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Day: May 5, 2016

Capturing Customer Data at the Time of Shipping

May 5, 2016July 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Email marketing can be very effective, especially for online merchants who communicate regularly with their customers – after all, these are people who have purchased from you before. One way to build your marketing list is to capture customer data Read more

News, ShippingMailChimp, ShipStation

Email Passwords at Risk

May 5, 2016July 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

It may be time to change your password if you use a third-party service to power your email. According to Reuters, hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia’s Read more

News, Security and Fraud IssuesSecurity

Etsy Addresses Complaints over Similar Items Feature

May 5, 2016July 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

Late last week, Etsy sellers protested how the marketplace displayed competitive listings inside their own listings on the Etsy mobile app. A “Similar items on Etsy” feature was launched last year, but a seller started a thread when she noticed Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy

Why You Might Not Want to Sell to South Dakota

May 5, 2016July 22, 2017 David A Utter

A recent effort by South Dakota to compel out of state online sellers to collect sales tax from its residents now faces a legal challenge. The state sued 4 large merchantsseeking them to comply with its new law. The next day, Read more

News, Tax and Legal Issuesonline sales tax

Another eBay Seller Accused of Major Postage Fraud

May 5, 2016July 22, 2017 Ina Steiner

First there was the case of the eBay seller who was accused of defrauding the USPS of $18,000 by sending packages to his customers for a penny. Now comes a new case of an eBay seller who is accused of defrauding the Read more

News, Security and Fraud IssuesPostal fraud, USPS


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