eBay will begin collecting sales tax for four additional states: Hawaii, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. eBay said, “Regardless of your physical location, if you sell to buyers in certain states, those states may require you to collect applicable taxes on Read more
Amazon shipping requirements for third-party sellers received attention on Monday when the Wall Street Journal wrote, “Amazon Blocks Sellers from Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments: Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into the final holiday push.” There’s Read more
Amazon has issued several warnings about scams that target online sellers, indicating it’s taking the problems seriously and wants its third-party sellers to do the same. The warnings issued to sellers, all published this month, cover three issues. The first, Read more
The lines between ecommerce and brick-and-mortar continue to blur. Not only can shoppers return ecommerce orders to some department stores, shoppers can now sell certain items inside some stores. Neiman Marcus has opened selling studios inside four of its stores Read more
eBay Motors launched a new mobile app to make buying and selling vehicles easier, touting an “optimized shopping and selling journey.” Car owners can snap a photo of their license plate, and eBay will auto-populate fields with details about the Read more
Departing PayPal executive Bill Ready confirmed via Twitter he’s heading to Google as its new President of Commerce. Indications of what this means for Google can be found on his LinkedIn bio, where he states in a nutshell, “Creating the Read more
Amazon boasted it will be able to deliver millions of items with fast and free delivery through Christmas Eve, giving Santa’s reindeer a run for their money. The company issued a press release detailing the dates Prime customers can order Read more
eBay, Amazon, and retailers are weighing in on the latest developments regarding a North American trade deal. The US, Canada, and Mexico renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) late last year, and on Tuesday, House Democrats and the Read more
eBay reached a major milestone this month, surpassing $1 billion in cumulative “Gross Merchandise Bought” (GMB) through its Buy APIs over the past 3 years. The head of eBay’s developer program Gail Frederick touted the statistic in a post on Read more
Mercari officially announced its authentication service today. Mercari Authenticate charges sellers $15 to have a third-party authenticator assess their handbags. Interestingly the authentication is done “virtually” – rather than shipping their item to Mercari Authenticate, sellers submit photos of their Read more
