Amazon undercuts eBay sellers on season’s most popular consumer items
Research by price comparison website jiffyprice.com (www.jiffyprice.com) shows that for the most popular items purchased online by shoppers, Amazon is undercutting eBay “buy-it-now” prices by an average of 22% and by as much as 60%.
ebay announces launch of a “new Stores Experience”
In a general announcement Tuesday 13 January.
According to eBay, “improvements include new storefront templates and enhancements to Stores search results. These changes will improve the look of your Store, while enhancing your customers’ shopping experience.”
BillMeLater; Just Not on Amazon
Here’s an example of a story coming full circle: Amazon invests in BillMeLater, BillMeLater is added as a payment option on Amazon, eBay buys BillMeLater, and today, Amazon pulls the plug on BillMeLater. The service, which lets shoppers buy stuff online without a credit card, will no longer be offered as a payment option by Amazon in the New Year.
Browse eBay or Amazon Visually
PicClick is a web tool that lets you browse eBay or Amazon by images rather than lists of descriptions.
You are presented with two tabs, each for eBay and Amazon and you choose which category you want to browse. You are presnted with a page of images with short descriptions. A slider bar at the top allows you to increase or decrease the size of the all the images on the page.
Holiday E-Commerce Sales Fall Flat
Online holiday sales deflated 3 percent this year. ComScore estimates that holiday sales in the U.S. totaled $25.5 billion between November 1 and December 23, the last day orders could be delivered in time for Christmas. The comparable total in 2007 was $26.3 billion.
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