Amazon launched a new wallet for global sellers to manage payouts more easily. It will roll out to sellers over the next few months. In a post on the About Amazon blog, Max Bardon, Vice President of Amazon Worldwide Payments, Read more
The IRS published a new tax tip in its email newsletter it sent to small businesses on July 22, 2022. The crux of the tip: if your hobby earns income, you must report it on your tax return. The newsletter Read more
FedEx Ground and UPS announced plans to offer Sunday delivery in 2019, but now FedEx Ground is pulling back in some locales as some indie delivery contractors give FedEx Ground until Black Friday to address concerns they called dire for Read more
Amazon is helping sellers diagnose their account health with a new “holistic” metric so they can see if their account is in danger of suspension for accumulated policy violations. The new version of the Account Health Rating (AHR) metric does Read more
In early 2021, Etsy launched a program that gave buyers the opportunity to make a donation to the Uplift Fund when checking out. This week, its third-party payment processor that powers the feature announced that ten million Etsy buyers had Read more
eBay expanded its authentication service to a fifth category – jewelry, joining authentication services offered in its sneakers, watches, handbags, and trading cards categories. (Be sure to see update below – eBay is raising fees in the jewelry category, it Read more
eBay has a new head of business development for its affiliate program. David Ferrell joined eBay last month and, according to his bio, is charged with spearheading the growth of eBay’s Partner Network base by identifying and onboarding new, strategic Read more
One year after acquiring online marketplace Depop, Etsy is putting one of its own in charge. Kruti Patel Goyal, currently Etsy’s Chief Product Officer, will become CEO of the global fashion resale marketplace (based in London), effective September 12th. Depop’s Read more
An article in Linn’s Stamp News on Friday had online sellers scrambling to find out if they would lose postage discounts when they purchase USPS labels on online marketplaces and postage providers. Amazon told EcommerceBytes on Saturday that the end Read more
Cash flow problems are a fact of life for small businesses, regardless of how profitable their businesses may be. For online sellers, marketplaces can exacerbate the problem through their payout practices (not immediately releasing to sellers the proceeds of their Read more
