Amazon said independent businesses on its platform experienced 60% growth year-over-year over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday (BFCM) weekend, surpassing $4.8 billion in worldwide sales. Nearly all of them were small and medium-sized businesses, Amazon said. It shared the data in Read more
eBay said it broke all sales records for the Cyber 5 weekend spanning the 5-day period that included Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2020), Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. eBay executive Jordan Sweetnam said in a post this week that success Read more
Walmart told marketplace sellers they can now initiate disputes for returns directly from the Payments dashboard in Seller Center instead of relying on the Seller Help dispute process. And, “Instead of having to manually enter all information, everything you need Read more
Mercari is giving away Christmas trees in three cities this month to promote its local selling service called Mercari Now, which it refers to as “Local selling without the meetup.” “This holiday season, we want to make the little things Read more
eBay has not been taking into account weekend days when calculating estimated delivery dates in sellers’ listings, it said in a post on Thursday. It will be changing that shortcoming – sellers will now have the option of adding weekend Read more
Bonanza is kicking off a sitewide sale on December 3rd, and it invited all sellers to participate by creating a coupon with the code, BonanzaHolidays2020. Although the coupon code will share the same name as other sellers, the discount an Read more
FedEx is acquiring ShopRunner in a move to expand its ecommerce capabilities. ShopRunner is a little bit like “Amazon Prime for the rest of us,” a membership program that offers free 2-day shipping, free returns, and other benefits when buying Read more
Walmart is removing the $35 shipping minimum for website orders for members of its Walmart+ membership program. The retailer explained: “Walmart+ members will receive free next-day and two-day shipping on items shipped by Walmart no matter the basket total. Prices Read more
The government accused two Amazon sellers of altering postage labels resulting in a $6 million loss to the USPS. The US Attorney’s Office charged the men by complaint with one count each of theft of government funds and one count Read more
eBay hired Julie Loeger to become its Global Chief Growth Officer starting in January. She spent 29 years at financial services company Discover, an indication of eBay’s focus as it continues the transition to Managed Payments. Chief Growth Officer is Read more
