| Thu Oct 16 2025 16:56:50 |
Amazon FBA Raises Fees, Changes Delivery Promises
By: Ina Steiner
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Amazon is raising FBA fulfillment fees on January 15, 2026, and is enacting a change that will see certain products display a slower delivery promise to shoppers. The latter move comes after Amazon announced in 2023 it was decentralizing its fulfillment network to bring products closer to customers; the new policy will only impact products in low supply with low sales velocity.
FBA costs include storage and fulfillment fees - including shipping costs. But when Amazon stated the new 2026 fees were "significantly less" than inflation and "less" than the annual cost increases from other carriers, it didn't provide an apple-to-apple ... Read More |
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| Sat Oct 11 2025 16:04:59 |
What's Behind Etsy's New Logo?
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 In case you didn't notice it, Etsy launched a new logo this month. When Chief Marketing Officer Brad Minor announced Etsy was getting a "fresh look," he didn't mention that it included a new company logo. Included in his October 8th announcement post titled, "How We're Helping Shoppers Gift Special This Holiday Season," was the following:
"Giving Etsy a Fresh Look: We're debuting a fresh new look across our app and homepage, making it easier and delightful to discover special on Etsy. And from shoppable categories and personalized recommendations to refreshed visuals, we're putting inspiration front and center, ... Read More
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| Tue Oct 7 2025 22:46:35 |
Sellers Hampered from Listing OOP Books on Amazon
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 Sellers can no longer create a product detail page for a book, magazine, comic book, or sheet music - only publishers are allowed to do so. (Sellers can sell books, as long as a product detail page already exists for the title.) An Amazon moderator confirmed the information on July 28th in a post on the discussion boards, writing in part the following:
"Amazon has limited new Books ASIN creation privileges on the Amazon U.S. store to publishers to enhance the catalog quality and maintain a great customer experience."
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| Sun Oct 5 2025 14:21:51 |
Etsy Learns There's No Such Thing as Free Shipping
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 Online buyers generally pay for shipping, but in 2019, Etsy compelled sellers to offer free shipping on their listings if they wanted visibility. But now that Etsy has skin in the game, it has learned what sellers have long asserted: there's no such thing as free shipping.
The hard lesson came after the marketplace offered free shipping to members of its invitation-only Etsy Insider loyalty program that it launched in closed beta in September 2024. During its second-quarter 2025 earnings call on July 30th, Etsy President Kruti Patel Goyal told Wall Street analysts that Etsy Insider did not ... Read More |
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| Mon Sept 29 2025 17:13:43 |
Shoppers Can Now Buy Etsy Items on ChatGPT
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OpenAI gave AI capabilities to the masses with its ChatGPT AI-powered conversational tool in late 2022, and it's been clear it wanted to conquer commerce. Today, OpenAI added a feature that lets shoppers buy directly from Etsy sellers directly in chat - and, coming soon, Shopify merchants.
"This marks the next step in agentic commerce, where ChatGPT doesn't just help you find what to buy, it also helps you buy it," according to the Etsy announcement. "For shoppers, it's seamless: go from chat to checkout in just a few taps. For sellers, it's a new way to reach hundreds ... Read More |
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