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Year: 2026

Etsy to Work on Letting Sellers Appeal Listing Policy Violations

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 Ina Steiner
Etsy

Etsy offers account-level appeals, and this year, it’s going to expand listing-level appeals that are currently limited to appealing violations of its Creativity Standards. “Our goal is to have broad appeals coverage by the end of this year,” Etsy announced Read more

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New Amazon Handling-Time Rule Take Effect This Week

June 29, 2026June 29, 2026 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon’s new handling-time rule take effect today, June 29, 2026. The change, announced on May 27th, impacts seller-fulfilled orders. Sellers who don’t enable the Automated Handling Time feature must maintain accurate SKU-specific handling time – otherwise Amazon will take control Read more

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How Etsy Is Handling New European Fees

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 Ina Steiner
Etsy

The US ended the $800 de minimis on packages arriving to the US last year, meaning duties are due on those items. In Europe, the EU is eliminating de minimis on packages valued at €150 or less beginning July 1, Read more

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eBay Glitch Forces Sellers to Manually Request Their Funds

June 25, 2026June 28, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

Some eBay sellers expecting their weekly payout to arrive automatically on Tuesday were disappointed, with several threads popping up reporting the issue. “Any seller aware of a payout glitch,” asked one seller. Another replied that no one seemed to know, Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay glitch, eBay payouts2 Comments

eBay Advises Sellers on July 4th Holiday Protections

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

This year, Independence Day falls on a Saturday (July 4, 2026), which means government agencies and many companies will observe the holiday a day early – but not so the Post Office. According to the USPS website, it will observe Read more

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eBay Makes Updates to Seller Initiated Offers

June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay summarized recent updates it made to Seller Initiated Offers over the last months during Thursday’s “Summer Marketing Tactics” webinar. eBay Senior Product Manager Evan Swanson kicked off the session, saying eBay was making it easier to send offers as Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay Seller Initiated Offers2 Comments

eBay ‘Cost of Goods’ Data Disappears

June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay launched a new feature late last year that allowed sellers to record the cost of the items they list, but sellers began reporting over the past week that the data has disappeared. In one thread on the eBay discussion Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay cost of goods sold feature, eBay glitch or intentional1 Comment

New eBay Feature Lets Sellers Advertise All Listings at Once

June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay launched a new feature for sellers available in its mobile app called easy boost, calling it the “fastest way to promote your items”: “Easy boost is the fastest and easiest way to promote all of your items at once. Read more

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Amazon to Use AI to Enforce New Product Title Limits

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Ina Steiner

Eleven years ago, Amazon imposed limits on title length, and it used suppression in search to enforce the policy. This year, it’s making titles even shorter – and it will use AI to enforce the policy. In 2015, Amazon forced Read more

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eBay Provides Clarity on Promoted Store Ad Changes Announced in January

June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay announced changes to Promoted Stores ads on January 14, 2026, writing, “Choose a custom Promoted Stores landing page and manually select which items appear in your ads.” The announcement prompted many questions from sellers, and last week, on June Read more

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