Pitney Bowes has geared up for the expected surge in holiday shipping and announced today it will raise its ecommerce rates for 2022. Pitney Bowes will institute a 5.9% general rate increase for ecommerce services effective January 2, 2022. “The Read more
We still remember a time when Amazon and eBay were neck-and-neck leaders in ecommerce, but data from eMarketer shows just how much of a lead Amazon currently has not only over its longtime rival, but other retailers selling online. Amazon Read more
How a hankering for beer turned into an expose on the plight of gig workers. Former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson just wanted some beer on a Friday afternoon, but his experience of ordering it online turned into an expose of Read more
eBay is raising shipping rates for packages going to Australia and New Zealand using its eBay International Standard Delivery Service (not to be confused with eBay’s Global Shipping Program). The company blamed “increased international shipping costs” to those countries as Read more
Scarcity of goods and a desire for sustainability are changing shopping behavior, and eBay is seeing an “incredible movement in pre-owned inventory,” according to executive Jordan Sweetnam. In a message to sellers posted on Thursday, “Navigating the “Hard to Find” Read more
Former eBay executive David Marcus, who served as President of PayPal and landed at Facebook in 2014, announced the social media company is rebranding its payments division to Novi. The move comes at the same time the Facebook corporate entity Read more
Amazon grew North American sales 10% in the third quarter year-over-year. It grew International sales 16% in the quarter for a total sales growth of 12% (not including its AWS technology division, which grew 39% and now comprises 15% of Read more
eBay sales were down 10% in the third quarter of 2021 (July, August, September), year-over-year, while revenue rose 11%. The company processed 90% of payments volume on its platform and saw 12% more revenue from Promoted Listing ads in Q3. Read more
Holiday sales in November and December will grow between 8.5 and 10.5 percent over last year, according to research from the National Retail Federation (NRF). That’s compared to a previous high of 8.2% in 2020, itself a record, and compared Read more
Amazon launched new tools for brand advertisers during its UnBoxed event this week. Among them: it added new features to its audio ads on Amazon Music’s ad-supported tier that includes voice calls-to-action. Now listeners can engage with the ads more Read more
