Amazon launched Prime in Australia this week, just in time for next month’s Prime Day global shopping event. Prime offers free 2-day shipping on domestic orders to 90% of Australians and costs $59 a year (Australian dollars). Offering monthly subscriptions Read more
Etsy is celebrating the 13-year anniversary of its founding by organizing a sale. As we previously reported, Etsy gave sellers instructions last month on how to participate (“create a sale by discounting your listings between 10% and 70% during the Read more
Expect more competition from China on Google Shopping thanks to a new deal announced on Monday. Google is investing in Alibaba rival JD.com, China’s second largest ecommerce player. “As part of our partnership,” Google wrote, “JD.com will also join Google Read more
Amazon opened a new office in Dublin today and said it would create 1,000 new technology jobs in Ireland over the next 2 years. That’s double the commitment it made in 2016, when it had pledged to hire 500 people Read more
Amazon sent an email to sellers who participate in its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program this month advising them to prepare for its annual Prime Day shopping holiday. “Is your inventory ready for Prime Day,” it asked. It also provided Read more
eBay has a new tool to help sellers compete in the new product-based shopping experience it’s rolling out (PBSE, as eBay calls its Amazon-like catalog approach). However, it’s only available to select sellers through a limited number of eBay partners. Read more
It will cost eBay sellers in Canada more to ship some of their packages as of July 1, 2018 because Canada Post is no longer providing discount prices to eBay. But eBay’s initial announcement to sellers on Wednesday wasn’t clear Read more
eBay will begin testing a new payments system in July and shuffled some managers overseeing technology to help prepare for the impact on eBay’s platform. eBay appointed Steve Fisher, its current Chief Technology Officer (CTO), its new Senior Vice President Read more
eBay officially launched its $49/year membership program in Australia on Thursday that mimics Amazon Prime. Shoppers who subscribe to the program get free shipping and free returns on certain items – “Just look out for the eBay Plus logo on Read more
Etsy is raising seller fees and introducing new subscription plans while promising to boost its marketing budget to bring more buyers to the site. One positive thing worth noting: listing fees are not increasing. But transaction fees (commissions) are rising Read more
