Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon added a badge next to products made by small-business brands and artisans in 2022, and this week it announced a new search filter to let shoppers more easily find such items. (See update below.) […]
Etsy is offering sellers in the Israel and Palestine region relief, confirming to EcommerceBytes that it had reached out directly to its seller community in the region to offer its support, including waiving fees, deferring […]
Shippo is offering a new shipping insurance program through a partnership with Cover Genius that includes protection from “porch pirates.” Shippo Total Protection provides merchants with comprehensive protection, global coverage and seamless claims handling, according […]
A solution to help sellers with tax season now supports sellers on Amazon and Poshmark in addition to eBay and Etsy. Seller Ledger stepped in earlier this year to fill the void left after GoDaddy […]
Etsy is adding a new feature in response to the increase in targeted emails directed at sellers by fraudsters. In an announcement on Monday, Etsy wrote: “We’ve recently seen increased reports from sellers who’ve received […]
Amazon is testing a “Consult-a-Friend” feature that lets customers “quickly and easily request, view, and manage your friends’ feedback on products within the Amazon Shopping app.” There’s nothing in the description that indicates sellers could […]
Amazon Handmade informed sellers it was shortening their Handling Times settings in an email this week titled, “Change to Default Handling Time options.” Its reasoning: it said 85% of the time, sellers fulfill orders within […]
Amazon teamed up with Microsoft to thwart scammers in India posing as employees of their respective firms, the most recent example of Amazon’s more aggressive actions against fraudsters in recent years. Amazon issued a press […]
A majority of consumers plan to shop online this holiday season and are shopping early to spread out their budget, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s latest consumer survey of 8,103 adult consumers between […]
Etsy is expanding managed payments to sellers in seven new countries in partnership with company Payoneer: Ukraine, India (exports only), Japan, Thailand, Argentina, Chile and Peru, the company announced on Tuesday. The marketplace began managing […]