eBay updated sellers on managed payments that began rolling out to a small percentage of sellers on September 24th. There’s been some pushback as sellers learned of major limitations of using eBay payments instead of PayPal-managed payments – at least Read more
Amazon will open a third fulfillment center in British Columbia, its tenth in Canada. Amazon operates a tech hub in Vancouver and also has fulfillment centers in Alberta and Ontario. In total, Amazon employs over 7,000 people working at fulfillment Read more
Consumers will spend more on holiday shopping this year, according to a new survey of 1,500 US consumers. They also appear to be less concerned with the economy and their overall financial situation than they were last year. Accenture’s 12th Read more
Break out the candy corn, Halloween spending is expected to reach $9 billion online and offline, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). And when it comes to buying costumes and other Halloween supplies, 24 percent will buy online. NRF’s Read more
eBay will continue working on improving its Visual Shopping feature and will expand it to additional platforms, according to a post on the eBay Tech Blog written by software engineer Ravi Pitapurapu. eBay launched image search last year and, in Read more
As if $10 weren’t low enough, eBay is luring bargain hunters with a $5 coupon good for products listed in its Under $10 portal. It’s another sign that eBay believes it can attract new buyers through bargain-basement prices. “$5 for Read more
Sellers desperately trying to get orders out the door on Friday ran into problems when Amazon Buy Shipping went down for about 2 hours. Sellers trying to print shipping labels encountered the message, “Buy Shipping Services are currently not available, Read more
One day after running a sitewide sale in the US, eBay is running another, this one in the UK. eBay UK is offering a 10% discount on Friday, September 28th for UK sellers who use the coupon code PAYDAY – Read more
Etsy has a field in certain categories that auto-populates based on the type of item a seller is listing. As a recent discussion on the Etsy boards indicated, it can be disconcerting to sellers since there’s little information about it Read more
Get ready for a sitewide sale on eBay on Thursday, another sale subsidized by the company. The 1-day sale takes place on September 27th and runs until 6 pm PT. Shoppers must spend at least $25 in order to get Read more
