How do you hold a large corporation – and its executives – accountable for deceiving customers? Last week, the FTC was satisfied with a multi-billion dollar fine and restitution to consumers without forcing the alleged “culprits” (Amazon and two of Read more
The Canadian Federal government is planning to cut postal services, including the elimination of door-to-door delivery. In response, Canada Post union workers went on strike immediately. Both developments have an impact on online sellers inside and outside of Canada. Canadians Read more
Walmart will run a sale the same week Amazon is running its Prime Big Deal Days. Unlike Amazon, Walmart’s sale is not limited to its Plus members, writing in its announcement, “No Membership Required.” Amazon is running this year’s Prime Read more
Following eBay’s acquisition of Caramel in February, “an end-to-end online automotive transaction solution provider,” eBay will acquire consumer-to-consumer social marketplace Tise, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It did not not disclose financial terms of either deal. eBay said it expects to Read more
Two powerhouses in ecommerce will join forces as tech companies race to build AI agentic services, which some say will replace search engines as the starting point of shoppers’ journeys. Google tapped PayPal as a payment solution within Google’s core Read more
Online sellers will be squeezed between holiday shoppers looking for deals and discounts, and shipping carriers who are instituting peak-season fees, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx – as well as Amazon’s FBA, MCF, and Buy with Prime fulfillment services. USPS Read more
eBay and Etsy are making changes to some of their legal agreements. eBay updated its API License Agreement for third-party developers, including adding restrictions to the use of AI content. And Etsy is updating its Payments, Privacy and Cookies policies, Read more
Amazon’s agentic AI-powered Seller Assistant tool that it introduced last year can now reason, plan, and help sellers take action, the company planned to announce today at its Accelerate seller conference. The company made bold claims about how Seller Assistant Read more
Amazon announced the date of its 4th annual Prime Big Deal Days, boasting it would include “millions of early deals exclusively for Prime members” in Monday’s announcement. It’s Amazon’s first sale exclusively for Prime members since restricting how shoppers could Read more
eBay is promoting its Express Payouts with a promotion giving a 50% discount to sellers who sign up – but only for their first 5 express payouts (a feature that gives sellers access to their funds within 30 minutes). When Read more
