Ecommerce Industry News
By the big numbers, ecommerce has been flying high during the pandemic. Online sales have soared, as homebound and restless consumers shopped online in greater numbers than ever before. Bill Ready, Google’s head of commerce, […]
You have just spent the whole day sourcing and found the most amazing treasure to sell on eBay, but there’s one big problem. You have no idea what it is worth. You might not even […]
Certain prices, such as those that end in .00, .50, or .99, seem to be more attractive to buyers, Etsy said. It’s running a “Round Up Pricing” experiment that had sellers buzzing. On an Etsy […]
Walmart is subsidizing lower prices on its site to help it compete with Amazon, according to a report in Bloomberg. The beneficiaries are Walmart shoppers – and an unknown number of third-party sellers on Walmart. […]
eBay announced the availability of a new research tool on a third-party site. The publisher, PWCC, sells trading cards on the eBay platform. eBay said PWCC’s tool provides over 250 million data points that leverages […]
Heading into Black Friday next week, Walmart and Amazon have the best prices online for the season’s hottest toys, according to research from global ecommerce analytics firm Profitero. On average, Walmart’s toy prices are seven […]
Amazon buyers are complaining over what they call “bait-and-switch” pricing in the Subscribe & Save program. “People are thinking they are getting this great deal unless they check their statement,” a reader told EcommerceBytes. The […]
Amazon is in trouble with UK regulators over the way it displays free shipping on product pages. It’s another warning to all merchants about how they display pricing and product information to consumers. The Advertising […]
There’s a lot of talk about the “race to the bottom” in price on Amazon thanks to fierce competition in most categories. Some third-party merchants responded by colluding to limit price competition, according to the […]
Amazon has changed the way it displays pricing, according to the New York Times. While it used to show how much an item was reduced from list price, Amazon has now dropped any mention of a […]