UPS has begun onboarding customers for its new UPS My Choice for Business service, calling it “the first visibility and tracking solution in the U.S. designed for small and medium-sized businesses.” Later this year, it will add features including delivery Read more
ShipRush, now owned by Descartes Systems Group, has added support for LTL Freight (less than truckload). The new offering will make it easier for Descartes ShipRush customers to evaluate parcel and LTL options to make better shipping decisions for their Read more
An eBay seller who attended last week’s eBay Open conference was interested in a session on how eBay is changing its approach to building its product catalog and the role that sellers play. David Zjaba, who highly recommended the conference, Read more
eBay announced the winners of the 2019 Shine Awards for Small Business. Taking the top spot was Jodi Rosenbaum of More Than Words, who was named Small Business of the Year. Platinum winners were Clara Jeanne LaCelle of Surfinjunkie and Read more
If you’re having a paper-towel emergency, which online marketplace should you turn to? The topic came up last week and raises questions beyond the obvious ones like, who has a paper-towel emergency and under what circumstances? During his keynote address Read more
Amazon is testing a new program that will help it avoid inventory stockouts with the help of its third-party merchants. Its new In-Stock Head Start pilot program will make out-of-stock products from sellers who participate in the FBA fulfillment program Read more
eBay informed business sellers in Canada and Australia that it would be migrating them to the Seller Hub portal. That means they will no longer be able to access the old My eBay “selling” page to manage their selling activity. Read more
Bonanza will soon begin allowing all sellers to accept payments through Stripe, the company announced this week. Sellers can already offer payments on Bonanza through PayPal. This week’s news comes a year after the online marketplace integrated with Stripe, though Read more
Amazon.com sales were up 20% in the second quarter to $63.4 billion, the company announced on Thursday. Net sales (excluding AWS) were up 20% North America and 12% for its International segment. Excerpt of press release follows: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: Read more
eBay is launching a new feature to help customers make repeat purchases for frequently needed items such as dog food. eBay CEO Devin Wenig announced the new feature today during a keynote address at the eBay Open seller conference in Read more
