Online merchants spent last week dealing with postal rate changes that were disruptive, to say the least, and now Etsy sellers are encountering a new wrinkle that could cost them time and energy. Etsy announced on Tuesday it was dealing Read more
A few months before eBay split with PayPal, former CEO John Donahoe implied Amazon might be interested in offering PayPal on its marketplace. But 6 months after the eBay-PayPal breakup, Amazon quashed the idea. Amazon Executive Patrick Gauthier told Cneton Monday, Read more
To many people it may seem more plausible to see Amazon expanding into food-delivery, drones, and cloud hosting services than into apparel and designer fashion, but according to a recent Wall Street analyst report, Clothing & Accessories is a category Read more
You can now purchase real gold bars on eBay that bear the eBay logo. The online marketplace has been fascinated with bullion going back to at least 2011, and now you can find eBay-branded gold and silver bars for sale Read more
Who hasn’t heard about longtime merchants getting booted from Amazon for offenses that can range from the obvious to the puzzling? Seller suspensions have been on the rise since last year when Amazon changed its suspension algorithm, adding to seller Read more
eBay is running a special free-listing promotion for UK sellers in which it is also capping commission fees. The 2-day sale kicked off on January 24th and allows invited sellers to list up to 100 listings and pay a maximum Read more
Amazon flexed its muscles in Europe last week, reminding lawmakers, regulators, and politicians of the positive impact its company has in their region, including its role as job creator – and it took pains to show it isn’t all about Read more
Bonanza revealed the results of its annual seller survey and shared its product roadmap for the coming year. One of the questions the online marketplace asked sellers was, “If we could add one specific feature or fix one bug, what Read more
With the clock ticking, eBay reminded sellers of new seller performance standards that are taking effect and fielded a question-and-answer session on its discussion boards on Thursday. On sellers’ minds are shipping tracking issues, delivery deadlines, and returns, On February Read more
Amazon may be mulling a move to acquire the online-only grocery retailer Ocado to give its own grocery business in the UK a boost. We turned to Keith Anderson, Vice President of Strategy and Insight for ecommerce analytics solution Profitero, to Read more
