eBay grew GMV 7 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 on a foreign-exchange neutral basis. Eclipsing the news was eBay’s bombshell announcement that it will become a payments intermediary, as terms of its operating agreements entered into with Read more
Volusion has integrated with Apple Pay, allowing merchants on its ecommerce platform to accept the payment method for transactions. Press release follows: Volusion, the only all-in-one e-commerce platform on the market built specifically for the needs of small businesses, today Read more
eBay issued a warning to UK sellers advising them to comply with Value Added Tax (VAT) obligations. The company said it works with the country’s tax agency HMRC on preventing tax evasion, and said it would take action against sellers Read more
Merchants who host ecommerce stores on BigCommerce now have access to image-optimization tools as part of their subscription. The Akamai Image Manager is a cloud-based solution that helps merchants by decreasing page load time, which can help with Google SEO. Read more
In 2015, some sellers were unhappy to learn that the USPS was ending standalone support for its Click-N-Ship for Business App (CNSB) and transitioning to a meter label solution in an effort to reduce fraud. Now USPS is getting rid Read more
Logistics firm Descartes is surveying merchants as part of its first annual Ecommerce Benchmark Survey. Gregor Walter, Vice President, Product Strategy, Ecommerce at Descartes Systems Group, said the survey covers industry issues and is critical to understand how ecommerce businesses Read more
Amazon is joining with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to create a new nonprofit company that will examine ways to improve US employee satisfaction in healthcare while reducing costs. The initial focus will be on technology solutions. Amazon founder Jeff Read more
A reader told us he was at the movies last night and saw a preview ad for a payment service called Zelle. “I love when EcommerceBytes does compare and contrast on anything in the ecommerce field. I am getting so Read more
Amazon is opening a new fulfillment center in Rugby in the UK, making it the fourth in the Midlands region. The company said it is increasing the size of its UK network to meet increasing customer demands and expand product selection. Read more
Amazon is working on a way to increase its warehouse capacity with zero capital expenditure. How is that possible? Turn its sellers’ warehouses into FBA fulfillment centers. It has already invited a small percentage of sellers into the program, called Read more
