Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon is setting a path to net zero carbon delivery of shipments to customers with the help of improvements in electric vehicles, aviation bio fuels, reusable packaging, and renewable energy. On Monday, it revealed a […]
The next phase of eBay’s Managed Payments rollout will impact larger merchants. As we reported in November, eBay is turning off Integrated Merchant Credit Card Accounts (IMCC) in two phases beginning March 1, 2019 – […]
Mobile selling app Mercari is dramatically raising shipping costs for those who use its prepaid shipping labels, leaving users worried that some items will become too expensive to buy and sell through the venue, which […]
Etsy posted an apology for what it called a bill payment error after some sellers reported the company took large sums of money from their credit cards and bank accounts on Friday afternoon. EcommerceBytes reported […]
Online marketplace Bonanza has partnered with TaxCloud so that its sellers can connect their stores to the fee-based online sales-tax compliance service. TaxCloud has made similar arrangements with Etsy and Shopify and is also available […]
eBay completed its acquisition of UK classifieds site Motors.co.uk this week, having announced its intention to buy the car-selling site from Cox Automotive in October. Motors.co.uk became part of eBay’s Gumtree UK classifieds site, which […]
There was a shooting outside eBay’s California campus on Thursday, according to CEO Devin Wenig, but it appears to be unrelated to the company. The San Jose Mercury News said a hijacked UPS truck was […]
Amazon acknowledged last week that it was experimenting with video authentication after Buzzfeed broke the news the ecommerce giant had been videotaping some sellers’ faces when they were setting up accounts. An Amazon patent crossed […]
Amazon will not include New York City in its HQ2 plans after all, the company announced today. It had put numerous cities through their paces in its hunt for a second corporate headquarters in North […]
Amazon fee changes are rolling out beginning this week, and there is good news and bad news. As we reported in December, it will become cheaper to sell in certain categories (via referral fee reductions), […]