eBay bidders will soon be able to receive reminders via Facebook Messenger when an auction listing is about to end. The feature is part of the first phase of pilot testing, so will only be available to a subset of Read more
Recently eBay sellers designated as Top Rated by the company began receiving reminders that an upcoming change to the returns policy will soon be in force. Effective May 1, Top Rated sellers will have to provide a 30 day returns Read more
Aabaco is the new brand for what remains in many people’s minds “Yahoo Stores” and “Yahoo Small Business.” With fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the fate of parent company Yahoo, Aabaco’s announcement this week could provide some measure of comfort Read more
Merchants using the popular Magento ecommerce software to power their online store have to figure out how to host it, whether it means buying their own hardware servers or using a web-hosting company. But now it’s adding a cloud-based store-hosting Read more
BigCommerce has expanded the availability of the Shop section on Facebook Pages, which lets merchants create a custom Shop on their business Facebook Page. Sellers who use BigCommerce can begin merchandising individual products or custom collections to Facebook users; the Read more
Postal carriers could get help hauling heavy packages, according to a report in the Mirror. Germany’s Deutsche Post is testing robots to help with the increase in packages. “Clemens Beckmann, head of innovation at Deutsche Post, told Reuters: “Robots could be Read more
eBay warned sellers on Monday that not having Product Identifiers in listings could decrease their visibility in search – that’s because eBay added a feature that allows buyers to search by Product Identifier numbers. “Starting today, buyers can search for Read more
The National Football League is taking a new approach to tackling the problem of counterfeit goods on marketplaces like eBay and Amazon. Part of its strategy: it’s demanding manufacturers stop selling to marketplace sellers or to any retailer who sells Read more
The USPS was forced to lower postage on Sunday for market dominant rates including the cost of a First Class stamp (from 49 cents to 47 cents). While most USPS shipping services used by online sellers are considered competitive and Read more
eBay’s latest promotion is good for auction and fixed price listings, but like most these days, it is by invitation only. Invited sellers who activate the promotion can list up to 500 listings and pay no insertion fee. The tagline Read more
