Perhaps you’ve seen images with a special “Shop Now” button on some of the blogs and websites you visit. Affiliate marketing is alive and well, and Amazon.com has launched a new feature to make it easier for its affiliate publishers Read more
A robust 2013 holiday shopping season where U.S. consumers spent $46.5 billion just from their desktop PCs according to comScore seems like cause for at least modest celebration. But various issues vexed consumers at times and ecommerce pros may have some serious Read more
Lush Cosmetics has long objected to Amazon.com purchasing the keyword “lush” on Google AdWords and using it to bring searchers to Amazon’s equivalent results. The issue became a trademark dispute that ended up in court in the UK, with Lush Read more
Amazon has acquired a video gaming studio called Double Helix, fueling speculation that it’s developing a gaming console. Amazon.com has been leveraging its strength in media (books, DVDs, CDs) in the digital space, and just as it producing ebooks, streaming video and Read more
Amazon has issued additional rules around its requirement that sellers include UPCs in listings to help it clean up its catalog. Sellers will be required to enter valid UPCs regardless of any previous exemptions for new and existing listings for Read more
Amazon.com emailed sellers who are located in areas that may be affected by the latest winter storm that they should consider contacting buyers about potential shipping delays. An email that some sellers received read in part: “Dear Seller, “Our records Read more
In our last installment of Online Selling Trends, we introduced the members of our panel and asked them about the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for online sellers in the New Year. Today, they provide some tips on marketing and Read more
Amazon and LL Bean tied for the top spot on ForeSee’s list of retail customer satisfaction during the holiday shopping season, and in its report, the company extolled Amazon’s ability to satisfy customers. Interestingly Amazon has 66% of customers coming Read more
Online marketplaces tend to keep a tight lid on specific metrics about sales and traffic, but thankfully data nerds can turn to comScore to get some perspective. In a post published earlier this month, the research firm took a look Read more
What if Amazon opened up its third-party marketplace to retailers’ in-store inventory? That’s exactly what eBay is attempting to do with the help of its acquisition of Milo, and a new report from Wall Street analysts says that may be Read more
