eBay is delaying the rollout of “required” Item Specifics in two categories, it informed sellers last week. In its 2020 eBay Spring Seller Update, it had announced plans to institute new required attributes in listings in the Electronics and Home Read more
Amazon is giving some relief to sellers who participate in the Amazon Lending program. The company announced on Wednesday it is pausing payments interest-free through April. As we reported last week, sellers were growing concerned about how they would make Read more
Mobile selling app OfferUp has acquired rival LetGo, the company announced on Wednesday. They will combine the two businesses, and OLX Group, which is LetGo’s majority investor, will own 40% of the combined entity. It’s unclear if the decision to Read more
eBay UK is restricting consumer sellers from listing certain goods that are in high demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. It had already prohibited all sellers from listing face masks, hand sanitizers, and cleaning wipes. In an announcement on Tuesday, Read more
Amazon FBA is waiving long-term storage fees for inventory for which it has received removal orders, it announced Tuesday, another sign its fulfillment centers are stressed from coronavirus demand. Amazon explained it was waiving the fees because it had “temporarily Read more
eBay is asking sellers to contact members of Congress to ask them to consider aid to small sellers as they work on a relief package to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Online marketplace Etsy also asked its sellers to do Read more
eBay is giving Store subscribers an extra 50,000 free fixed-price listings through the end of April. In Monday’s announcement, eBay also recapped some of the other protections provided to sellers as a result of the coronavirus outbreak; updated sellers on Read more
Amazon offered advice to sellers impacted by its severe restrictions on its FBA fulfillment program. On March 17th, Amazon stopped accepting inbound shipments to its fulfillment centers for products other than high-demand goods such as household staples and medical supplies, Read more
eBay sent a letter to affiliates about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. It focused on information about what the company was doing to crack down on price gouging (which it called predatory selling). The eBay Partner Network sent the Read more
Etsy is asking sellers to reach out to their members of Congress and ask them to include measures to help self-employed people in the COVID-19 relief package they are trying to pass. The request comes after Etsy CEO Josh Silverman Read more
