Sellers should be aware of Etsy latest changes to categories and attributes, announced on Friday. As the marketplace explained, sellers select a category for their listing by which shoppers can filter results when searching Etsy. Categories also act as tags, Read more
eBay CEO Scott Schenkel visited the White House and Capitol Hill “to explain the unique role eBay’s platform plays in connecting US small businesses with global buyers.” eBay issued the following announcement on its eBay Main Street government relations website: Read more
Amazon opened a new corporate office in England located in Central Manchester. Over time, the Manchester office will be home to both technical and non-tech employees, including software development engineers, solutions architects, applied scientists, business development specialists and finance analysts. Read more
Two big do-good announcements came from PayPal this week – it’s helping charities and fighting crime. On Thursday, PayPal announced it processed a record $10.3 billion in donations to charities around the world in 2019. Over $1 billion of that Read more
Tech publications are abuzz about news that Amazon sellers can once again use FedEx Ground delivery for Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders after the company temporarily halted access to the service during the holiday shopping season. The Wall Street Journal Read more
A European company that offers services to brands in their efforts to combat counterfeit goods granted eBay an award for its cooperation with rights holders to address the sale of fakes. eBay announced the news of the REACT award on Read more
Etsy launched a new international shipping program for packages weighing under one pound in order to spare sellers from potential shipping disruptions and rate hikes in the future. Etsy partnered with an Asendia affiliated company to offer the Etsy Global Read more
A seller reported the following problem with eBay’s analytics tool in a post on the Ecommerce EKG global systems announcement board: “The Sales Reports Plus link located in the Seller Hub under seller tools is returning an error since January Read more
Visa will pay $5.3 billion for Plaid, a service that helps people connect their financial accounts to financial apps. Visa gave an example of the role Plaid plays in linking accounts to apps: “when a user sets up a Venmo Read more
eBay is running a flash sale on sneakers today, January 13th. The 6-hour sales offers shoppers 20% off eligible a single pair of athletic shoes of $200 or more, with a maximum discount of $100. eBay announced the sale on Read more
