In this week’s news, Amazon.com goes down for an hour, people in Knoxville are ready for Valentine’s Day and online sellers rate their favorite marketplaces.
Knoxville, Tennessee Named Amazon’s Most Romantic City – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Amazon released a ranking of America’s most romantic city. This list is based on per capita sales of romantic movies, music, books and other products. Did your town make the cut?
Amazon Suffers 49 minute outage – Earlier this week, Amazon suffered an outage for nearly an hour. According to some estimates, this could’ve resulted in millions in lost sales. Did you notice the outage? How much were your sales affected?
Merchants Rate Top Online Marketplaces -Ecommerce Bytes readers rated the top online marketplaces for Profitability, Customer Service, Communication and Ease of Use. Etsy came on top, but Amazon wasn’t too far behind at #3. Ruby Lane was #2 and Bonanza and Ebay rounded out the top 5. If you sell on multiple venues which are your favorites? Which venue would you recommend a new seller to start out on?