An article in Lifehacker caught our eye with the news that an Australian delivery firm is targeting Etsy sellers. Sendle is giving Etsy sellers a premium account – valued at $120/year – and promises cheaper rates. The Sendle website explains, “We tap Read more
Etsy experienced a problem displaying listings in search results late last week but reported the problem resolved as of Sunday morning. “We are currently investigating an issue with some listings not showing up in search. We’re working quickly to resolve Read more
SixBit, which helps online sellers list on eBay and auction site BidStart, will launch support for Amazon on Monday and is working on supporting the Etsy marketplace as well. SixBit Software founder John Slocum said he’s been running a limited Read more
Amazon is strutting its stuff not only on the fashion runways, but on airport runways as well. Southwest Airlines will let passengers make in-flight entertainment purchases through Pay with Amazon, according to TechFlash. “Rather than pulling out a credit card, passengers Read more
The world of selling to people in their homes has evolved from getting a paper catalog, mailing in an order, and waiting days or weeks for deliveries, to a pace where one-click ordering and same day delivery represent viable options. Read more
Five weeks after the USPS instituted new rates for shipping services, Amazon raised the rates its sellers pay when printing Priority Mail shipping labels on its marketplace. The move, which came with no warning, impacts merchant-fulfilled items, since sellers don’t Read more
eBay launched new seller performance standards on Saturday and held several information sessions this week to answer sellers’ questions about the new policies. Here are some of the points we found interesting, some of which may come as news to Read more
eBay’s StubHub unit was a bright spot in eBay’s fourth quarter earnings released last month thanks to its high revenue growth, but now it’s facing “major league” problems. While StubHub’s revenue is a fraction of eBay’s total revenue – eBay Marketplaces saw Read more
Visa launched its Visa Checkout online payment service in 2014 with the help of former PayPal executive Sam Shrauger, now Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at Visa. This week it previewed a new design that will launch in April Read more
Are you familiar with the term, “Inventory Days to Zero”? Monitoring this metric can help you avoid running out of stock, and it’s just one of several performance indicators sellers should be watching. Rob McGrorty of Webgility is back with Read more
