eBay Warning Email Offends Sellers
eBay sent a letter to some sellers this week warning them it had detected a possible policy violation, and it concerned and annoyed recipients of the email. The subject line of the email was titled […]
Month: September 2016
eBay Sellers Gain More Control over Improper Returns
A year after eBay launched a pilot program to give sellers more control over dealing with returns from “bad buyers,” it’s expanding the program to include many more sellers. The Returns Resolution pilot gives participants […]
Holiday Shopping 2016 Has Begun
If you’re in retail, you can’t avoid hearing about the holiday shopping season. Etsy, always a good source of tips and suggestions, has begun advising sellers to prepare. PayPal has said September 30th kicks off the shopping […]
Sports Collectibles Case Illustrates Dangers of Autograph Sales
A sports fan is short for sports fanatic, a truism for the more ardent supporters of the myriad pro and other organized teams in the sporting world. Many fans want a part of their sports […]
eBay Appeals to Value Shoppers with Valet Listings
You may be used to seeing eBay promote the Valet program to shoppers, encouraging them to sell their unwanted items through the consignment program. But now eBay is encouraging shoppers to buy items that are for sale […]
eBay Touts Its Global Shipping Program
eBay said 27% of its listings are available through its Global Shipping Program (GSP). And citing statistics from last year, eBay said sellers can get a big boost in sales thanks to the program. “Approximately […]
Sellers Should Heed Regulatory Actions against Amazon
Amazon is in trouble again for shipping dangerous goods, this time in the UK, and there’s a lesson there for all sellers, even if they aren’t shipping lithium batteries. Amazon was fined this month 65,000 […]
Another Scam Online Sellers Must Worry About
This story from the Delaware State News is cause for concern – hopefully it’s not the beginning of a trend. A woman noticed her mail stopped arriving – turns out someone filed a change of […]
Compensated Amazon Reviewers Can’t Help Bias
Few will be surprised at how a basic tenet of human nature carries over into the ecommerce world. People feel inclined to treat more favorably those who give them things they want or need. The […]
Yahoo Reveals Breach – Does It Impact Yahoo Stores?
Yahoo announced on Thursday that certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 “by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor.” “Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information […]