Amazon is jettisoning its payments card reader that it marketed to local merchants and is ditching its Amazon Local daily deals. Word of Amazon’s latest discards late last week came close on the heels of its announcement that it would end Read more
Rumors surfaced at the IRCE Focus: Digital Design conference on Wednesday that Amazon will close its web-hosting service. Kevin Richards, CEO of Ventura Web Design, was speaking on a panel about the basics of ecommerce site design. He confirmed the news Read more
EcommerceBytes announced the top-five services in the Sellers Choice for “Storefronts & Shopping Carts” in Sunday’s issue of the EcommerceBytes Update newsletter. BigCommerce came in as the most highly rated by readers, followed by Amazon Webstore. Rounding out the top Read more
Amazon is giving merchants who use its Webstore hosted ecommerce platform to power their online stores greater flexibility thanks to a new set of APIs. The Website Customization APIs allow merchants to integrate with third-party solutions on their Amazon Webstores. Read more
The honeymoon period for Amazon Webstore is over – Amazon is significantly raising the cost of operating a Webstore next year, perhaps a sign that the company is more confident of the offering. The monthly fee will double for all Read more
