Amazon is helping sellers diagnose their account health with a new “holistic” metric so they can see if their account is in danger of suspension for accumulated policy violations. The new version of the Account Health Rating (AHR) metric does Read more
In early 2021, Etsy launched a program that gave buyers the opportunity to make a donation to the Uplift Fund when checking out. This week, its third-party payment processor that powers the feature announced that ten million Etsy buyers had Read more
eBay expanded its authentication service to a fifth category – jewelry, joining authentication services offered in its sneakers, watches, handbags, and trading cards categories. (Be sure to see update below – eBay is raising fees in the jewelry category, it Read more
eBay has a new head of business development for its affiliate program. David Ferrell joined eBay last month and, according to his bio, is charged with spearheading the growth of eBay’s Partner Network base by identifying and onboarding new, strategic Read more
One year after acquiring online marketplace Depop, Etsy is putting one of its own in charge. Kruti Patel Goyal, currently Etsy’s Chief Product Officer, will become CEO of the global fashion resale marketplace (based in London), effective September 12th. Depop’s Read more
An article in Linn’s Stamp News on Friday had online sellers scrambling to find out if they would lose postage discounts when they purchase USPS labels on online marketplaces and postage providers. Amazon told EcommerceBytes on Saturday that the end Read more
Cash flow problems are a fact of life for small businesses, regardless of how profitable their businesses may be. For online sellers, marketplaces can exacerbate the problem through their payout practices (not immediately releasing to sellers the proceeds of their Read more
Etsy visitors must first land on a seller’s shop or listing before seeing videos the seller has uploaded to the site, but Etsy has created a portal called Explore that lets shoppers browse sellers’ videos for inspiration. Etsy added the Read more
eBay’s shipping policy is clear: “Sellers must ship items within the handling time stated in their listing, using the shipping service the buyer selected at checkout.” But eBay sellers were buzzing early this month when they noticed a change in Read more
Amazon announced on Friday it would begin delivering packages to customers in College Station, Texas by drones later this year. The news follows on the heels of its announcement last month that it would offer drone delivery to customers in Read more
