A lot of time and money is being invested into ways to get ecommerce orders delivered into the hands of consumers. UPS began laying the groundwork for package pickup a few years ago as an alternative to at-home delivery. It’s Read more
eBay announced Wednesday it had launched the enhanced Certified Providers program. But what does it mean for sellers who don’t use one of the seven charter members of the program? Will they find themselves at a disadvantage? eBay launched the Read more
eBay is reversing an unpopular change it made to the Markdown Manager tool after a flood of complaints. For a week now, eBay has been giving mixed messages to sellers. The problem? The change prevented sellers from putting listings on Read more
You don’t think of an ecommerce marketplace of today as having workplace issues that sound like a throwback to the labor movement. But on Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear a contentious case about Amazon warehouse workers that sound like Read more
On September 22, Amazon changed the way it calculates sellers’ Late Shipment Rate (LSR), a metric factored in to their Order Defect Rate performance standings. But some sellers were unaware of the policy change until they received an email recently Read more
Amazon is unambiguous about the fact that third-party sellers allow it to offer customers a greater selection of inventory at competitive prices. Last year for the first time, Amazon demonstrated its commitment by opening up first its Gold Box deals, Read more
The more inventory for sale during the holidays, the merrier the marketplace. eBay is running a promotion it says is designed to help sellers “list now and prepare for high volume holiday traffic,” and it’s including 30-day listings as part Read more
Recent changes at artistic goods community and storefront site ArtFire brought a new focus on making the site more mobile-friendly, an acknowledgement of the dramatic growth of the audience of visitors and buyers using such devices for browsing online. All things do Read more
eBay will open a fulfillment center in Germany, according to newspapers there. Heise reports that the logistics center will create between 200 – 300 jobs and will open next spring. eBay already operates fulfillment centers in the U.S., Canada, and UK inherited Read more
While many users feel eBay plays down the importance of auctions on its site, collectors are still turning to the marketplace to bid on sought-after treasures, and they can be very strategic in how they place their bids to win Read more
