The government said an Amazon seller entered into and engaged in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Disks sold through Amazon. A Tennessee seller who was the first to be charged to Read more
Amazon, eBay, and UPS were among the websites impacted by technical issues plaguing the Internet this afternoon. Down Detector added a red warning banner to the top of its site reading, “Reports indicate there may be a widespread outage at Read more
Mercari is doubling down on its strategy to connect buyers and sellers locally. The selling platform partnered with Uber to expand “no meetup” local trading. Mercari Now, which rolled out in markets including San Francisco, New York, and Houston, launched Read more
eBay filed a patent for lip-reading technology. According to the abstract, it envisions a computing device that can “read the lips” of a user to enter data (and to determine when to switch from one input type to a lip-reading Read more
As expected, postal rates are increasing in August. The Postal Regulatory Commission approved the changes today (July 19). The proposed price changes would raise overall Market Dominant product and service prices by an average of approximately 6.9 percent. “Competitive” rates Read more
USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy praised employees for helping USPS deliver throughout the coronavirus pandemic in a new video for employees, and he emphasized the importance of the upcoming holiday delivery season. DeJoy provided some specifics about how the Postal Read more
Online sellers on GoDaddy’s platform can now get greater exposure on Google thanks to a new integration designed to help sellers of all sizes get discovered. Google had previously announced its planned integration with GoDaddy (and WooCommerce and Square) so Read more
The government said the head of an eBay sales scam was sentenced to over 14 years in prison after accusing him of pretending to part of an eBay program in order steal money through fake car sales. The Department of Read more
Amazon launched a new program to reward brands for driving sales on its marketplace. Similar to its affiliate program, the Brand Referral Bonus program gives participating brands an average 10% credit on sales resulting from their off-Amazon marketing efforts. (Eligible Read more
eBay conducted a survey to ask sellers about their concerns over privacy and safety and asking them to share stories about any negative experiences they endured where they felt their privacy or safety was compromised with communication off of the Read more
