eBay will host a webinar on Monday in conjunction with the US Postal Service to answer questions about shipping via USPS. eBay seller advocate Jim (Griff) Griffith will be joined by Maria Aspiras, who will answer questions through the live Read more
Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page is stepping away from the day to day operations of Google as part of a major restructuring announced on Monday. Google is vital to online merchants seeking traffic from exposure through organic and paid Read more
In terms of dollars and cents, eBay and Amazon benefit from the shipping costs merchants charge shoppers. In the pre-Internet days, Shipping & Handling was a profit center for mail order companies, but now online merchants are lucky to break Read more
eBay is running a new promotion for US sellers, and unlike another promotion running this month, it is not limited to one category. While the landing page mentions an invitation, it does not specify the sale is by invitation only, stating it’s Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage buyers to sell as part of its “consumer seller” strategy. The marketplace sent an email to certain users on Friday with the subject line, “Get your $10 Coupon today.” The promotion explains, “List Read more
The government is scrutinizing the Stamps.com deal to acquire Endicia, but Stamps said it expects the deal to go through this year. It also revealed that if the deal does not gain antitrust regulatory approval, Stamps must pay Endicia’s parent Read more
As we reported in May, eBay resurrected its long-closed advertising program for sellers in which they can pay to promote their listings on the eBay marketplace, including placement on the first page of search results. eBay has been opening the Read more
Connecticut is the home of a 1-million square foot Amazon Fulfillment Center in Windsor, and now is getting a Sortation Center in Wallingford as well. A company spokesperson told the New Haven Registerthat a 173,000-square-foot facility will open in the coming Read more
eBay is running an invitation-only promotion in which sellers can list up to 500 auction listings in the Women’s Clothing category and pay no insertion fees, but some invited sellers reported a glitch. Those who do receive an invitation must Read more
Observers paying attention to Etsy’s Q2 2015 conference call may have picked up on a little tidbit in CEO Chad Dickerson’s remarks. Etsy is capitalizing on mobile commerce and crediting it to the experience offered by their mobile app – Read more
