The Postal Service is adding faster-delivery options through its relatively new USPS Ground Advantage and Connect offerings. On January 6, 2025, the Postal Service announced its plans to offer same-day and next-day solutions, but they come with some limitations. USPS Read more
An Amazon moderator confirmed that a seller trying to describe the scent of a candle in their listing would not be allowed to do so. The seller posted an exchange they had had with Seller Support in which they explained Read more
The USPS said it would begin accepting mail and packages bound for Canada beginning Monday, January 6, 2025. Canada Post employees had gone on strike in mid-November and were forced back to work in mid-December. But because of the backlog Read more
Amazon is moving Prime Exclusive Discounts to the Price Discounts tool, but sellers are upset because they will no longer be able to use features previously available to them. “Would you please enable bulk uploads for Price Discount,” a seller Read more
President Biden declared January 9, 2025, a day of mourning to honor former President Jimmy Carter who passed away on Sunday. Federal government offices will be closed. Sellers should be aware that given recent history, the USPS may suspend service Read more
Etsy sent an email to shoppers on December 27, 2024, telling them they were “a gigantic part of what makes this community so extraordinary!” and linking to a page of Etsy’s “faves of 2024.” It didn’t detail how it determined Read more
Weeks after Alibaba consolidated all of its domestic- and international-ecommerce business units to defend against the likes of Temu, it is partnering with Shinsegae Group in Korea, which owns E-Mart’s ecommerce platform Gmarket, formerly owned by eBay. The two companies Read more
Businesses, including many online sellers, must register with the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) soon or face significant fines due to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) passed at the end of the last administration. (See update below.) Read more
Sellers are reeling after Amazon dropped a bombshell announcement on those who use FBA to store and fulfill their inventory. One reader told us, “Now FBA is going to make it worse when they lose things, which happens on the Read more
After a 4-year break from the corporate world, Scott Schenkel is back in the C-suite, this time as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at travel company Expedia. In 2019, eBay’s then CFO Scott Schenkel was forced to take the helm as Read more
