Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon warned sellers about higher shipping costs during the holidays, pointing to the USPS temporary rate hike that takes effect in October, and sellers responded with their reactions. “Amazon must increase the 3.99 per item […]
Etsy is soliciting questions from sellers about marketing their Etsy shops during the upcoming holiday season. Sellers can submit their questions on a dedicated thread on the Etsy boards, and its merchandising team will respond. […]
Any marketplace seller who has had their account suspended understands the feeling of desperation and sense of urgency to get reinstated. But some Amazon merchants were driven to use consultants that the government accused on […]
Amazon launched a new policy compliance dashboard called Account Health Rating (AHR) for professional sellers. It is designed to act as a warning signal to sellers whose accounts may be in jeopardy due to policy […]
Etsy added provisions to its Search & Advertisement Ranking Disclosures policy on September 15th: Frequency Capping: to limit the number of times the same listing or shop appears at the top of results for a […]
Each holiday season, Amazon extends its returns policy to give shoppers confidence that gifts bought early may still be returned after Christmas. This year, it’s making the policy even more generous to buyers, leaving some […]
PayPal says the waist-up fashion trend is real as people do remote videos while working from home due to Covid-19. PayPal surveyed 1,000 fashion retailers and found they were seeing an increase in sales of […]
Merchants should prepare for an onslaught of sales this holiday season as consumers reallocate spending, according to PingPong Payments. “As the holiday season begins, shoppers more familiar with navigating digital spaces as a result of […]
Amazon opened over 75 new fulfillment, sortation centers, regional air hubs, and delivery stations in the US and Canada in 2020, and this month alone it is opening 100 new buildings, according to its Senior […]
FedEx will raise rates in January for ground and air shipments, as well as freight, it announced Monday. The carrier said rates will rise an average of 4.9%, but the changes vary across services. On […]