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
Shippo is expanding its ecommerce shipping platform internationally with a new R&D center in Ireland. The new facility will help the company support merchants looking for a global end-to-end shipping solution. In its press release announcing the news, Shippo touted Read more
Some sellers are feeling the fallout from lawsuits Amazon filed last month against two websites it claimed were attempting to profit from generating “misleading and fraudulent reviews.” Amazon began removing some listings for sellers’ products featured on one of those Read more
Did you know that taxpayers who accepted virtual currency for payments in 2021 for goods or services must answer yes to a question at the top of IRS Form 1040 that reads: “At any time during 2021, did you receive, Read more
eBay sellers recently reported that some USPS postal carriers had begun limiting the number of packages they would scan upon pick-up to five. Leaving some packages unscanned is problematic for sellers who must prove to customers and to marketplaces that Read more
The USPS delivered the second in a series of talking points for employees to help them explain to others the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “Delivering for America” 10-year plan. The USPS sent the 6-by-4-inch postcards to employees focusing on its Read more
People will search for bargains as they set out to do their Easter shopping this year, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) in early March. A total of 80 percent of Americans will celebrate the Read more
