Starting today, Amazon will begin offering PayPal’s Venmo service as a new payment option for shoppers in the US. A spokesperson for PayPal told EcommerceBytes that it will become available to all Amazon shoppers in the US by Black Friday. Read more
Etsy will be devoting next week to helping sellers learn how to improve their listings by offering critiques of real-life listings. Sellers can voluntarily submit one of their listings on Monday to be considered for critiques, which will be going Read more
Online sellers of a certain size may end up owing income tax in more than one state. Tax guru and small-business expert Barbara Weltman, founder of Big Ideas for Small Business, Inc., delved into this issue to see what merchants Read more
eBay executives are speaking at this week’s Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas about how marketplaces will move money in the future. eBay’s Director of Global Business Development – Payments Shalu Attri will speak on a panel, “How Marketplaces Will Read more
Shop early if you want to save money on holiday gifts this year, according to RetailMeNot’s shopping expert Kristin McGrath – in case you hadn’t noticed, Black Friday sales have crept their way from Thanksgiving all the way into October. Read more
Amazon will share information about new programs at a Holiday Season Seller Success Summit event next week – but if you don’t attend the live session, you’ll miss out, as Amazon will not be making the virtual event available for Read more
A recent study from ShipStation shows consumers are looking to cut back on spending in certain categories during the holiday shopping season. But the same study finds merchants are considering increasing delivery costs and extending delivery timeframes. ShipStation said that’s Read more
Amazon continues its offense against those who try to monetize fake reviews on its marketplace. It issued another press release on Thursday detailing its recent efforts including its first criminal complaint in Italy and its first lawsuit in Spain. Amazon Read more
Etsy introduced promoted listings on its Depop marketplace, which it acquired last year for $1.6 billion (primarily cash). The ads are called Boosted Listings, and sellers will pay 8% whenever any of their boosted listings sell. Etsy has to show Read more
As it has for the past two holiday seasons, Walmart is planning to bring holiday shopping forward by holding Black Friday sales throughout the month of November. Walmart “Black Friday Deals for Days” will run every Monday next month, kicking Read more
