Amazon announced it will open its fourth Maryland fulfillment center. Calling it a state-of-the-art center, Amazon said the 855,000 square-foot facility will fulfill items such as electronics, books, housewares and toys. Press release follows: Amazon.com, Inc. today announced plans to Read more
eBay partnered with Airtasker in Australia, encouraging sellers to hire gig workers from the marketplace to help them list their items on the eBay marketplace. “With Airtasker, you can find Airtasker Workers that are skilled at using eBay to help Read more
Amazon is raising the costs of selling on its Mexico marketplace. It sent the following letter to sellers to remind them that promotional referral fees will change effective February 5, 2018. In some categories, the rates are doubling or even, Read more
eBay launched new returns and refund practices that were previously announced as part of the Fall Seller Update. The first is “Automatic Acceptance of Returns,” which occurs when buyers have paid shipping costs. (Be sure to check what happens in Read more
Etsy will run a big site-wide sale to attract holiday shoppers, CEO Josh Silverman announced on Monday during a call with Wall Street analysts. This will be the second site-wide sale after introducing new tools that let sellers opt-in to Read more
Etsy grew sales on its marketplace by 13.2% in the third quarter (July, August, September) compared to the third quarter of 2016. It reported $26 million in net income for the quarter, and it said it was expecting a strong Read more
eBay announced it has expanded its Promoted Listings ad program to sellers in Canada. eBay has been gearing up the program and on May 1st, it eliminated third-party ads that took shoppers off the eBay.com website, though last month it Read more
Amazon announced plans to open a new office in downtown Vancouver, Canada, the second in the city. The new office will double the number of employees in Vancouver to 2,000 when it opens in 2020. While not specific about the Read more
Just as FedEx and UPS guarantee delivery times for certain services, so does the US Postal Service when it comes to expedited services. The USPS is now letting shippers file claims for refund requests online. The USPS published a video Read more
Pricing and delivery are key influences on holiday shoppers this year according to a new survey, which found that 63% of shoppers will purchase from Amazon this season, 60% will purchase from Walmart, and 45% will buy goods from eBay. Read more
