Online sellers may have heard that the postal carriers are not getting signatures from customers when delivering packages that require them due to social distancing practices put in place in response to the pandemic. The US Postal Service published a Read more
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman called PayPal’s third quarter one of the strongest in its history, and he summed up what’s ahead for the payments company in a post on LinkedIn when he wrote: “Going forward, we are investing to create Read more
Sellers must get their FBA inventory to Amazon fulfillment centers by Friday, November 6 to ensure their availability for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) shopping. Inventory for Christmas shopping should arrive at Amazon fulfillment centers by December 1. Amazon Read more
UPS has lowered the cost of its premium My Choice service for customers who want to manage their deliveries. UPS My Choice is free for basic services, such as tracking packages and getting alerts. Customers can choose to subscribe to Read more
Each year since 2006, Amazon places restrictions on which third-party sellers can sell in the Toys & Games category. This year, the policy goes into effect today and stays in effect through January 3, 2021. But don’t assume all sellers Read more
UPS announced next year’s rate hike, which actually goes into effect right after Christmas. Rival FedEx announced its 2021 rates in September, which go into effect on January 4, 2021. UPS maintains a record of pricing changes at rates.ups.com, which Read more
Three emotional stories are at the heart of Etsy’s new holiday ad campaign, a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes after the company launched the ads on October 28th. The stories highlight the power of a meaningful gift, she said. “We know the Read more
Two more people pleaded guilty in the eBay cyberstalking case, bringing the total number of guilty pleas to 5 and leaving only the two former eBay executives who were arrested and charged in June. The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Read more
Amazon announced third-quarter results today. Total net sales increased 37% to $96.1 billion in the third quarter, compared with $70.0 billion in third quarter 2019. BNN Bloomberg journalist Jon Erlichman tweeted an interesting chart showing Amazon’s third-quarter revenue going back Read more
eBay said it added “hundreds of thousands” of sellers to Managed Payments since July, bringing the current number of active sellers enrolled in the program worldwide to 340,000. Alyssa Cutright, who is Vice President of Global Payments, updated sellers on Read more
