PayPal is putting its recent acquisition of Paydiant to use. Soon you’ll be able to pay for a “footlong” submarine sandwich at Subway using PayPal on your mobile phone or through the restaurant’s website. Paydiant helped build the new Subway Read more
Visa has made a strategic investment in Stripe, a service that has been adopted by many popular ecommerce hosting services as a payment method for merchants. Stripe, founded by brothers from rural Ireland, has raised much funding since its founding Read more
Ecommerce platform Tictail just raised $22 million. If you hadn’t heard of the company before, it’s likely because the Swedish-based company is more popular in Europe. The company describes itself as a “free-to-use DIY ecommerce platform that enables independent brands Read more
The former president of eBay Marketplaces Lorrie Norrington has been named advisor to a European online auction site. Catawiki, based in The Netherlands, announced on Thursday it raised $82 million from investors following a Series B investment of 10 million Read more
Online sellers may be interested to learn about a new television series will focus on consumer fraud and postal crime. “The Inspectors” will air on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on CBS beginning October 3rd and revolves around a crime-fighting team Read more
Delcampe is launching a new website that will be better optimized for mobile devices and will be more search-engine friendly. New features include an improved search engine and better automatic management of transactions between sellers and buyers, the site founder Read more
The world’s biggest online shopping day isn’t Black Friday or Cyber Monday – it’s Singles Day in China. PayPal is advising merchants to prepare now if they want to take advantage of the holiday that Alibaba has turned into a Read more
The eBay discussion boards contain many reports of a drop in sales by individual sellers – unfortunately, eBay took away sellers’ ability to track traffic, so it’s difficult to pinpoint the root causes of the decline. While some might dismiss Read more
Facebook, which already offers Buy buttons on ads, told a news outlet it is bringing shopping to business pages. Facebook is testing Buy buttons that will enable shoppers to complete purchases without leaving the social networking site. Facebook’s Emma Rodgers told BuzzFeed, “With Read more
While researchers, shipping carriers and postal services may be thinking about drones, it seems ecommerce company Amazon may do more to make commercial and non-commercial drone flight in the U.S. a reality. Amazon Prime Air Vice President Gur Kimchi spoke Read more
