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Month: August 2019

TaxCloud Offers eBay Sellers Help with Sales Tax Compliance

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Ina Steiner
TaxCloud

TaxCloud, an online sales tax compliance service, announced that eBay marketplace sellers and users of QuickBooks Online can now connect to TaxCloud to easily manage their U.S. sales tax obligations. Press release follows: Today TaxCloud, an online sales tax compliance Read more

News, Tax and Legal IssueseBay, online sales tax, TaxCloud

Amazon Invests $15 Billion in Enabling Small Sellers

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon said it is on track to invest over $15 billion in 2019 in infrastructure, tools, services, people, and programs to help third-party sellers succeed – and of course, when third-party sellers succeed, Amazon profits. Presumably it includes money spent Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon

Overstock Founder Severs Ties with Company, New Interim CEO Named

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Ina Steiner
Overstock.com

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has severed ties with the company he founded after alleging he has been working with the Department of Justice on a controversial government-related matter. For years, Byrne was surrounded in controversy over a fight with Wall Read more

Marketplaces, NewsCryptocurrency, Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne

Amazon Expands Tech Hub in Portland, Oregon

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon is expanding its tech presence in Oregon, where it has already created over 3,500 jobs. On Wednesday, it announced it will open an 84,000 square-foot office in downtown Portland and will double its tech workforce in the area. Amazon Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon Tech Hub1 Comment

Visa Works to Make Ecommerce Payments Safer

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Ina Steiner
Visa

In a recent blog post marking 25 years of ecommerce, Visa noted that the first ecommerce payment was made on the Visa network on August 11, 1994. A lot has changed since then, but fraud remains alive and well on Read more

News, PaymentsPayments, Visa2 Comments

Ecommerce Platform Volusion to Focus on Pro Sellers, Names New CEO

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Ina Steiner
Volusion

Ecommerce platform Volusion will focus on Professional sellers, according to Bardia Dejban, who was named CEO on Tuesday. But the company’s focus on flexibility will also allow it to cater to a wide array of customers, he said, “from someone Read more

News, Selling ToolsBardia Dejban, Kevin Sproles, Volusion

Amazon to Open New Fulfillment Center in Utah

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Utah. The over one million-square-foot warehouse in West Jordan will be used to pick, pack and ship large customer items, such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon FC

USPS Tells Small Biz Owners to Meet with Local Postmasters

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

The USPS is urging small businesses to connect with their local Postmasters to get help in growing their businesses. “During the month of August we are focusing on connecting our Postmasters with local businesses,” the organization explained in a recent Read more

News, ShippingShipping, USPS7 Comments

UPS Invests in Amazon-Powered Self-Driving Trucks Hauling USPS Mail

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 Ina Steiner
UPS shipping

Remember when we told you in May that the US Postal Service was testing driverless trucks to cart mail between Arizona and Texas? UPS is investing in the company that is providing the vehicles in USPS’s test, called TuSimple, a Read more

News, ShippingAmazon AWS, UPS, USPS2 Comments

Amazon Announces New Type of Seller Promotion: 7-Day Deals

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon announced a new type of promotion available to sellers: 7-Day Deals. Sellers can run limited-time promotional offers for up to 7 days on Amazon’s Deals page. Sellers’ 7-Day Deals will also receive a “Limited time deal” badge in search Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon1 Comment

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