A federal agency sued Amazon to force the recall of hazardous products sold on its platform. The administrative complaint is about protecting American consumers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (See update to this story below.) “Today’s Read more
Facebook allows users to pay for products and services using its digital wallet, and now it’s expanding Facebook Pay beyond its own platform and into the stores of online merchants, beginning with Shopify. Facebook lets brands, merchants, and individual sellers Read more
Etsy invited sellers to help it advocate for a simpler federal alternative to state sales tax collection requirements. It put together charts showing when it began collecting sales tax for each state, and they demonstrate how when one state gets Read more
One sign that ecommerce is thriving is the demand for packing materials. A new report reveals the demand is so great that companies that produce corrugated boxes and other packaging are expanding their industrial real estate footprint through heightened leasing Read more
An eBay executive outlined three areas the company is focusing on in a presentation to third-party developers this week. During the fifth annual eBay Connect developers conference, Vice President of Buyer Experience Mohan Patt also revealed that eBay is looking Read more
eBay is among the sponsors of a contest that encourages shoppers to support small retailers. The trade group Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) created Small Business Every Day, and is giving away prizes to those who support the initiative. Read more
Once again, an online marketplace wants sellers to do the work to drive traffic to its site. While it can be a win-win, there’s an added challenge for Etsy sellers: they may end up paying extra fees for their off-Etsy Read more
When you hear the cost of selling is going up, you may immediately think of shipping rate hikes, or perhaps something related to online sales tax. But next month, payment-processing fees will go up for some sellers. PayPal is raising Read more
A large amount of time is spent by most resellers sourcing items to add to their inventory. For many sellers, it may occupy 20 or 30 hours of their week, while others may spend even more time than that. For Read more
Amazon’s fulfillment service, though the subject of recurring seller complaints, is still the best bet for most small and midsize sellers, according to a veteran former executive with the company who was instrumental in developing Fulfillment by Amazon. Dave Glick Read more
