As promised, the USPS is raising rates twice a year instead of once, and beginning July 10, 2022, it will cost more to mail a letter or send a package via Media Mail. The USPS characterized the change to First Read more
Consumers buy and sell used goods on eBay (“pre-owned” items) primarily for financial reasons, but sustainability is also important, according to eBay’s second annual Recommerce Report. eBay said 72% of responding sellers believed that buying pre-owned had become more common, Read more
Consumers have returned to in-store shopping while continuing to shop online, according to Numerator’s Shopping Behavior Index. It also found that while the Home Improvement category is down, Alcohol sales are up. “Overall, consumers are making more shopping trips and Read more
eBay Senior Vice President Jordan Sweetnam briefed sellers on trends that are driving shopping behavior. In a post on Monday, he talked about supply chain disruptions, high gas prices, the return of workers to the office, and other trends that Read more
Amazon warned sellers against entering buyers’ homes, citing a new “home entry compliance enforcement policy” that will be implemented starting May 15, 2022, which states “items must be delivered only to the customer’s porch, driveway, or garage.” The reaction from Read more
An eBay seller who uses the CrazyLister listing tool filed an Ecommerce EKG alert yesterday reporting the service had been down for 5 days due to an eBay API problem. CrazyLister documented the ongoing problem on its website: As of Read more
ShopGoodwill.com launched its first-ever mobile app. A spokesperson for Goodwill of Orange County, which owns and operates the online store, said it is competing with major players in online secondhand shopping, including ThredUp, Poshmark and The Real Real. While Goodwill’s Read more
In a small corner of the ecommerce world, some sellers have been sounding the alarm over the USPS decision to price mailing tubes and other long packages out of the market. The move shows a new approach the USPS is Read more
Etsy published statistics on the 5.3 million sellers who sold $12.2 billion of goods on Etsy in 2021. “Notably, 79% of Etsy sellers are women, 84% are businesses of one, and 95% operate from their homes,” a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes. Read more
On the last day of eBay’s fiscal 1st quarter, its General Manager of the UK marketplace thanked sellers and recapped recent changes it had made in response to seller feedback. Murray Lambell posted a message that began by telling sellers Read more
