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Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes
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Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes features interviews with CEOs in the ecommerce sector, such as eBay CEO Meg Whitman. AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner has been covering online-auctions, ecommerce and online-payment services since 1999 and uses her experience to delve into issues of concern to retailers and online-auction sellers. Ina has interviewed executives from eBay, Google, Yahoo and PayPal as well as such experts as marketing guru Seth Godin.
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Mike Grehan Chats about Search Marketing and ClickZ Live
Feb 5, 201400:16:45Tap to summarizeMike Grehan is a Director at Incisive Media and producer of one of the longest-running Internet conferences, formerly known as Search Engines Strategies, recently rebranded as ClickZ Live . In addition to explaining what online merchants can get out of attending the conference, Grehan talks about some of the challenges retailers face as Google evolves its marketing programs, from Product
Transcribe →Stamps.com Eric Nash Discusses 2014 Postage Rates
Jan 27, 201400:18:32Tap to summarizeEric Nash of Stamps.com talked to EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner just days before the USPS rate changes took effect on Sunday, January 26, 2014. He reviewed some of the major changes that online sellers should know about and said the good news was that for Priority Mail, popular with online sellers, rates are going up a net zero percent. But pay attention: one class of mail is going up
Transcribe →Bernard Luthi Reports on Rakutens Black Friday Numbers
Dec 3, 201300:12:22Tap to summarizeEcommerceBytes editor Ina Steiner spoke to Rakutens COO and Chief Marketing Officer Bernard Luthi on Monday to discuss results of the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. Rakuten saw a couple of days with growth over 100%, and saw shoppers start their buying early in the week. Luthi shared information about top-selling products and categories on Rakuten and also had some tips for online
Transcribe →Noam Inbar Explains New Zooz In-Ad Payments Solution
May 15, 201300:13:07Tap to summarizeZooZ helps online merchants create a streamlined checkout process on their online and mobile websites. Noam Inbar, Vice President of Business Development for ZooZ joined EcommerceBytes to discuss a new service that lets mobile shoppers purchase an item by tapping on an ad. Rather than being brought to a checkout page on a different site, the consumer can purchase the product in a full native
Transcribe →eBay Says Its Working to Protect Sellers from Bad Buyers
Dec 11, 201200:31:08Tap to summarizeeBays Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined EcommerceBytes to talk about how eBay protects sellers from bad buyers through its Seller Protection Program. What constitutes feedback extortion? Can low-volume sellers ever recover from low DSR ratings? Why not give sellers automatic 5-star DSRs if a buyer doesnt file an issue or leave feedback in a certain time frame? These were some
Transcribe →Buy.com Executives Talk about Third-Party Marketplace
Nov 6, 201200:20:10Tap to summarizeBuy.com opened its site to third-party sellers beginning in 2009 and now has 5,000 active sellers on the Buy.com Marketplace - which now exceeds the first-party distribution business. Buy.coms Chief Marketing amp; Operating Officer Bernard Luthi and Senior Director of Merchant Acquisition and Business Development George Chang joined EcommerceBytes to talk about the program and
Transcribe →Rafael Zimberoff on eBays New Global Shipping Program
Oct 25, 201200:23:36Tap to summarizeRafael Zimberoff is Product Manager for ShipRush and joined EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about eBays new international shipping program. The eBay Global Shipping Program (GSP) is designed to facilitate cross border trade, and Zimberoff says there are some aspects of the program that eBay sellers will find quite compelling. One is the exposure U.S. GSP listings will receive in
Transcribe →Demandwares Gary Lombardo Discusses Google Shopping
Sep 29, 201200:12:45Tap to summarizeIn May, Google announced the end of free listings in Product Search, and on October 1, 2012, the search giant is moving to a paid model on the Google Shopping platform. Demandware Solutions Marketing Lead Gary Lombardo sat down with EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner at the recent Shop.org Summit in September to discuss how merchants are dealing with the changes. Retailers must ensure that
Transcribe →Shopvisibles Will Devlin Discusses Google Shopping, Marketplaces
Jun 16, 201200:10:07Tap to summarizeMerchants were still in disbelief that Google was moving its Shopping search engine to a pay-to-play model at the June 2012 Internet Retailer conference in Chicago. Ecommerce Manager for Shopvisible Will Devlin sat down with EcommerceBytes during the show to discuss the changes. He revealed that some clients have 10 - 15 percent of their total web revenue coming from Google Product Search (aka
Transcribe →Brontos Jim Davidson: Prepare Now for Holiday Shopping Season
Jun 16, 201200:09:38Tap to summarizeJim Davidson of Bronto shared some tips and information from the companys quot;Top 12 Marketing Tips for the Holidays quot; report. Davidson says online merchants should start looking now at last years promotions and look at them from a lot of different angles. For example, identify your best performing promotion, and determine the factors that made it successful. Companies send more
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