Amazon continues to encourage online sellers to explore its Japanese marketplace. An ad on Seller Central shows an image of cherry tree blossoms with the message, “reach millions of customers in Japan.” The landing page hosted on services.amazon.co.jp explains that Read more
Amazon is benefitting from third-party merchants, who are increasingly adopting its FBA fulfillment service, according to Colin Sebastian of Wall Street firm Robert W. Baird. Baird’s Q1 survey of Amazon product selection suggests accelerating growth in selection on Amazon.com, as Read more
eBay partnered with Pitney Bowes to offer a program to make international sales easier for sellers and buyers, and now you can get a sense of how the U.S. processing center operates thanks to a video published by eBay. Seventy million Read more
Another report shows troubling trends for eBay. Wall Street analyst Colin Sebastian of Robert W. Baird said his proprietary Marketplace survey shows ongoing weakness in merchandise volume growth, with March in the low-single-digits (est. 2-3%) and slightly below February growth Read more
We’re about a few short months away from eBay’s Fall Seller Update. What do you hope to finally see as a new feature? Could current features use some adjusting? Or are there features that you’d happily watch vanish from eBay Read more
eBay appointed an executive from The Home Depot to lead its North American marketplace. Harry “Hal” Lawton was most recently Senior Vice President of Merchandising for the retailer. Lawton joined The Home Depot in 2005 as a director of strategic Read more
eBay is running a promotion through April 30th tied to its eBay Valet consignment program. The promotion is targeted at casual users of the site, encouraging recipients to either sell for free or try out its consignment program to sell Read more
eBay has traded an army of Trading Assistants for two logistics firms to power consignment selling on its Marketplace. ModusLink and Ingram Micro Logistics are currently the only participants in the eBay Valet consignment program, which eBay promotes on its Read more
A day dreaded by many in the U.S. is just a couple of days away. If you’ve filed your tax returns for 2014 and sent in your first installment of estimated taxes for 2015, congratulations. For the rest of you, Read more
If merchants can help clothing and apparel shoppers find the right fit when shopping online, they can potentially save a significant amount of money by reducing return rates. TechFlash reported on Wednesday that Amazon acquired Shoefitr, “whose 3-D technology helps consumers purchase Read more
