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Ina Steiner, co-founder and editor of EcommerceBytes, the independent trade publication for online merchants. [email protected]
Boston MA
Joined April 2008
eBay sent sellers and mentors a surprise holiday gift late last week. While appreciated, those who didn't get a gift seemed disappointed. Have you received gifts from marketplaces this year or in years past? https://t.co/bgeDfISSMj
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eBay sent sellers and mentors a surprise gift late last week. While appreciated, those who didn't get a gift seemed disappointed.
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eBay is hamstrung from reaching last-minute holiday shoppers by its approach to digital downloads while its rival Etsy actively embraces the strategy in order to ring up more sales. https://t.co/Y6zOYa6kYU
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After a $2 million-theft and fraud investigation, police in Ontario arrested Amazon warehouse employees. The news validated sellers' contention that theft occurs despite their frustration over Amazon denials of their claims of missing inventory. https://t.co/IQd5FEnU4I
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Winter weather is impacting carriers' ability to transport and delivery packages in great swaths of the country and USPS issued an advisory on Thursday - one week before Christmas Day - and said more storms are on the way. https://t.co/AASgLed4lY
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Winter weather is impacting carriers' ability to transport and delivery packages in great swaths of the country and USPS said more's to come
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An experienced Etsy seller had a bad experience as a buyer and is faulting Etsy for being too lax toward the poorly performing seller. Today's letter to the editor. https://t.co/bJubaRiOLF
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Holiday shoppers have returned fewer products than last year, but peak return season lasts into mid-January, according to Adobe. It also said there are still deals to be had. https://t.co/rJbrlLgDDL
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Holiday shoppers have returned fewer products than last year but peak return season lasts into mid-January.
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Buyers are increasingly using AI bots to buy and pay for items online. Two industry giants are collaborating to help merchants stay safe. https://t.co/eZcBNroLEU
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Visa and Akamai are working together to help merchants as AI bots buy and pay for items online
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eBay no longer shares how it defines interested buyers for purposes of sending seller-initiated offers. But why the secrecy, especially since some buyers are getting annoyed at receiving them? https://t.co/eUOsMU1RAL
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A seller reports their local packages are entering the mailstream more slowly and they're seeing increases in tracking issues and looping packages. Today's letter to the editor. https://t.co/LOEtpZCpwX
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Amazon introduced the "Frequently Returned" badge to product detail pages in 2023. This week, sellers reacted to Amazon's advice on avoiding the designation. https://t.co/848TN4ZwhD
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Etsy sellers turn to colleagues when they run into shipping quirks on the marketplace. The long mislabeled USPS Ground Advantage and the little-known Etsy Insider loyalty program can become unwelcome distractions for sellers. https://t.co/xClWeyvCIK
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Etsy sellers have turned to colleagues when they run into shipping quirks on the site that it has yet to rectify
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It appears Amazon ran an experimental program that limited the visibility of sellers' FBA listings on a regional basis with possible serious consequences for those impacted. https://t.co/Q39L3MbSly
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Amazon ran an experimental program that limited the visibility of sellers' FBA listings on a regional basis with possible consequences.
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What should you do if a package keeps bouncing between postal facilities in your state and your buyer's? In a recent case, a seller shared tracking that showed package kept looping for 3 weeks before it was delivered - but to him instead of his buyer. https://t.co/7OhSf1eiq1
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An eBay seller tried to update their phone number and was surprised to learn they had to share their biometric data with eBay and its 3rd-party partner called Veriff, based in Estonia, to do so. https://t.co/yfrAYlTe72
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eBay released data showing trends in collectibles including a list of the top-10 collectibles searches of 2025. https://t.co/DvLW5SCVFk
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eBay released data showing trends in collectibles including a list of the top-10 collectibles searches of 2025
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An eBay seller is looking to break the "glass ceiling" when it comes to sales and asks, are there reputable third-party consultants who can share tips to get greater exposure and sales on eBay? Today's letter to the editor. https://t.co/m5aOoruEuX
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Down to the wire: the busiest week for the USPS kicks off on Monday, coinciding with the last ship-by dates of the holiday 2025 season. Also - read how the USPS performed during holiday peak season 2024. https://t.co/97v9xEMyfD
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The busiest week for the USPS kicks off on Monday, coinciding with the last ship-by dates of the holiday 2025 season.
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Walmart touted its Marketplace recent holiday performance and announced it will offer 1-hour Express Delivery on Christmas Eve https://t.co/H7ZCe5hlxW
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Walmart touted the recent holiday performance of its Marketplace and announced it will offer 1-hour Express Delivery on Christmas Eve
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eBay said it would protect sellers from shipping delays under certain circumstances. https://t.co/cZABuCRnPw
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eBay said it would protect sellers from certain shipping delays, and regional weather-related traffic backlogs are already being reported
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An eBay seller described two issues they're having. They can't list with Immediate Payment - for which they found a workaround that might help others. The other deals with the longtime issue of eBay "Ghost Listings." https://t.co/na83MmB4tv
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