A UK regulator said it found evidence of a “thriving marketplace for fake and misleading online reviews” and said it wants Facebook and eBay to conduct an urgent review of their sites to prevent fake and misleading online reviews from Read more
The value of currency is its wide acceptance, and the same is true of virtual currency. That helps explain why so many prominent technology and financial services firms are joining together to launch a new global crypto currency called Libra, Read more
eBay recently denied it was planning to launch virtual currency, but Facebook seems increasingly likely to do so. The BBC reported that Facebook had met with the Bank of England on plans to set up a digital payments system in Read more
Facebook came in 11th place in the 2019 Sellers Choice Awards. Buy-sell groups in niche categories were preferred by many over Marketplace; some sellers panned Facebook for its enforcement practices. In January 2019, EcommerceBytes surveyed over 13,000 online sellers and Read more
A newly released report from Salesforce found social media was the breakout channel for holiday shopping traffic in 2018, with use of mobile devices a contributing factor. Social traffic grew 34 percent year-over-year for the entire holiday season. Facebook/Instagram accounted Read more
Facebook Marketplace is adding “shopping and deals from e-commerce merchants” and “exclusive deals from retailers.” Over 33% of Facebook members use its classifieds-style platform every month according to the company, and it wants to help make it easier for users Read more
Facebook has two programs that small businesses can use to improve their digital marketing skills. The company made a pledge to help the US workforce in a June 8, 2018 blog post titled, “Training 1 Million People and Small Business Read more
Facebook launched three retail solutions on Monday, including one impacting the advertising program known as Facebook Dynamic Ads, which help merchants reach shoppers by automatically promoting products to people who have expressed interest on their website, app or elsewhere on Read more
Over 10,000 sellers participated in the 9th annual Sellers Choice Awards. In the initial nomination process, EcommerceBytes readers chose 10 finalists. Readers then rated the finalists in four key areas – profitability, customer service, communication and ease of use. Respondents Read more
Facebook came in 9th place in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards. There are numerous ways to sell on this marketplace, though the focus remains on local selling (or advertising) for now. In January 2018, EcommerceBytes surveyed over 10,000 online sellers Read more
