InkFrog released its first application for sellers on the Etsy marketplace. InkFrog offers eBay sellers a number of tools through the eBay Certified Solutions Provider program, and is now offering its ShipSaver tool to Etsy sellers as well. ShipSaver offers discounts on domestic and international shipping insurance for USPS, UPS, and Fedex for U.S. and [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Etsy Gives Sellers Ability to Offer Free-Shipping Coupons
Etsy lets shop owners create custom coupon codes to offer special discounts, and now it is giving sellers the ability to offer free-shipping coupons. By default, free-shipping coupons are valid for any shipping address, and sellers can choose to limit a free shipping coupon to domestic shipping addresses only. Etsy began rolling out the feature [...]
eBay Forecast Sunday as Ireland’s Busiest Day for Selling
eBay predicted yesterday (January 30) would be its biggest day for selling on its Irish website and expected 14,308 items to be listed for sale on eBay.ie. “More Irish people are expected to log on and list their unwanted items for sale than any other day of the year to raise additional funds in post-Christmas [...]
PayPal Sets $500 Limit on Payments to India to Comply with Regulators
PayPal amended its user agreement for users in India in order to comply with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) requirements. International shoppers will not be allowed to send payments to Indian merchants of more than $500 per transaction. PayPal had difficulties last year with Indian regulators and temporarily suspended certain transactions. India’s Payment and Settlement [...]
AuctionBytes Ecommerce News Roundup 1/31/11
A Federal Judge issued a preliminary injunction that keeps Colorado from enforcing the “Amazon Tax” law; eBay CEO John Donahoe discusses work-life balance in Forbes interview; Amazon may give users a new reason to become members of its Prime free-shipping program; a new swap site; and more in today’s ecommerce news roundup. eBay “EBay CEO [...]
