A Brooklyn-based consultant who helped Amazon sellers get their accounts reinstated was sentenced on Friday to two years of probation, including a year of home confinement, and a $100,000 fine because, according to prosecutors, he “paid bribes for inside info Read more
Etsy is expanding its Make an Offer feature so shoppers can look for bargains not only for vintage goods, but handmade goods as well. The feature is being met with mixed reviews by sellers, but in Wednesday’s announcement, Etsy said Read more
eBay launched a beta version of Promoted Listings Advanced ads in 2021, and today it announced it has taken it out of beta testing and into general release. Unlike regular Promoted Listing Ads where sellers pay a fee only when Read more
“Launching Amazon Prime and independent sellers on Amazon were big bets that a lot of people didn’t understand at first. It’s the same thinking that we’re bringing to one of our latest big ideas, one that I’m incredibly excited about: Read more
Can the Postal Service handle the increased volume in case of a UPS disruption at the end of July? Jacqueline (Jakki) Krage Strako, USPS Chief Commerce and Business Solutions Officer, said, “Yes, we absolutely can.” Strako, who has worked her Read more
Collectors can now submit graded trading cards valued at $250+ from their personal collections directly – regardless of where they were purchased – to the eBay Vault. The eBay Vault is a service it launched last year in which eBay Read more
Etsy added weekend days to processing times, but unlike many changes marketplaces roll out where sellers must opt out if they don’t like them, with this change, it’s up to sellers to opt-in if they choose to. Cindy Baldassi, an Read more
The US Postal Service rolled out USPS Ground Advantage today, making a major change during what may be one of the busiest weeks of the summer as Amazon, Walmart, and Target kick off major sales this week. Third-party sellers who Read more
Prosecutors provided additional details about Ed Rosenberg’s role in the Amazon bribery scheme to which he pleaded guilty in federal court on March 30th to one count of conspiracy, when he admitted he had bribed Amazon employees. Rosenberg, a consultant Read more
Amazon is putting the “eye” in AI to help it detect damaged products so they won’t be shipped to customers. Scientists at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies in Germany are developing the technology, and the company hopes to deploy the damage-detection software Read more
