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Month: August 2022

USPS Hits Holiday Shippers for 3rd Consecutive Year

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 Ina Steiner
USPS logo

Online sellers will pay an extra 75 cents for each package shipped via flat-rate Priority Mail during the holidays, according to today’s announcement from the USPS. But sellers will pay as much as $6.50 extra per package sent coast-to-coast via Read more

News, ShippingUSPS, USPS holiday rate hike, USPS Rate Hike4 Comments

Good News – Bad News: Deflation Hits Online Sales in July

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 Ina Steiner
Online shopping cart

Here’s a word you haven’t heard in a while: deflation. But the devil is in the details, and Adobe came supplied with plenty in its Adobe Digital Price Index for the month of July. Sellers dealing with rising costs themselves Read more

News, Trends and Shopping DataAdobe Digital Price Index, Deflation, Patrick Brown, Pricing trends1 Comment

Online Marketplace Bonanza Institutes New Transaction Fee

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 Ina Steiner
Bonanza marketplace

Bonanza is adding a new 25-cent transaction fee for all sales at the end of August. Sellers can continue to post items to Bonanza for free – the new transaction fee will be assessed on completed sales. Sellers who have Read more

Marketplaces, NewsBonanza, Bonanza fees, Inflation, Sarah Tranum9 Comments

Amazon Runs New Promotion for Brand Owners

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon is running a new promotion for sellers who are registered with the Amazon Brand Registry – it’s giving them access to what it calls Premium A+ content at no charge, which can help boost sales. Amazon described the feature Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon Premium A+ content, Amazon Promotion1 Comment

eBay to Refund Sellers for Overbilling Issue Affecting Stores

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay sellers were flummoxed after they lost thousands of free listings in select categories on August 1st. Sellers were left wondering if eBay had decided to end the promotional perk for Stores without notice or if it was a glitch, Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay glitch, eBay overbilling, eBay Stores4 Comments

Ecommerce Spending Up over 11 percent in July

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Ina Steiner

Online sales were up 11.7% in July year-over-year, a sharp increase after months of softer growth, according to a report from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. When it came to overall Read more

News, Trends and Shopping DataEcommerce spending, Economic news, Mastercard SpendingPulse, Michelle Meyer, Steve Sadove6 Comments

Etsy to Promote Labor Day Sales on Mobile Only

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy invited sellers to mark down prices in order to get visibility in its annual Labor Day sales event, but this year, Etsy is marketing the event only to shoppers on the Etsy mobile app. And while Etsy marketed it Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy Labor Day sale, Etsy sales event

Another Niche Marketplace that Hopes to Fill a Need

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Ina Steiner
Sweetwater Gear Exchange

Musicians and audiophiles have a new marketplace to buy and sell gear. Sweetwater, which was founded in 1979 and sells music instruments and audio gear, and announced its new Gear Exchange on Thursday. And – if a seller chooses a Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAudio gear, Gear Exchange, Music instruments, Niche marketplace, Sweetwater

Reactions to Etsy’s Latest Changes to Messaging System

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Three years ago, Etsy had changed its buyer-seller messaging system to be more like an instant-messaging system, and this summer, Etsy made another major change to the system. The company told sellers it was making it easier for them to Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy glitch, Etsy Messages2 Comments

Amazon to Acquire iRobot in $1.7 Billion Deal

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Ina Steiner
Amazon

iRobot is cleaning up with a $1.7 billion sale to Amazon. iRobot’s product portfolio features technologies and advanced concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation, according to the announcement. The deal is reminiscent of Amazon’s acquisitions of Ring, maker of home Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, iRobot, Merger and Acquisition

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