marketplace sellers. The company said the new update makes it easier for buyers to Read more
eBay is testing a new program called Promoted Listings that lets sellers advertise their eBay listings. “Promoted listings gives you another way to attract more buyers to your items – beyond search results. This service – which is completely optional Read more
eBay has lots of data about its shoppers, and it has millions of mobile shoppers per month with 260 million global app downloads. This fall, it’s putting the two together to offer advertisers an opportunity to target buyers who use Read more
Bonanza has launched Bonanza Webstores, a store-hosting platform deeply integrated with its online marketplace. It is charging a monthly $25 subscription fee for the service with no commission fees. Bonanza founder and CEO Bill Harding told EcommerceBytes sales were up three Read more
eBay is running a free listing promotion for auction and auction with Buy It Now listings – however, the promotion is limited to invited sellers only. Only 5-, 7-, and 10-day listing durations are included, but there are a few Read more
eBay sellers woke up to more bad news on Sunday morning when they discovered the latest outage hitting eBay’s global marketplaces. Buyers and sellers were unable to login to their accounts all morning, and many were unable to even access Read more
Amazon is closing its P2P payment service called Amazon WebPay next month. You can be forgiven if you didn’t remember Amazon had a service that allowed people to send, receive, and request money from other users from the Amazon Payments Read more
eBay announced on Thursday its Chief Technology Officer Mark Carges was resigning to focus on a family matter. And while it has not named a replacement, it has hired someone to take over CTO duties for the Marketplaces part of Read more
eBay’s search engine began experiencing technical issues on Thursday. Users are complaining that when they are signed in to eBay, searches bring back zero results. Ironically, it’s the same day eBay announced the resignation of its Chief Technology Officer – Read more
eBay has no qualms about excluding other payment services from its marketplaces, as was the case when Google Checkout launched. But now it finds its own PayPal service shut out from Apple’s new digital wallet announced on Tuesday called Apple Pay. Read more
