Ecommerce Industry News
High-end antiques and vintage shopping site Ruby Lane is instituting a new fee that buyers will have to pay above and beyond the product price, sales tax, and shipping cost. One seller called the new […]
The Washington Post is surveying shoppers about their experiences with fakes on Amazon (whose CEO Jeff Bezos owns the newspaper). A Post piece, titled, “How Amazon’s quest for more, cheaper products has resulted in a […]
Google has some advice for sellers during the holiday season: capture the attention of shoppers through product images – not just your own, but your customers’ images as well. Google Director Raphael Leiteritz highlighted a […]
The USPS cited an urgent need for legislative and regulatory reforms as it reported its financial performance for fiscal year 2019, ending Sept. 30th. While management said it made progress in containing costs, it said […]
It’s clear Amazon is focused on robotics, but it’s not abandoning its human workforce. On Thursday, the company announced a new 30,000 square foot corporate office in Las Vegas to support its Human Resources teams […]
A day before the USPS releases its most recent quarter’s financial results, it got some bad news. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is rejecting its proposed First Class Mail rates for 2020. It appears to […]
eBay published a holiday shopping report highlighting top-trending gifts in fashion accessories, electronics, pop culture favorites, gaming, sports, and more. eBay’s “Most Wanted” report is based on the marketplace’s sales data and a team of […]
Bid farewell to another online selling tool. FillZ started out primarily as a tool for booksellers 16 years ago, and is a division of the bookseller AbeBooks, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2008. AbeBooks, […]
Facebook Pay will let users pay for purchases from select Pages and businesses on Facebook Marketplace, the company announced today. People can already shop, donate, and send money to each other, but “Facebook Pay will […]
It’s not easy catching buyers’ attention. When it comes to holiday shopping online, are people browsing or searching for their gifts? A new Tophatter survey of over 1,000 US consumers found that nearly half (48.5%) […]