A new report says the growth rate of ecommerce is slowing as it matures, while consumer expectations for seamless delivery and returns are higher than ever. ShipStation’s parent company Auctane and research firm Retail Economics surveyed 8,000 consumers and 400 Read more
Before Amazon runs its big Prime Day sales event each summer, it runs a spring sale in March that is open to all customers, not just Prime members. Amazon has run spring sales in Europe annually, and last year, it Read more
USPS offers patrons a way to purchase shipping labels online through its Click-N-Ship program. Those using it have until February 20th to migrate over to a new version, the “enhanced” Click-N-Ship application. Online sellers generally use services that offer multi-carrier, Read more
Sellers prepare: the USPS will apply Nonstandard Fees to more types of packages in July. On April 3, 2022, the USPS introduced two brand-new types of fees, and this year, it will expand the surcharges so they apply to more Read more
Amazon is testing a new feature that will send mobile shoppers to brands’ own websites when they can’t find the item on the Amazon marketplace. “We’re now testing a new shopping experience in beta where we’ll show select products in Read more
If things were quiet in your Etsy shop this morning, it could be due to a glitch that prevented people from opening your listings. Etsy experienced a major glitch on Monday morning starting after 10:30 am Eastern that lasted until Read more
Amazon is obsessed with showing shoppers accurate delivery estimates. As a result, Amazon changed how sellers’ Order Handling Capacity settings are set. As of February 7, Amazon will automatically set a threshold that is a conservative estimate of the volume Read more
eBay sellers were poised to update the item condition of used clothing on February 4th to comply with a new policy, but learned that day that eBay was delaying the rollout until the middle of the month. Currently when listing Read more
Amazon grew sales 10% in the fourth quarter 2024, year-over-year. North America segment sales increased 10% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 8% year-over-year (or 9% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). And AWS segment sales increased 19% year-over-year. For the Read more
The USPS is temporarily suspending package acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Letters and flats will not be impacted. (See update below.) Because the language states the US Postal Service is suspending “acceptance” of Read more
