Ecommerce Industry News
The USPS said it saw strong performance between October 1 through December 23rd according to its preliminary data. “The Postal Service’s preparedness for the holiday season reflected strategic investments and operational precision improvements made as […]
eBay is running a promotion to encourage cash-strapped consumers in the UK to list items on its marketplace. The country is facing economic hardship following Covid and the invasion of Ukraine, as the Guardian news […]
eBay promised on Thursday to provide sellers with a guide to the reports they’ll need to file their taxes for the 2022 tax year. eBay will make the guide available in January and said it […]
Etsy held an in-house holiday market featuring wares from a select group of sellers who had one thing in common: they were also employees of the online marketplace. Etsy called it the annual Admin Maker […]
Amazon said it experienced a record-breaking 2022 holiday season, although as usual, it didn’t provide any year-over-year growth numbers or other specifics. Outsiders will have to wait until late January or early February when the […]
The best way for online sellers to deal with returns is to reduce their numbers and to have a system in place for those that are unavoidable. That advice comes from logistics expert Brendan Heegan, […]
Not long ago we received a raft of emails from readers expressing concerns that eBay was requiring them to upload images of their driver’s license. “eBay is now requiring a photo id along with all […]
Holiday retail sales in the United States in 2022 grew 7.6% over last year, and online sales grew 10.6% – a fairly narrow spread. The data comes from Mastercard SpendingPulse which tracks in-store and online […]
Every year, marketplace sellers debate whether they should put their store in vacation mode ahead of Christmas. It may be because they’re taking personal time off or because they fear negative consequences of impatient buyers […]
It’s one thing to annoy sellers, but eBay is in no position to aggravate buyers, whose number are declining each quarter. That may be the reason eBay decided to run an eBay Bucks promotion the […]