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Month: September 2022

Etsy Gives Sellers Til End of October to Update Return Policies

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Sellers busy with holiday preparations and orders have a new chore to complete. Etsy is moving away from shop-wide policies in favor of listing-specific policies, and it advised sellers to update their return policies by October 31 thanks to a Read more

Marketplaces, NewsEtsy, Etsy policies, Etsy returns

FedEx to Raise Shipping Rates in January 2023

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 Ina Steiner
FedEx

FedEx will raise shipping rates in January and provided details on Thursday. FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Home Delivery rates will increase by an average of 6.9%. However, online sellers should look into details about fees, as rates for Read more

News, ShippingFedex, FedEx rates, Shipping costs1 Comment

eBay Announces New Features at Day 2 of Seller Conference

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay announced several new features for sellers during the first keynote address at day 2 of its eBay Open virtual conference related to shipping and marketing. Later in the day, it made an announcement about an initiative to reduce Unpaid Read more

NewsAshish Chhabra, Deepak Sharma, eBay, eBay Open, eBay Shipping, eBay Unpaid Items, Xiaodi Zhang3 Comments

Etsy Sellers Lose Their Collective Minds over Plaid Verification Error

September 21, 2022 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Sellers who had just suffered waves of anxiety over a new verification requirement got a shock today when Etsy notified them their accounts were not verified and discovered they were unable to activate a button to re-verify their accounts, leaving Read more

Marketplaces, News, PaymentsEtsy, Etsy glitch, Etsy verification, Plaid7 Comments

eBay Launches Brand New International Shipping Program to Replace GSP

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay is launching a brand new international shipping program. eBay CEO Jamie Iannone broke the news during a keynote address at day-one of the eBay Open seller conference on Wednesday. “Efficiency is a key concern,” Iannone said. “We value streamlining Read more

News, ShippingeBay EIS, eBay International Shipping, Jamie Iannone12 Comments

A 1099-K Notification from PayPal Alerts Seller to Unanticipated Problem

September 21, 2022 Ina Steiner
PayPal

In what seemed like a routine email titled, “View updates to your PayPal account,” PayPal informed an online seller he had passed the threshold for reporting payments to the IRS, notifying him that according to its records, he had received Read more

News, Payments, Tax and Legal Issues1099-K thresholds, 1099K, Form 1099-K, IRS, PayPal4 Comments

Alert: eBay Announces Category and Item Specifics Changes

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay made a surprise announcement on Tuesday: it had began making updates to several categories, and, as far as we can determine, with no prior warning. Sellers have come to dread the consolidating changes eBay makes to categories and Item Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay category changes, eBay Item Specifics2 Comments

eBay Shipping Label System Crashed Tuesday Evening

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay sellers were unable to print shipping labels on Tuesday evening. The Technical Issues board was inundated with reports of problems beginning around 3:30 pm. eBay displayed the following message when sellers tried to print labels: “Something went wrong. Sorry, Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay glitch, eBay shipping labels1 Comment

eBay Boasts New Lower USPS Rates While Warning of Higher UPS Rates

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay announced cheaper USPS Priority Mail rates for sellers who print shipping labels through its eBay Labels program. Beginning September 26, the new rates for select weights and zones will be “up to $1.02 lower than Commercial Pricing.” That indicates Read more

News, ShippingeBay Shipping, eBay shipping labels, UPS, USPS2 Comments

eBay’s Chief Technology Officer Discusses AI, Competition, and Uncertain Times

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay has 1.6 billion listings live on its marketplaces, the company’s Chief Technology Officer told the host of the Modern CTO podcast, Joel Beasley. Mazen Rawashdeh said that volume gives eBay massive data that helps serve the purpose of eBay: Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAI, eBay, Mazen Rawashdeh

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