Etsy, Amazon, and eBay recently announced their latest initiatives using AI (artificial intelligence) to improve their marketplaces. Etsy is using AI to personalize shopping; Amazon is using AI to crack down on counterfeits; and eBay is using AI to improve Read more
PayPal is running a marketing campaign to encourage customers to use PayPal at checkout. It includes TV commercials featuring comedian Will Ferrell promoting a new $10 million sweepstakes. “PayPal has been transforming checkout to make paying with PayPal fast, easy, Read more
Etsy offered advice to sellers on dealing with tariffs and told them that buyers may be required to pay tariffs and fees on packages that are shipped internationally. The marketplace explained that in certain cases, it would protect sellers if Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza is raising commission fees from 3.5% to 11%, and it’s imposing new fees on larger-volume shops (called booths). Currently, Bonanza charges a 25-cent transaction fee for sellers who don’t have an active membership subscription, plus a commission Read more
eBay launched a new simplified selling tool that features “Magical Listing AI Technology,” it announced on Wednesday. It’s available to US and UK sellers using the eBay mobile app. “eBay has simplified the listing experience, integrating our magical listing technology Read more
eBay is making a major change to its feedback system in the UK – it will automatically give positive feedback to sellers who meet certain criteria. eBay told UK sellers it was also updating its feedback removal policy “to better Read more
Walmart is holding its annual sale for members of its Plus membership program (Walmart+) the first week in May, which is more than two months before Amazon is expected to hold its annual Prime Day event in July. Walmart+ Week Read more
Amazon is not alone in placing products closer to the customer “to ensure that we have the right inventory, in the right places, at the right time,” but some Chinese distributors may be abandoning their strategy of storing goods in Read more
If Amazon doesn’t carry a particular product a shopper is searching for, it will now serve as a proxy to find the item elsewhere. Shoppers can then either go directly to the brand’s website, or have Amazon facilitate the sale Read more
Amazon’s answer to cheap-but-slow-to-arrive goods from sites like Temu is called Haul, and it’s now available on the desktop. Amazon Haul, launched in November in beta, was previously available only through the Amazon Shopping app and offers products with “ultra-low Read more
