7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (732+ words) Ecommerce Bytes Should e Bay Require Sellers to Provide Receipts? Should e Bay require sellers to provide receipts in order to sell items? It may come as a surprise to some people, but in some cases, e Bay already does…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (279+ words) In a FAQ section about the new Regulatory Compliance Support page, e Bay said the providers "are independent companies that offer services directly to you. While providers go through a review process before being listed, they aren't affiliated with e…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (113+ words) Ecommerce Bytes Amazon Seller Sees Sudden Jump in USPS Costs More postage confusion. I think the surprise USPS change on e Bay may be also happening on Amazon. I shipped a few priority flat rate items Monday (18th), but shipping the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (383+ words) Amazon changed how it measures buyer satisfaction with sellers" customer service last month, it announced this week. Instead of surveying customers about their satisfaction with a Yes/No question, it will use a 1-to-5 satisfaction scale. The change impacts self-ship…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (349+ words) Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of Ecommerce Bytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn e Bay Data Into Dollars" (Mc Graw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (309+ words) Amazon offers a perk to sellers who use its fulfillment services, one they may not know about; but for anyone who has ever encountered the problem of products going missing upon arrival at Amazon fulfillment centers, they probably wish the…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (123+ words) Ecommerce Bytes Watch Your Settings on Amazon, Seller Warns I did not know this but Amazon will automatically add store entries to seller accounts for Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. Be careful when you take your store off of vacation that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (251+ words) Etsy Marketplace sales grew 5. 5 percent in the first quarter while revenue from ads, payments, and shipping labels grew 10. 5 percent....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (23+ words) Etsy is funding $5 coupons in an effort to reactivate lapsed buyers, which it may find easier than acquiring and retaining new buyers...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (77+ words) As e Bay sellers scrambled after learning of ink Frog's pending demise, other tools stepped into the breach....