The USPS was already seeing declining Mail and increasing Package volume, and in the second half of its fiscal year 2020, it saw those trends accelerate due to the pandemic. The US Postal Service reported its financial results for its Read more
With England under a strict lockdown this month, eBay is offering a break to some sellers. Those with an eBay.co.uk store subscription (a Basic, Featured or Anchor Shop) on November 5, 2020 who close their eBay Shop in November may Read more
Walmart is leveraging its distribution centers to increase its ecommerce capabilities. It will create areas inside 42 of its Regional Distribution Centers that it’s calling “pop-up eCommerce Distribution Centers” (eDCs) to meet the growing demand of online orders. Walmart expects Read more
A reader told EcommerceBytes eBay is coaxing him into signing up for Managed Payments by offering him a $15 coupon. But, he wondered, “If managed payments is going to be mandatory, why is eBay offering me $15 to sign up?” Read more
Mailboxes just aren’t big enough to hold Amazon orders for some customers, it seems. Amazon is offering to deliver orders inside shoppers’ garages in over 4,000 US cities. That’s up from 50 cities when in-garage delivery first launched. Key by Read more
Amazon is blocking FedEx Ground for certain Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders during the holiday shopping season. SFP are items that display the Prime badge indicating 2-day delivery, but are fulfilled by sellers rather than by Amazon. (See clarification below.) Read more
Etsy invited sellers to participate in the Etsy Cyber Week sale. Because it manages payments on behalf of sellers, it can promote such sales on behalf of sellers without having to subsidize the sales itself. In order to participate, sellers Read more
Amazon issued new guidance to help sellers avoid IP issues when specifying product compatibility with trademarked brands. “We are making changes to our Intellectual Property Policy to clarify how you should indicate the compatibility of your products with a product Read more
Amazon issued new guidance to help sellers address product condition issues, but some sellers responded by offering their own guidance to Amazon. Amazon told sellers who use its FBA fulfillment service that customers who file complaints about product condition frequently Read more
In 2007, a Wall Street analyst warned online sellers about listing on a marketplace that could turn around and compete with them, specifically pointing to Amazon.com. Many years later, government regulators in the US and Europe are scrutinizing Amazon practices Read more
