Etsy said it’s been working behind the scenes to provide more accurate estimates for when buyers should expect their orders to arrive. In a post last week, Etsy described how it calculates estimated delivery dates that it displays to buyers: Read more
Just a few weeks ago, Amazon and some other retailers and marketplaces told Wall Street they weren’t sure what kind of fourth-quarter growth to expect with all the economic uncertainty. But aggregated sales data for Black Friday (November 25, 2022) Read more
Walmart recently told branded merchants who sell on its marketplace about a program that lets them pay for product reviews through Plum’s Field Agent program for $15 per review. In a recent post, Walmart explained: “Field Agent can help you Read more
Sellers of all sizes deal with rivals copying their products and listings, but on Friday, a large merchant discovered someone had begun selling goods using his well-established store brand. Remarkably, credit card companies were processing payments on behalf of the Read more
Sellers optimize listings for the marketplaces on which they sell. But since platforms also send feeds to Google Shopping automatically to help attract shoppers, it behooves sellers to give some thought to optimizing their marketplace listings for third-party search engines. Read more
eBay’s new General Manager of the US Marketplace Adam Ireland announced eBay is running a campaign this season to celebrate sellers: “To further support your entrepreneurial creativity and drive, this season we’re running a seller-centric campaign entitled “Home of Small Read more
Mercari launched a new feature this week called bundle offers. It pitched it as helpful for shoppers, but sellers will benefit as well. With bundle offers, buyers can send an offer on multiple items from a single seller. “Just add Read more
eBay is putting a new twist on an old strategy this holiday-shopping season. It’s running flash sales where it subsidizes the discounts, as it did a few years ago, but this month’s promotions are much more restrictive. In 2018, eBay Read more
eBay executives have talked a lot about its strategy of targeting “high-value” and “enthusiast” buyers, but what does that mean exactly? eBay’s Chief Business and Strategy Officer Stefanie Jay explained what the latter term meant and provided some examples during Read more
Amazon is running a promotion to show how it supports small businesses on its platform in the UK. The “Small Business, Big Experiences” campaign offers customers the opportunity to purchase unique experiences for the price of just one product. Amazon Read more
