When briefing Wall Street analysts on Thursday about Etsy’s fourth-quarter financials, CEO Josh Silverman took a moment to acknowledge Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that day, which he said weighed heavily on all of them. “I wanted to acknowledge our hearts Read more
Amazon launched a New Seller Incentives program today to attract new sellers and get them on a path to success using a variety of its programs that help create “the perfect launch.” Eligibility in a nutshell: new Professional sellers who Read more
Amazon will change how it notifies sellers of buyer cancellation requests, it announced Monday. It will no longer send notifications through the messaging system, and sellers commenting on the change said it spells trouble ahead. The change will go into Read more
eBay will hold its annual seller conference in September this year. The 3-day online-only event will take place the week of September 19th. eBay’s Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Seller Community for eBay North America Andrea Stairs announced Read more
In Part 3 of the Seller Satisfaction survey on eBay visibility, EcommerceBytes presents the findings on the tools sellers use to increase traffic to their listings. eBay sellers had quite a bit to say about tools in our recent Seller Read more
Amazon introduced FBA storage limits in 2018 to avoid having its Fulfillment Centers act as long-term storage warehouses for sellers. Amazon announced a new pilot program today (February 24) that offers certain sellers who have limits a way to bid Read more
Shopify will run tests on how its merchants find third-party solutions, and the ecommerce platform will share the results of those experiments with third-party developers. Unlike traditional online marketplaces like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy, which are virtually closed platforms, Shopify Read more
Walmart is offering an incentive to entice sellers to try its WFS fulfillment service, which it launched two years ago in February 2020. The company’s Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs told Wall Street analysts last week that the expansion of Read more
eBay announced a new integration with QuickBooks, a service many small businesses use for bookkeeping and accounting purposes. It appears that since eBay rolled out Managed Payments, sellers had to use OneSaas to integrate with QuickBooks. (Parent company Intuit acquired Read more
The Postal Service launched new USPS Connect services today aimed at business shippers, but will the four new offerings appeal to online sellers? The first of four Connect services launching today in select locations offers next-day delivery to local addresses Read more
