Head of Facebook Payments Steps Down
The head of Facebook payments is stepping down after 7 years. David Marcus announced the news in a post on a different social networking site – LinkedIn. Marcus had founded Zong and joined PayPal in […]
Month: November 2021
Etsy and Walmart Brief White House on Supply Chain Challenges
The CEOs of retail giant Walmart, online marketplace Etsy, and other retailers met at the White House on Monday to brief President Biden on supply chain challenges. The roundtable included the director of the National […]
USPS Peak Preparedness: Better Than Last Year
An audit on USPS peak preparedness found the Postal Service is better prepared for the holiday mail surge than last year (which was a disaster, as online sellers likely recall), but it may not be […]
eBay Sneaker Authentication Goes In-House after Capacity Issues
eBay sneaker authentication is going in-house after the marketplace acquired the business from Sneaker Con last Wednesday. eBay offers an authenticity guarantee for certain select sneakers that sell for over $100, but as we reported […]
Rewards Program Launched for Customer Service by Amazon
Amazon is offering free or discounted rates to sellers who use Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA) through a new rewards program. Amazon launched CSBA in the summer and officially announced it last month at the […]
Large Retailers See November Sales Boost, Great Deals Are Still Available
Large retailers are benefitting from a November sales boost as holiday shoppers ramp up online shopping, according to Adobe. Large retailers are seeing an 11% higher boost in revenue this month than what smaller retailers […]
eBay Hottest Products Are from Its Favored Categories
eBay published a list of its most-wanted products this holiday season. Not coincidentally, the eBay hottest products list comes from a few select categories that eBay has spent the last 12 months investing in and […]
Don’t Shop Dumb, Shop Safe
Retailers and merchants lose a lot of money due to cyber crime, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) wants to get the word out to consumers: shop safe. In a post this week, the NRF […]
Etsy Gets Granular with Holiday Shopping Delivery Estimates
Etsy has been keeping sellers informed about shipping matters as holiday shopping ramps up, and today the marketplace updated sellers on a seasonal change in how it displays holiday shopping delivery estimates to shoppers. As […]
eBay Says Holiday Shipping Is on Track
Five weeks ahead of Christmas, eBay said holiday shipping is on track. “We’ve seen strong on-time delivery performance from both USPS and UPS,” eBay’s shipping team wrote in a post on the Seller Announcement board […]