Etsy Publishes Guide to Help Sellers Reach Buyers in India

August 16, 2022

While typically marketplaces help international sellers reach North American and European customers, Etsy published a guide on Monday to help US sellers who wish to reach buyers in India. Etsy …
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What Walmart Q2 Earnings Tells Us about Shopping Behavior

August 16, 2022

Walmart grew ecommerce sales 12% year-over-year in its latest fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2022 (which is its fiscal 2023 second quarter). It made a point of noting that online …
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Should Amazon Worry as Walmart Adds Video Perk to Membership Program?

August 15, 2022

Many shoppers joined Amazon Prime for the free-shipping perk and stayed for the free video streaming service. Prime Video gave it something Walmart’s free-shipping membership program didn’t have – until …
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eBay Cuts Out the Middleman with New Funko Collection

August 15, 2022

In what could be the beginning of a new trend, eBay is promoting an exclusive line of collectibles from Funko, removing sellers from the equation. What’s remarkable about eBay promoting …
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USPS Halts Feasibility Studies as It Forges Ahead with Consolidation Plans

August 15, 2022

USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is on a mission to transform the Postal Service and is even throwing out conventions on how it goes about doing so. On Monday, the …
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eBay Is Developing Technology to Catch Bad Buyers

August 14, 2022

eBay told sellers it’s working to protect them from bad buyers, though it also downplayed the scale of the problem. During the recent Seller Check-in event this month, eBay Senior …
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New Tax Rules Lead eBay to Add TaxAct Guidance for Sellers

August 12, 2022

eBay launched a new “Tax Information Center for eBay Sellers” as new tax rules that impact sellers’ 2022 revenue are in place. eBay said it partnered with TaxAct, a do-it-yourself …
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How to Take Advantage of Etsy’s Repeat-Buyers Feature

August 11, 2022

Etsy enhanced a feature that helps drive repeat buyers to individual sellers’ shops, and it offered tips on how sellers could take advantage of the feature. The “Etsy Updates feed” …
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USPS Is Preparing for Peak Season, But Carriers Are Needed

August 11, 2022

It was a busy week for postal news as USPS peak season looms. The Board of Governors met on Tuesday, the same day the USPS released its financials for the …
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Holiday 2022: Higher Ad Costs, Shifting Consumer Behavior

August 10, 2022

Advertising costs on online marketplaces always increase around the holiday shopping season as merchants vie for shoppers’ eyeballs. This year will be no exception, according to Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO and …
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USPS Hits Holiday Shippers for 3rd Consecutive Year

August 10, 2022

Online sellers will pay an extra 75 cents for each package shipped via flat-rate Priority Mail during the holidays, according to today’s announcement from the USPS. But sellers will pay …
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Good News – Bad News: Deflation Hits Online Sales in July

August 9, 2022

Here’s a word you haven’t heard in a while: deflation. But the devil is in the details, and Adobe came supplied with plenty in its Adobe Digital Price Index for …
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Online Marketplace Bonanza Institutes New Transaction Fee

August 9, 2022

Bonanza is adding a new 25-cent transaction fee for all sales at the end of August. Sellers can continue to post items to Bonanza for free – the new transaction …
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Amazon Runs New Promotion for Brand Owners

August 9, 2022

Amazon is running a new promotion for sellers who are registered with the Amazon Brand Registry – it’s giving them access to what it calls Premium A+ content at no …
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eBay to Refund Sellers for Overbilling Issue Affecting Stores

August 7, 2022

eBay sellers were flummoxed after they lost thousands of free listings in select categories on August 1st. Sellers were left wondering if eBay had decided to end the promotional perk …
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Ecommerce Spending Up over 11 percent in July

August 7, 2022

Online sales were up 11.7% in July year-over-year, a sharp increase after months of softer growth, according to a report from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales …
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Etsy to Promote Labor Day Sales on Mobile Only

August 6, 2022

Etsy invited sellers to mark down prices in order to get visibility in its annual Labor Day sales event, but this year, Etsy is marketing the event only to shoppers …
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Another Niche Marketplace that Hopes to Fill a Need

August 5, 2022

Musicians and audiophiles have a new marketplace to buy and sell gear. Sweetwater, which was founded in 1979 and sells music instruments and audio gear, and announced its new Gear …
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Reactions to Etsy’s Latest Changes to Messaging System

August 5, 2022

Three years ago, Etsy had changed its buyer-seller messaging system to be more like an instant-messaging system, and this summer, Etsy made another major change to the system. The company …
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Amazon to Acquire iRobot in $1.7 Billion Deal

August 5, 2022

iRobot is cleaning up with a $1.7 billion sale to Amazon. iRobot’s product portfolio features technologies and advanced concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation, according to the announcement. The deal …
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eBay to Take Questions from Sellers about Its Research Tools Next Week

August 3, 2022

eBay invited sellers to ask questions about its research tools at its next monthly chat session scheduled for next week. A product manager for eBay’s Seller Experience – Growth & …
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Amazon Rolls Back Zero-Deductible Insurance Mandate

August 2, 2022

Amazon rolled back a policy that had required low-volume sellers to get zero-deductible commercial liability insurance plans. Last fall, Amazon began requiring sellers to take out a product liability insurance …
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