Ecommerce Industry News
Nearly a year into his job heading up commerce at Google, Bill Ready has made it his mission to democratize online retail. Ready has overseen a series of moves aiming to widen access to Google’s […]
eBay is offering advice to sellers on how to get exposure for their listings in Google Shopping, part of its “Traffic Month” series it’s running this month. Many would-be buyers begin their online shopping on […]
Departing PayPal executive Bill Ready confirmed via Twitter he’s heading to Google as its new President of Commerce. Indications of what this means for Google can be found on his LinkedIn bio, where he states […]
Etsy updated sellers on Friday about new capabilities of its Etsy Ads program that lets sellers advertise their listings across Etsy and Google Shopping. In the update, Etsy described the new features as follows: Bulk […]
Etsy launched a new platform to help sellers buy ads on Google to draw traffic to their listings on the Etsy marketplace. A spokesperson for the company told us, “Etsy Ads unifies the company’s existing […]
Expect more competition from China on Google Shopping thanks to a new deal announced on Monday. Google is investing in Alibaba rival JD.com, China’s second largest ecommerce player. “As part of our partnership,” Google wrote, […]
As Amazon finds success encroaching on Google’s territory by leveraging its marketplace as an ad platform, Google continues to play both defense and offense to take advantage of its traffic. In March, Google added Shopping […]
Bonanza launched a new tool to help sellers market their Webstores, which are optional hosted storefronts. Webstore Broadcaster allows sellers to easily advertise on Google Shopping from their store. Bonanza spokesperson Gwen Schlefer told EcommerceBytes, […]
The Google Shopping team recently published a blog post for online merchants and plugged some of the ecommerce platforms with which it has integrated: Retailers like you are always looking for the best ways to […]
In the days before Christmas, sellers noticed Etsy listings were not showing up at all in Google Shopping. An Etsy moderator confirmed the problem on Christmas Day and returned to the discussion board thread the following day […]