eBay sellers are growing used to unusual free-listing promotions. The latest that kicked off on March 9th allows invited eBay Store owners to list up to 10,000 auctions and pay no listing fee – but only in certain categories. And Read more
In December, EcommerceBytes took a lookat Amazon’s activities in the 3D printing space and how 3D printers could impact retail and ecommerce. Now comes news that Amazon has set up a new division selling 3-D printed products in partnership with five Read more
eBay launched a set of “social” features in the U.S. last year and has now made them available on its UK marketplace. Hailing it as a “whole new way to discover the things you love on eBay,” eBay said in Read more
eBay is running a promotion in which eBay Store owners receive 2,500 additional free listings for the month of March. Store owners who activate the promotion can list up to 2,500 additional auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion Read more
In what was supposed to be a break-out year for Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company, co-founders Jerry Kozak and Ricky Winowiecki ended up tightening their belts and laying off staff thanks to new restrictions from Amazon on novelty items. The t-shirt company Read more
eBay shoppers trying to search for items in their own country were flummoxed as a glitch caused items for sale on international sites to be mixed in with domestic items. The problem itself was international, with sellers from the U.S., Read more
eBay warned employees last month not to let a shareholder battle with Carl Icahn distract them, and eBay CEO John Donahoe sent another letter to employees this week. “As predicted,” he wrote, “we’re having a public dialogue with activist investor Carl Read more
We brought you the news that Chinese ecommerce firm Alibaba was launching a new marketplace in the U.S. through its subsidiary Auctiva.com. 11 Main continues to ramp up and next week will host a private “Friends & Family” preview. Next week’s trial Read more
How can you get online shoppers to open your emails rather than clicking them into the virtual trash bin? Subject lines are obviously key, and a marketing company studied hundreds of millions of emails to determine what characteristics got recipients Read more
Despite demand from online shoppers, merchants know only too well that there’s no such thing as “free shipping.” The latest sellers to face higher shipping costs are those in the UK and Australia as Royal Mail and Australia Post raise postage. Effective March 31, Read more
