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
Did you know that 92% of people are open to receiving a secondhand gift but only one-third are actually gifting secondhand? That’s according to shopping platform Poshmark. It’s launching a new campaign to designate the Sunday after Thanksgiving, “Secondhand Sunday.” Read more
Pitney Bowes announced new fees for ecommerce services. Beginning January 1, 2023, rates will rise by 6.5%. The 6.5% general rate increase applies to the following services: The company said it has maintained competitive prices amid inflationary pressures, rising labor Read more
Congress has 43 days to act to protect casual online sellers and microbusinesses from “unfair tax and privacy burdens,” according to a coalition of online marketplaces. The countdown clock appears on 1099kfairness.org, the website of lobbying group Coalition for 1099-K Read more
Sales of styles like the Balenciaga Le Cagole and Chanel 22 are up triple-digits on eBay year-over-year in the US and Canada in 2022. That’s just one of the statistics eBay released this week as it works to draw attention Read more
Nearly 60% of the items sold on Amazon come from third-party sellers, but it will cost more for sellers to store their items in Amazon Fulfillment Centers beginning in January. All sellers pay referral fees (a percentage of the total Read more
It’s been common for many years now for brands and retailers to open temporary “pop-up stores” in big cities around the holidays, but this year eBay put a unique twist on the concept. The eBay Luxury Exchange in New York Read more
The US Postal Service confirmed it would no longer be making Regional Rate-sized boxes available to shippers once it does away with the service in January. That means sellers will have to look for alternative shipping services and supplies, with Read more
Amazon launched a new program to protect sellers from having their accounts deactivated while trying to resolve problems. Many sellers heralded the move, which Amazon announced on Wednesday as follows: “Today, we are launching Account Health Assurance, a new benefit Read more
Amazon is out with its new Christmas campaign in the UK, unveiling a 60-second TV commercial that debuted on Monday during the iconic soap opera Coronation Street. Amazon’s EU General Manager of Marketing Ed Smith said of the commercial, “We’re Read more
