eBay is kicking off a national television ad campaign today, August 1st. While it’s too early to say whether the new marketing push will succeed in driving shoppers to the site, sellers should be prepared. eBay Chief Marketing Officer Suzy Read more
Amazon clearly sees an opportunity in cultivating and offering for sale new and innovative products. Last year, it launched Amazon Launchpad to help inventors and entrepreneurs by going way beyond simply showcasing their products. The value to Amazon – “we Read more
Amazon grew sales 31% to $30.4 billion in the second quarter of 2016, it announced on Thursday. It also reported a profit, revealing net income of $857 million for the quarter. And based on its report, it’s clear third-party sellers Read more
eBay sellers better get used to the new Seller Hub that eBay began testing last year. It’s not just another tool – it’s part of the backbone of eBay’s selling technology. That’s according to Shan Vosseller, Senior Director of Product Read more
Etsy underwhelmed many sellers when it launched its Pattern by Etsy store-hosting service in April, but it has been slowly making improvements. On Tuesday, the company announced additional features that sellers have requested – but put them in the category Read more
This week Amazon announced plans for two more Fulfillment Centers in the US, one in Illinois and one in Florida. They comprise the 15th and 16th FCs announced so far in 2016. Amazon will open a 750,000 square-foot fulfillment center Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig inherited a flawed marketplace, and he has begun to fix it. That was a major part of his message delivered in a keynote address at the eBay OPEN seller event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. After Read more
Before the game Pokemon Go burst onto the screens of millions of smartphone owners, its developers at Niantic created Ingress, a location-based massively multiplayer online game. The real-life locations mapped for Ingress became part of Pokemon Go, which is why you are seeing Read more
Whether you have an Individual or Pro Merchant account on Amazon, you are on one of two platforms: either the old Marketplace platform or the newer Selling on Amazon platform. Word came this week that all sellers must migrate to Read more
eBay is directing shoppers who conduct product searches to pages where it displays a single seller’s product listing with the words “Our top pick” with a Buy It Now button alongside a “See Details” button. Sound familiar? It appears eBay Read more
