The service that let you “blog” fast wants you to “buy” fast as well. Twitter is testing a new ecommerce feature that lets merchants and artists sell through their tweets. Taking much more than 140 characters to explain the new Read more
A 24-year veteran of Bain & Company has joined eBay as its Global Head of Strategy, helping to boost its gender diversity numbers. Kris Miller, who was a partner and also served on the board of directors at Bain, joined Read more
Each year online sellers have the opportunity to rate the online payments services they use to process their ecommerce payments in the Sellers Choice Awards, and this year’s results were published in Sunday’s EcommerceBytes Update newsletter. Readers evaluated 13 online Read more
As lawmakers return to Washington for the fall congressional session, eBay is warning that members of the Senate could renew the push to enact legislation authorizing the collection of sales taxes on online purchases. The ecommerce heavyweight, one of the Read more
eBay promised to provide sellers with information about possible fee adjustments and protections after an incident left many buyers and sellers unable to sign in to their eBay accounts last Wednesday. eBay sent emails on Fridays to some sellers it identified as having been Read more
Etsy shoppers and sellers will have to get used to a new way of navigating the site after the marketplace launched new navigation and design throughout the site on Thursday. Some sellers were already posting about having difficulty accessing their Read more
eBay plans a marketing push this fall to overcome a “consumer perception gap” about the kind of inventory eBay offers, and in part from the data breach the company experienced earlier this year, according to Devin Wenig, President of eBay Read more
The President of eBay Marketplaces indicated the company is still facing headwinds following a security breach earlier this year that led to it requiring customers to reset their passwords. Devin Wenig was speaking at a “fireside chat” at the Citi Read more
The longtime bearer of Amazon financial news will retire next year. Amazon issued a press release announcing Thomas J. Szkutak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company in June 2015. The CFO said he looked Read more
Amazon is encouraging third-party merchants to offer free shipping – it turns out that what some sellers thought might be a test is actually a new shipping option it is offering to sellers. EcommerceBytes wrote about reports of the new Free Read more
