It’s always difficult to know if eBay prefers sellers to run auctions or fixed-price listings, auctions with a fixed-price option, or fixed-price listings with a “make an offer” option. And its preferences seem to change over time. This week, eBay Read more
Many people are unaware that eBay offers product reviews on listings, but now they’re expanding them to the UK and have also added three new fields. Product reviews are of eBay’s push to offer a “product catalog” (along with Product Read more
eBay is running a promotion in which it’s giving some UK sellers the opportunity to list up to 100 items with no listing fees and receive 50% off final value fees on any of those items that sell. eBay sent Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines – eBay is promoting its UK marketplace as a venue for car collectors and fashion aficionados. The eBay Car Challenge kicked off last week and will give three lucky winners 4,000 pounds to use Read more
Online sellers in the US could benefit from an ecommerce service the USPS is preparing to launch as a test next month. The US Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of its intent to conduct a Read more
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
