eBay Gives Coupon as Incentive to Sell
eBay is running a promotion in which it is giving users an incentive to sell. “Score $50 to spend on eBay,” the invitation reads. “Get back in the game now! Sell an item – make extra cash and get a Read more
eBay UK Suffers Another Outage
eBay UK is suffering an outage today that’s being tracked by monitoring firm DownDetector. And according to ITProportal.com, it’s the site’s 10th outage in a year. eBay.com’s website experienced problems in late July and was widely inaccessible on July 31st, but the Read more
eBay Fall Seller Release: Managed Returns, Some Relief on Defects
eBay is set to announce a Seller Release today, a twice-yearly occurrence in which eBay announces changes that impact a seller’s business, and often dreaded by sellers. Today, it will announce that all sellers who offer returns must offer eBay’s Read more
Etsy Seller Gets Her Handmade Goods onto Retail Shelves
Lisa DiSciascio operates Starlight Woodsselling eco-friendly jewelry and accessories made from storm-damaged tree branches. From a simple project started at her kitchen table with her two girls, Lisa’s business has grown thanks to the help of Etsy and her own ecommerce website. For Read more
Amazon’s Deals with Brands Hurts 3P Sellers
Amazon gives preferential treatment to listings from brands that agree to partner with the marketplace, to the detriment of third-party sellers. So says a study from market research firm L2. Brands such as Burberry and Levi Strauss that have formed Read more
eBay Runs Free Listing Promotion in UK
Get selling and make someone’s summer – that was the message eBay sent to non-business sellers in the UK over the weekend as it encouraged them to sell by offering up to 100 free listings. The invitation-only promotion was sent Read more
BigCommerce and Amazon Webstore Top Best Storefronts
EcommerceBytes announced the top-five services in the Sellers Choice for “Storefronts & Shopping Carts” in Sunday’s issue of the EcommerceBytes Update newsletter. BigCommerce came in as the most highly rated by readers, followed by Amazon Webstore. Rounding out the top Read more
PayPal Responds to Report of Security Vulnerability
A reader alerted us to a report of another security vulnerability on PayPal, saying he had tested the method described by a search-engine marketing services company located in Texas. “I saw your post last month about the security vulnerability that Read more
Etsy Answers Questions from Sellers about Storefront Tests
Connecting one’s technology customers with new features presents a balancing act for such companies. Many factors associated with testing and delivering may present issues at other points in a service’s lifecycle, something vintage/handmade storefront firm Etsy found out in a Read more
eBay Changes Emails Sent to Buyers and Sellers
Both eBay buyers and sellers have noticed big changes to the emails eBay sends them, and some of them called for eBay to bring back the old notices. They say by removing key information from the emails, eBay is making Read more