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Month: January 2018

Amazon Sellers Clean up Inventory to Avoid LTS Fees

January 6, 2018 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon sellers have begun prepping now in order to avoid or minimize FBA Long Term Storage fees (LTS). The next Amazon FBA twice-yearly “inventory cleanup” is scheduled for February 15, 2018. Units that have been in a US fulfillment center Read more

Marketplaces, News, Selling ToolsAmazon FBA, Amazon fees, Amazon LTS fees

eBay Extends Protection to Sellers Impacted by Winter Storm in Southeast

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay said Thursday it would extend seller protection to those impacted by the winter storm, though it mentioned only the Southeast United States thus far. It outlined two conditions under which it would offer protection, and said the late shipment Read more

Marketplaces, News, ShippingeBay, Shipping delays, Weather event

China Payments Firm Runs into US Roadblock

January 4, 2018 Ina Steiner
MoneyGram

It was supposed to make buying and selling across borders easier, but the merger between US money-transfer firm MoneyGram and China’s Alipay parent Ant Financial has been nixed. However, the two companies will work together on new strategic initiatives in Read more

News, PaymentsAlipay, AliPay. Moneygram, Ant Financial, M and A, MoneyGram

Echo Surpasses Amazon Prime in Building Customer Loyalty

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Ina Steiner
Amazon Echo

If you know anything about Amazon, you know that the company is investing heavily in its Prime program because Prime members spend more than non-members. A new report suggests customers who own an Amazon Echo “smart speaker” spend even more. Read more

Marketplaces, News, Trends and Shopping DataAmazon Echo, Amazon Prime, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, Josh Lowitz, Mike Levin

USPS Loses Executive Responsible for Flat Rate Priority Mail

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan announced that Chief Customer and Marketing Officer James Cochrane will retire next month after more than 43 years of service to the USPS, saying he has had a lasting impact” on the organization and the Read more

News, ShippingJames Cochrane, Jim Cochrane, Shipping, USPS, USPS marketing

Expect Shipping Disruptions from East Coast Storm

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 Ina Steiner
Winter Storm 2018

The Northeast United States is used to snow storms and blizzards, but the one arriving on Thursday looks to be a record-breaker, and it is impacting the entire east coast beginning today. Here is the warning from the National Weather Read more

News, ShippingShipping delays, Weather event1 Comment

PayPal Writes eBook on Selling

January 2, 2018 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal UK has published an ebook, “How to sell like Christmas all year round,” and is making it available on its website at no charge. Between one fifth and one third of UK retail sales occur in the lead up Read more

News, Payments, Selling ToolsPayPal

eBay Runs Free Listing Promotion in UK

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Ina Steiner
eBay

Some eBay sellers in the UK will be able to list up to 100 auction and fixed-price listings per day and pay no insertion fees for the month of January. eBay is running a free listing promotion in the UK, Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay Promotion, eBay UK

Amazon Ships 5 Billion Items through Prime in 2017

January 2, 2018 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon won’t release the number of customers who pay for a Prime subscription, but today it revealed that in 2017, it shipped over 5 billion items through the free 2-day shipping program. It also said that more new paid members Read more

Marketplaces, News, ShippingAmazon, Amazon Prime1 Comment

Etsy Runs Free Listing Promotion for Existing Shops

January 1, 2018 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy is running a free listing promotion for sellers who have a shop. It’s a repeat of a promotion Etsy ran in January 2017. This type of promotion is to help marketplaces get fresh inventory onto their sites after the Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy promotion8 Comments

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