eBay advised sellers about the USPS postage rate increase coming on January 27, 2019. “The eBay shipping calculator and eBay labels are updating as rate changes take effect. Make sure you adjust shipping prices on your active listings accordingly,” it Read more
Alibaba debuted its Pay Later service for online sellers procuring inventory on its marketplace during the CES show last week. The service is powered by Kabbage, which kicked off the trend of offering loans and financing to online sellers nearly Read more
The US Postal Service (USPS) continues to gain market share from its rivals, according to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which adopted rules this month concerning the share of institutional costs that Competitive products must contribute. The current appropriate share Read more
A newly released report from Salesforce found social media was the breakout channel for holiday shopping traffic in 2018, with use of mobile devices a contributing factor. Social traffic grew 34 percent year-over-year for the entire holiday season. Facebook/Instagram accounted Read more
After tallying your nominations, the voting is now open for the 2019 Sellers Choice Awards. My favorite part is the comments section where sellers provide an insider’s look and detail the pros and cons of each venue on which they Read more
What can you expect for your ecommerce business in 2019? The responses from this year’s participants in EcommerceBytes “Online Selling Trends” feature indicate this will be a year for dealing with the basics. It wasn’t that long ago that terms Read more
Abby Glassenberg is a designer, author, blogger at WhileSheNaps.com, and co-founder of the Craft Industry Alliance. She discusses diversification and expansion beyond marketplaces in Part 1 of EcommerceBytes Online Selling Trends 2019. Heading into 2019 creative small businesses should be Read more
Barbara Weltman is President of Big Ideas for Small Business, Inc., a source for tax, legal, and financial information specially developed for small businesses and independent entrepreneurs and is author of J.K. Lasser’s Small Business Taxes 2019 and Tweeter Extraordinaire. Read more
Jen Wehrmaker is Vice President of Marketing at B-Stock Solutions and former marketing executive at some big ecommerce names, including PayPal, eBay, and GoDaddy. She discusses how merchants can expoit the growing trend of increasing returns combined with high demand Read more
Chris Vaughn is Vice President of Marketing at ShippingEasy, which provides a simple online shipping app for online sellers with optimized USPS postage rates and the ability to plug in existing UPS/FedEx accounts along with real-time integration into ecommerce platforms. Read more
