Amazon falsely flagged listings as being miscategorized as “Seeds and Plants,” with many sellers reporting that bots misidentifying items including sporting goods, an industrial thread locker, shoes, toys, clothing, candy, books, and curtain rods included in the takedown notices. In Read more
eBay’s head of Global Collectibles announced he is stepping down shy of his 2-year anniversary. Gene Cook, known as a “boomerang” employee because he returned to eBay after a previous stint at the company, said he saw the recent deal Read more
Visiting the eBay Vault now advises visitors that it has been replaced by PSA Vault, now the official vault for eBay. “We’re partnering with PSA for a more seamless experience,” the page states. eBay announced in April that it had Read more
People are shopping more in July than they used to thanks to deals days, which Amazon made popular through its annual Prime Day sale. A survey of 1,017 people conducted by Ipsos for Google (May 31 – June 2, 2024) Read more
The eBay 2024 Summer Seller Update is live on the eBay website and includes changes to advertising; international shipping; auction payments; the messaging interface; and changes to the User Agreement. eBay put the changes into four buckets; some of the Read more
Last year, Walmart ran its “Walmart Plus Week” sale in July, overlapping Amazon Prime Day. This year, Walmart Plus Week was held in June, but it will run another sale called “Walmart Deals” in July – a week before Prime Read more
Amazon revealed that this year’s Prime Day sale will take place in 3 weeks, on July 16 – 17, 2024. It will be Amazon’s 10th Prime Day event, and executive Dharmesh Mehta said in a post on LinkedIn that Prime Read more
The USPS instituted surcharge fees for long and awkward packages in 2022, and this year, it is proposing changes to the fee structure. Most significantly, it wants to make surcharges zone-based, so non-standard packages shipped across the country would cost Read more
Over 200,000 sellers have used one of Amazon’s generative AI listing tools, with over 30,000 of them from the EU, according to Dharmesh Mehta, Vice President of Amazon’s Selling Partner Services. In a post on LinkedIn on Thursday, Mehta pointed Read more
Etsy will proceed with its plans to retire the old listing form on June 25th, but said it had made some improvements to the new listing form after sellers raised concerns about missing functionality in the new form. Etsy acknowledged Read more
