How do you sell online without a store or marketplace? In today’s issue, Don Heiden, the Auction Professor, discusses using PayPal buttons on message boards, specialty sites, classifieds sites, social platforms, and in emails. There are fees, but only if Read more
In every issue, readers soundoff about issues important to them. From shipping issues to payment processing, from fees to online marketplace policies, EcommerceBytes Soundoff gives you a chance to air your views. Dear Ina,Regarding the eBay adult policy changes. The Read more
PayPal acquired a company called Happy Returns, which helps retailers manage their returns – or, as Happy Returns has described itself, “a leading provider of return and logistics solutions for retailers and their customers.” PayPal had invested in the company Read more
PayPal issued an advisory about a change it’s making that could impact some merchants’ reconciliation process. PayPal called it part of a planned technology update. Here’s how it described the change and its impact on merchants: What’s changingCurrently, the bank Read more
PayPal launched a new solution for larger merchants called Fraud Protection Advanced and cited research showing organizations are losing an average of $4.5M a year due to fraudulent transactions. PayPal said Fraud Protection Advanced is built on insights from its Read more
PayPal launched a new feature called “Checkout with Crypto” that allows PayPal customers in the US to pay with cryptocurrency at checkout. According to Tuesday’s announcement: “Building on the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal, customers using Read more
eBay is running a promotion encouraging buyers to use credit cards to pay. A reader brought it to our attention, noting that when they placed an order, eBay displayed a coupon offer at checkout called “YOUSAVETEN.” What’s unusual is that Read more
PayPal found that struggling small businesses would welcome government grants to help them but they also lacked confidence in the government being able to deliver that support. PayPal reported that finding last week when it revealed three key challenges for Read more
PayPal experienced technical issues 2 days before Christmas. Reports began coming in to Down Detector after 10 am Eastern on December 23rd. The Independent reported that people complained of not being able to log in or being unable to send Read more
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman called PayPal’s third quarter one of the strongest in its history, and he summed up what’s ahead for the payments company in a post on LinkedIn when he wrote: “Going forward, we are investing to create Read more
