Etsy introduced promoted listings on its Depop marketplace, which it acquired last year for $1.6 billion (primarily cash). The ads are called Boosted Listings, and sellers will pay 8% whenever any of their boosted listings sell. Etsy has to show Read more
As it has for the past two holiday seasons, Walmart is planning to bring holiday shopping forward by holding Black Friday sales throughout the month of November. Walmart “Black Friday Deals for Days” will run every Monday next month, kicking Read more
The parent company of major shipping services used by online sellers has expanded its agreement with the USPS. Auctane operates ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShippingEasy, ShipEngine, ShipWorks, Metapack, Endicia, and other services. On Wednesday, Auctane said its newly expanded enterprise-wide agreement with Read more
eBay emailed customers today offering them a chance to “Get an extra 20% off tech and toys.” But not all items in those categories are on sale. The email linked to a landing page featuring listings eligible for the coupon. Read more
Three years after buying shopping-tool developer Honey for $4 billion, PayPal is rebranding and consolidating the Honey Gold rewards program into its own programs. The new PayPal Rewards connects PayPal’s merchant offers, cash back savings, and shopping products into one Read more
Amazon introduced a tool last fall called Product Opportunity Explorer in beta, and it made it available to all sellers in June. The idea behind it is to point Amazon’s army of sellers to ways they can fill unmet customer Read more
If the goal of the Amazon Prime Early Access Sale was to get shoppers to go bargain hunting for holiday gifts early this year, it may have been a success. Amazon said “tens of millions” of Prime members shopped during Read more
In some cases, shoppers searching Google can buy items from Etsy sellers without ever visiting the Etsy website thanks to the Google Partner Checkout program. Etsy told sellers on Friday that listings selected for its Etsy Offsite Ads program may Read more
Visa launched a new solution designed to help content creators get faster access to their funds and accept donations and tips from their audiences. The Visa Ready Creator Commerce program is a solution for platforms that host creators. “Through the Read more
It may feel like everything is more expensive than it was a year ago, but data from Adobe shows there’s a big difference between the cost of essential goods versus nonessential items compared to last year. Overall, the Adobe Digital Read more
