Amazon launched in Singapore, making it easier for businesses in that country to sell their products on Amazon, including through the FBA program. The marketplace is offering items for sale in categories including Books, Video Games, Consumer Electronics, Baby and Read more
eBay announced a new deals program – every Friday, it will offer limited-time deals on “the season’s hottest items.” It released the schedule of “Friday Drops” for the month of October. Press release follows: This month, eBay is launching a Read more
eBay and Etsy agree: dressing up your pet for Halloween remains a popular trend. The companies say shoppers look to their marketplaces for inspiration for costumes and other items to help celebrate the spooky holiday. In its October 8th blog Read more
eBay Canada announced a tool to help sellers identify listings with missing Item Specifics, aka product attributes. It’s making the Optiseller Aspect Finder Tool available at no charge through the end of the year, though it didn’t specify how much Read more
Nextdoor launched Local Deals, promising businesses they can target their messages to consumers down to the neighborhood level. Nextdoor calls itself the world’s largest social network for neighborhoods. “Since day one, it has been a platform built on trust, requiring Read more
Etsy is promoting Halloween shopping and is counting on sellers to “fund” the promotion. Etsy invited sellers to hold a sale on their Halloween-themed items – specifically asking them to offer a 20% discount and offer free shipping. Many sellers Read more
Last month, a courier company participating in the Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program laid off workers in New England, and now comes word that another DSP courier is doing the same, this time in North Carolina. WSOC-TV in Charlotte Read more
Retail chainstore Best Buy is hiring thousands of workers for the holiday shopping season for both its stores and its distribution centers. It will hold a holiday hiring fair on October 10 and 11 – all US Best Buy stores Read more
Amazon is retiring its sweepstakes service known as Amazon Giveaway. The last day to create a new giveaway is October 10, 2019. As we explained when Amazon launched the program in 2015, Amazon Giveaway allowed businesses to easily setup and Read more
Etsy announced it has joined a program called BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative. The online marketplace said it wants to better understand the specific financial challenges Etsy sellers face, and said it would pilot new solutions to help sellers address those Read more
