Collectors can now turn to Amazon.com to buy collectible coins with the launch of a new collectibles store on Wednesday. Featured on the Amazon Collectible Coins Store homepage are coins ranging from an 1882 Morgan dollar listed for $105 to an 1893 Read more
After Etsy stirred controversy last week by initiating a test in which it hid shipping costs from some shoppers, sellers say the marketplace is at it again, with multiple threads popping up on Tuesday evening complaining about layout changes to sellers’ shops. Read more
eBay users were disappointed when they visited the Toolhaus.org website on Monday and saw a message saying the site was experiencing extreme difficulties. “How extreme? Extreme enough that we may not be back. We’re no happier about this than you are.” The Read more
When polled about which top executive should be accountable for the recent security breach at eBay, a majority of sellers said eBay CEO John Donahoe. But about a quarter of respondents also said the company’s Chief Technology Office (CTO), Chief Security Read more
WASHINGTON – You might expect the founder of a startup company that makes drones to effuse about the potential for unmanned vehicles to revolutionize the way ecommerce works. Chris Anderson doesn’t see it that way. Anderson, who heads the Berkeley, Read more
Earlier this month there were two interviews in which an Etsy executive and investor were asked about a possible IPO – Initial Public Offering. Was Etsy ready to take the company public, they were asked? On May 2, Etsy CEO Read more
Elastica Chief Technology Officer Zulfikar Ramzan has worked with companies that have experienced a security breach and faced the exact same situation eBay is now facing. In a three-part interview, he shares important information with EcommerceBytes that every online seller should Read more
eBay is taking the unprecedented step of allowing sellers to cancel auction transactions for an 11-day period, a move related to the recent hacking of its customer database. However, if buyers didn’t use PayPal to pay for the items, sellers are out Read more
Brian Burke will replace Rich Matsuura as eBay’s Director of Global Seller Trust after Matsuura left the company early this month. eBay spokesperson Ryan Moore confirmed the departure, telling EcommerceBytes, “Rich decided to leave eBay to pursue new opportunities about Read more
eBay sellers often turn to the company’s discussion boards to seek advice or discuss business issues, but in June, they’ll have to get used to a whole new structure. eBay is overhauling its discussion boards yet again. An eBay moderator Read more
