Ecommerce Industry News
Last-minute online shopping lost some luster at the end of the 2013 holiday shopping season thanks to late deliveries caused by bad weather and high package volumes. This year, shipping carriers UPS and FedEx said […]
In the UK, eBay opted all sellers into its Click & Collect service, and signs are pointing to a similar program coming to the U.S. The marketplace platform told Reuters (link via Globe and Mail) […]
Craigslist said visitors to its site were redirected to other sites on Sunday evening. The cause was due to a hack of one of its domain registrars rather than the classifieds site itself. Craigslist CEO […]
Cyber Monday is one of the biggest online shopping days of the entire year. But thanks to a day-long “technical issue” on eBay yesterday, sellers were unable to list 7-day auctions timed to end next […]
Online sellers on Bonanza are now receiving lower shipping costs when they purchase and print their shipping labels on the platform. The marketplace explained it was making USPS Commercial Plus pricing available to its sellers. […]
Nearly every weekend eBay UK announces a multi-day seller promotion, and this weekend was no exception. And as is the case with most UK promotions, this one was also for private (casual) sellers only who […]
Usually eBay restricts free-listing promotions to a subset of sellers, but on Friday it kicked of a listing promotion open to all sellers. eBay is allowing sellers to list up to 500 listings in auction […]
Could you boost your online sales by 25%? eBay thinks some of its sellers can, and is entering them into a sweepstakes as part of its effort to motivate them to meet that goal. eBay […]
Amazon had been Royal Mail’s biggest customer, accounting for 6% of sales. But a new delivery service from Amazon along with competition from TNT, Yodel, and others has negatively impacted Royal Mail revenue. Formerly Britain’s national […]
First Class Package Service (FCPS) is popular with online sellers mailing packages 13 ounces and under, according to Stamps.com Senior Director of Online Marketing Eric Nash. “With a max cost of $3.47 and delivery within […]