The USPS continues to shake up services popular with online sellers as it looks to cut costs and streamline operations. On Friday, it issued an industry alert detailing the end of Priority Mail Regional Rate. Readers had discussed in September Read more
Many items are already showing post-Christmas estimated delivery dates, eBay warned sellers in the UK on Wednesday and suggested they use couriers to fulfill orders – though it didn’t suggest who should pay for the expedited delivery costs. “By opting Read more
eBay is betting its investments in fitment technology will pay off – if it can get sellers in its eBay Motors Parts & Accessories category to adopt it. In an email on Thursday, eBay dangled a significant carrot: free returns Read more
Amazon redesigned fulfillment reports for sellers who use its FBA fulfillment service, it announced on Thursday, and it added a report scheduling feature. Amazon FBA business reports provide data to help sellers track how their business is performing. The Amazon Read more
Amazon will no longer absorb certain costs involved with returns, it informed sellers on Wednesday. “Starting January 14, sellers will be responsible for any carrier shipping correction charges on customer returns of seller-fulfilled orders caused by incorrect return label information.” Read more
eBay informed sellers the major shipping carriers are doing a good job of managing peak volumes and is giving Saturday shippers a Christmas Eve break. eBay told sellers that shipping carrier networks are mostly in good shape and said they Read more
Talk about impulse shopping – Walmart launched a new feature on Wednesday that lets customers shop by simply sending a text. The company quoted a shopper who explained how it would make her life easier: “When different things pop into Read more
A man arrested and accused of being part of a ring that smuggled goods to Europe bound for Russia also happened to run an Etsy shop with his wife from their suburban home in New Hampshire, according to media reports. Read more
People will be shopping in force online and in-person on “Super Saturday,” according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which falls on December 17. And while the window is closing for online sellers to fulfill items in time to Christmas Read more
eBay is giving away a $200 eBay gift card to eight lucky sellers as part of its eBay Holiday Hustle Sweepstakes. All that’s required of sellers to enter for a chance to win is to share on Facebook information about Read more
