Etsy kicked off a global marketing campaign last week that is focused on reaching new visitors who are shopping for gifts. The centerpiece of the campaign are three videos that each showcase a handmade item from a different Etsy seller. Read more
eBay sent a letter to users on Monday informing them of the end of a pilot program impacting the Best Offer feature in certain categories. “I think is AWESOME news,” wrote one seller who received the notice via email. “Beta Read more
The United States Postal Service will begin delivering Amazon packages on Sundays beginning with two cities. The new service is kicking off in Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas, and Amazon said the new service would roll out to Read more
The continuing saga of a temporary stower working at an Amazon fulfillment center during the holiday shopping season. See Amazon Confidential: Confessions of a Warehouse Worker, Part One and Part Two. When I first arrived at our RV park in late fall to Read more
As sellers in North America are gearing up for some of the busiest online shopping days of the year, Chinese sellers are experiencing their peak day today, November 11th. Last year, Alibaba’s “11.11 Shopping Festival” day in China, or “Single’s Read more
eBay is extending commercial rates it receives from the U.S. Postal Service to more sellers during the holidays, but for some, the practice is raising a number of questions while irking others. The eBay Labels program allows sellers to pay for Read more
eBay is running an auction listing promotion this week, but if you did not receive an email invitation, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are prohibited from participating, as one EcommerceBytes reader discovered this week. The latest promotion gives invited sellers Read more
Greg Rosenberg is a Security Engineer at Trustwave. In today’s guest column, he explains new standards for PCI DSS compliance that will impact online merchants who accept credit card payments directly through a merchant credit card account on their websites. Read more
The more information you can present in a data feed, the better your Product Listing Ads should perform. Google’s Inside AdWords discussion of the Product Listing Ad format noted the condensed holiday shopping period coming up, with six fewer shopping days in Read more
Ruby Lane will collaborate with fine art and antiques auction site Auctionata to hold global online auctions, with the pilot event, “Antiques & Vintage Pieces,” taking place on December 6, 2013. Prospective bidders can access the auction from both the Ruby Lane website Read more
