UPS announced a number of initiatives on Monday including a move to 7-day pickup and delivery. The shipping carrier appears to be reacting in part to rival FedEx which in May announced it was moving to 7-day Ground residential delivery Read more
Online sellers know Alibaba.com as a product-sourcing platform for inventory from overseas suppliers, but now it’s open to US suppliers as well. That means businesses in the US can use Alibaba to reach retailers and sellers who might be interested Read more
Amazon will build two new robotics fulfillment centers in Ohio, it announced today. Each fulfillment center will be over 700,000 square feet and will be used to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and Read more
eBay notified sellers in the UK that it was adding 16 additional countries to its Global Shipping Program (GSP), bringing the total number of countries to over 100. When an item is sold through the GSP program, the seller sends Read more
eBay filled the position of Chief Product Officer after a 1-year vacancy following the departure of RJ Pittman in July 2018. eBay also found a replacement for Chief Technology Officer Steve Fisher who abruptly stepped down in May to focus Read more
Etsy is acquiring music-gear marketplace Reverb for $275 million in cash. In announcing the news, Reverb founder and CEO David Kalt said Reverb would remain a standalone business, but with the added support of Etsy. “Your ability to buy, sell, Read more
One of the biggest problems with mobile and online classifieds is the flaky buyer who doesn’t show up after agreeing to make a purchase, as we hear year after year in the Sellers Choice ratings. OfferUp thinks it has a Read more
Amazon thinks a lot about product packaging and is celebrating the 11th anniversary of its Frustration-Free Packaging program. But it’s about more than making it easier for customers to open their items and avoid “wrap rage.” The program helps defend Read more
An eBay moderator confirmed the company has been enrolling sellers into its “Cross Border Listing Program” that is powered by third-party vendor WebInterpret. It is an ongoing program that is presented to some sellers as an opt-in promotion and to Read more
eBay is making sellers’ listings (what it calls “eBay’s global inventory”) available on Indian marketplace Paytm Mall, making items accessible to tens of millions of Paytm Mall active customers. As part of the agreement, eBay is taking a 5.5% stake Read more
