Twenty-five hours into Prime Day, small- and medium-sized businesses had already exceeded $1 billion in sales worldwide, with 11 hours left to go, Amazon reported on Tuesday afternoon. Despite major technical issues that Amazon said caused some shoppers to have Read more
Amazon kicked off Prime Day on Monday at 3 pm ET, and the site immediately began experiencing problems. According to one publication, the technical issues also impacted delivery drivers. Amazon acknowledged site problems on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook, Read more
Amazon reaps tremendous benefits when sellers seed its site with discounted items during Prime Day. Nevertheless, sellers pay for the privilege of running Prime Day deals. Amazon charges sellers $750 to run a Prime Day Lightning Deal, up from $500 Read more
Amazon didn’t create the concept of “Christmas in July” or “back-to-school” sales, but its annual Prime Day shopping holiday has spawned annual “Black Friday in July” sales from rivals who feel compelled to follow its lead in setting the date Read more
Amazon is an ecommerce giant, but on Monday, it reminded the world that it also allows small- and medium-sized to sell on its platform. In fact, it said thousands of such companies generated over $50,000 in sales on Prime Day Read more
Devin Wenig is celebrating his 3-year anniversary as CEO of eBay by cutting costs and laying off workers (a “low single digit percentage of employees”). A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes eBay was sharpening its focus on priority initiatives and aligning its Read more
Amazon is heavily promoting its own brands in its Prime Day marketing campaign, and it serves as a reminder of how many different brands it offers across a range of product categories. In a follow-up to its Prime Day announcement Read more
Amazon promises to deliver an epic Prime Day 2018 online and through its app, with the key word being *deliver.* Amazon Prime Day will kick off on the afternoon of July 16 and will run through July 17th, and Amazon Read more
