Swag is arriving in time for eBay’s 25-year anniversary party on Friday. A virtual event due to the pandemic, the eBay Sellerbration will feature guest speakers, seller stories, and executives who will share eBay’s plans for partnering with its seller Read more
Walmart Marketplace is launching a new shipping template feature for sellers to streamline their shipping settings and boost visibility in search. “You can optimize your shipping settings and increase sales with 15+ easy-to-use templates that include custom configurations, flexible transit Read more
Many artisans rely on fall and winter markets to showcase their products and ring up sales IRL (in real life), but this year the pandemic is putting a damper on in-person events. Etsy announced it is bringing holiday markets online Read more
Amazon warned sellers about higher shipping costs during the holidays, pointing to the USPS temporary rate hike that takes effect in October, and sellers responded with their reactions. “Amazon must increase the 3.99 per item or 6.99 to whatever new Read more
Etsy is soliciting questions from sellers about marketing their Etsy shops during the upcoming holiday season. Sellers can submit their questions on a dedicated thread on the Etsy boards, and its merchandising team will respond. Etsy invited sellers to post Read more
Any marketplace seller who has had their account suspended understands the feeling of desperation and sense of urgency to get reinstated. But some Amazon merchants were driven to use consultants that the government accused on Friday of conspiracy and fraud. Read more
Amazon launched a new policy compliance dashboard called Account Health Rating (AHR) for professional sellers. It is designed to act as a warning signal to sellers whose accounts may be in jeopardy due to policy violations. Amazon had introduced the Read more
Etsy added provisions to its Search & Advertisement Ranking Disclosures policy on September 15th: Frequency Capping: to limit the number of times the same listing or shop appears at the top of results for a specific user or keyword. Etsy Read more
Each holiday season, Amazon extends its returns policy to give shoppers confidence that gifts bought early may still be returned after Christmas. This year, it’s making the policy even more generous to buyers, leaving some sellers dismayed. Today, Amazon informed Read more
PayPal says the waist-up fashion trend is real as people do remote videos while working from home due to Covid-19. PayPal surveyed 1,000 fashion retailers and found they were seeing an increase in sales of “waist-up” apparel, with a 27 Read more
