New eBay ads are striking a chord with ad-industry critics, and with online sellers as well. AdWeek called the series of five spots “the most playful, infectious and eye-catching ad campaigns of the year.” Normally hard-to-please sellers seem to agree. Online sellers Read more
eBay is running some seller promotions to encourage users to list Halloween items for sale. In one promotion, it’s enticing sellers with a $10 coupon: “List and sell your Halloween costumes and decor by October 31 to earn a $10 Read more
Amazon informed sellers in March that it was shuttering its ecommerce hosting service next year. Now it is making ecommerce platform Shopify the preferred migration partner of its Amazon Webstore service as Shopify integrates with both Amazon and its FBA Read more
eBay is surveying sellers on a host of issues ranging from fee structure to a radical new approach to search. In its letter to sellers inviting them to take the survey, eBay said it was always trying to improve the Read more
Amazon is pumping up Prime with new benefits beyond products and groceries. Now it’s adding delivery of meals from your favorite restaurants, as well as news provided by Jeff Bezos’s favorite newspaper. Amazon continues to try and sweeten the deal Read more
The US Postal Service will help get Alibaba merchandise into the hands of US consumers more quickly. The agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba’s logistics firm Cainiao to work together to develop new international shipping solutions and enhance Read more
With third-party merchants now accounting for 45% of the units sold on Amazon, the marketplace has the unenviable job of ensuring they provide good service to customers. Over the summer, Amazon has been cracking down hard on sellers, resulting in Read more
eBay plans to open up its Promoted Listings advertising program more broadly ahead of the holiday season, according to Mark May of Citi. The revelation came in a report from the Wall Street analyst that described seven key takeaways after Read more
eBay UK is holding a repeat of an invitation-only promotion it’s been running for private sellers. Those who receive the invitation can list up to 100 auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees. Sellers must opt in to Read more
PayPal scored a big win by getting Macy’s to accept its online payment service – and the retailer will accept PayPal not only online and on mobile, but in-store as well. It’s particularly notable since Macy’s hadn’t previously accepted PayPal Read more
