eBay sellers were not happy to learn that the shopping site was placing ads on their shipping labels. The ad appears at the bottom of the label underneath the USPS Tracking number and states, “Happening now on eBay deals. Always Read more
eBay is running a promotion to try and get fresh auctions onto its site. For 11 days, invited sellers can list auctions and pay no insertion fee. But in an unusual move, it is excluding relistings, clearly a bid to Read more
Sellers of all sizes face a similar issue this holiday season that they did in 2013 – a late-falling Thanksgiving means a later Black Friday / Cyber Monday taking place, and fewer holiday shopping days overall. For online merchants managing Read more
China celebrates its largest ecommerce holiday, the 11.11. Shopping Festival, on Tuesday, but the company behind it hopes the annual shopping extravaganza will become a true global shopping event in five to 10 years. Alibaba launched Singles Day, as it’s Read more
The U.S. Postal Service will deliver packages seven days a week in major cities and high-volume areas starting November 17 and running through Christmas Day. From an operations standpoint, keeping packages moving on those 5 Sundays before Christmas likely makes Read more
PayPal’s Braintree unit is launching a new instant sign-up flow for online merchants based in Europe. Braintree is targeted at developers, enabling web and mobile payments. It also offers a mobile application called Venmo that gives people an easy way Read more
Amazon expanded its same-day delivery option to Canada on Wednesday. Customers in Toronto and Vancouver can choose Same-Day Delivery, which lets them place orders as late as noon and receive their packages before 9 pm the same day. They’ll pay Read more
eBay continues to place sellers into its Global Shipping Program on an “opt in” basis in what to some sellers must feel like a game of whack-a-mole. The latest case of opting sellers into its program came this week when Read more
eBay launched an analytics and repricing tool that helps sellers analyze sales and make improvements. It’s currently available only to certain sellers in certain geographies and only to managed accounts in the U.S. Decide.com built the tool after eBay acquired Read more
A new report finds content can boost ecommerce sales and can help merchants avoid falling into the trap of competing solely on price. And while the report studied 80 global brands, its conclusions can apply to sellers of any size. Read more
