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Month: March 2014

eBay Expands Global Shipping Program, Overrides Seller Exclusions

March 31, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is expanding its Global Shipping Program yet again, this time to nine additional countries including some located in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. eBay is pushing sellers to use the Global Shipping Program (GSP) to make their items Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Global Shipping Program

PayPal Alerts Sellers of Policy Updates

March 31, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal made changes to its user agreement, PayPal Here agreement, and privacy policy that will go into effect in May. It also made changes to its user agreement that went into effect this week. Previously if you sent a personal Read more

News, PaymentsPayPal policies

Amazon Raises Fees for Low-Priced Items

March 31, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is raising fees for low-priced items by placing new minimum referral fees in many categories, and sellers affected by the change call it a significant increase – depending on the category, fees on a $5 item could rise anywhere Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon fees

Etsy Tests Site Navigation, Expects More Traffic

March 28, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy is kicking off “experiments” in which it will test changes to the design and organization of its site navigation. The news comes on the heels of another announcement in which Etsy said it would begin testing personalization features on its home Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy changes, Etsy tests

Amazon Bookworms Meet the Boob Tube

March 28, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon is introducing booklovers who embraced its Kindle ebook reader to the boob tube. It’s widely believed the company will announce a TV set box top akin to Roku but looking like Google’s Chromecast USB device, possibly at a press Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon

eBay to Open Fulfillment Center in Canada

March 28, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay Enterprise will open a new fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada in the second quarter of this year, bringing the total number of warehouses to eight. The company currently has five fulfillment centers in the U.S., one in Canada, and Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Enterprise, eBay fulfillment, Radial, Tobias Hartmann

eBay Buys Ads in Effort to Fend Off Carl Icahn

March 27, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay’s battle to fend off Carl Icahn is benefitting other tech firms, from Twitter to Google. Aside from the fodder the proxy battleprovides tech reporters (CNBC has been on a roll with its coverage), there are now “dualing hashtags” on Twitter, Read more

Marketplaces, NewsCarl Icahn, eBay breakup

Google Adds an Unsubscribe Button to Marketers’ Emails

March 27, 2014September 20, 2017 David A Utter

Responsible email marketers have for years provided methods within their messages for recipients to unsubscribe from future mailings. But Google made a change recently to its Gmail service that puts an unsubscribe button at the top of all emails it Read more

News, Selling ToolsGoogle

How Amazon Benefits from Price-Fixing Settlement

March 27, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Price fixing

eBay Hikes Fees in Australia with New Commission Policy

March 27, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay sellers in Australia are getting some bad news: eBay will extend its commission to include shipping costs, meaning higher selling fees. eBay has already rolled out the policy change in the U.S. in 2011 and in the UK last Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Australia, eBay fee change

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