PayPal will open a global operations center in North Carolina in the fall. It will create 400 jobs including positions in customer service, risk operations, engineering, and technology. PayPal Senior Vice President of Global Operations John McCabe said in a Read more
When the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne presented his 2016 budget, he had a warning for online sellers and online marketplaces, saying it was unfair when small businessmen and women compete against foreign companies on the Internet that Read more
Cuba is slightly smaller than Pennsylvania, but the prospect of trade between the US and Cuba is looming large. A trade embargo imposed by the US in the early 1960s remains, but if lifted, it could provide online sellers with Read more
Amazon sellers attempting to send shipments of inventory to FBA fulfillment centers have been receiving rejection notices on certain products within the shipments. While it’s not unheard of, there were widespread reports last week of unexplained refusals of inventory, with Read more
The Managing Director of Amazon UK is leaving the company to become CEO of Shutterfly effective May 31, 2016. Christopher North joined Amazon UK in 2006 and has been UK Managing Director since 2011. In a press release this week, Read more
Terapeak has launched an enhanced version of its Title Builder tool. The renamed Terapeak SEO is designed to improve placement in both eBay and Google search with the goal of driving more traffic to listings. Terapeak SEO uses its own Read more
PayPal users have been experiencing technical issues for the last 2 weeks culminating in a major glitch on Thursday when payments seemed to become lost in cyberspace for most of the day. Buyers could provide a transaction number showing they Read more
eBay is updating its UK User Agreement, explaining that it’s necessary to cover upcoming changes to the returns process. The changes are effective immediately for new members, it announced on Wednesday, and take effect on April 15, 2016, for existing Read more
Shippo integrated with USPS ePostage on Thursday, making it one of only a few public APIs for purchasing US postage online. Shippo is a multi-carrier platform that enables customers to query for shipping rates and print shipping labels. In addition Read more
What if you could buy and sell on a decentralized marketplace where transactions are truly between the buyer and the seller? One such marketplace is under development and making news over the past week or so. As WeUseCoins.com describes it, “OpenBazaar’s peer-to-peer Read more
