Amazon said it is on track to open 33 new fulfillment centers in the US this year, which will increase peak fulfillment center standard-sized product storage capacity by nearly 35 million cubic feet more than last year. It also revealed Read more
USPS issued a reminder that it is retiring its Merchandise Return Service and Scan Based Payment services. Merchandise Return Service is for retailers who want to offer free returns to their customers. Sellers can now use “USPS Returns, which, as Read more
Nextdoor, a site for neighbors to network with each other online, has launched “Sell for Good.” The new program helps users support their local nonprofits by buying and selling items on Nextdoor’s For Sale & Free. Nextdoor launched the program Read more
eBay issued an important update for sellers about Managed Payments. It currently has “thousands” of sellers enrolled and using Managed Payments, where eBay acts as a payments intermediary, and on Thursday it said it notified “many more” that it will Read more
Amazon warned UK sellers who use its fulfillment service they would have to adjust their practices as a result of that country’s decision to leave the EU, known as Brexit. “While UK-EU negotiations are ongoing (including determining what tariffs, if Read more
“You’ve come a long way, baby” is an old advertising slogan that could apply to the Etsy sellers of the 2020s. A post on Wednesday about some tweaks Etsy made are indications of how different sellers are today compared to Read more
Facebook said a study of small businesses around the world shows they’re hurting as a result of COVID-19, and the social networking company vowed to help. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announced the availability of the Global State of Small Read more
Sellers who use ecommerce platform BigCommerce to host their stores now have access to an all-in-one payment solution after it launched a new integration with Adyen. BigCommerce’s 60,000 merchants will be able to offer local payment options and alternative payment Read more
Pitney Bowes launched its SendPro shipping solutions in the UK, it announced Tuesday. It launched SendPro in 2017, pitching it as a cloud-based service designed for small- and medium-sized business. SendPro+, the all-in-one shipping and mailing solution, makes it easy Read more
The US Postal Service confirmed it is developing a new business plan with an immediate focus on efficiency, though it did not address reports that surfaced over the weekend about new directives that could delay mail delivery. As we reported Read more
