Welcome to this week’s edition of eFocus, RepricerExpress’ weekly look at the top ecommerce stories and latest Amazon news from around the Web.
Amazon’s same-day delivery service is now available in Los Angeles: Micah Singleton at The Verge reports that Los Angeles is the latest city to benefit from Amazon’s Prime Now service, which offers free two-hour deliveries and one-hour deliveries for $7.99 to Amazon Prime members. Prime Now users can order anything from household items like paper towels to electronics. Continue reading…
eBay launches new membership program: Cooper Smith and Nancee Halpin at UK Business Insider report this week that eBay has launched a new membership in Germany, similar to Amazon Prime. The program, called eBay Plus, is a subscription service that offers free, express shipping to customers for goods from thousands of retailers that sell in Germany through eBay. Continue reading…
eBay UK Seller Release, feedback still matters: Chris Dawson at Tamebay reports on eBay’s Autumn Seller Release, which has been widely accepted by sellers as the best for many years. eBay has dumped the relevance of the hated Detailed Seller Ratings and the knowledge that next year a red dot on your feedback will be pretty meaningless, as far as your seller status goes, has largely been welcomed. But this doesn’t mean you can ignore feedback moving forward. Continue reading…
Amazon Prime members can now get The Washington Post free for six months: Sarah Perez at TechCrunch reports that Amazon is offering a free, 6-month subscription to The Washington Post National Digital Edition to Amazon Prime members, a saving of $9.99 per month. This will be followed by reduced pricing. Continue reading…
Amazon launches gaming and 4K streaming Fire TV update: Samuel Gibbs at The Guardian reports that Amazon is moving into 4K content with a new Fire TV box and ultra-high definition content through its video streaming service. The new Fire TV builds on the success of last year’s streaming media box, which Amazon claims has been the best selling box on the market in the UK and Germany. Amazon claims the new Fire TV is 75% faster, handles 4K content, and has a more efficient compression system for full HD content than Apple TV. Continue reading…
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