Amazon.com grew sales 24% to $70 billion in the third quarter of 2019, the company announced today. Of interest to sellers, it included in third-quarter highlights the following: “Since the beginning of the year, Amazon has launched more than 150 Read more
Holiday shoppers plan to spend 4% more this year than last, including online and offline purchases, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s annual shopper survey conducted with Prosper Insights & Analytics More than half of consumers surveyed (56 percent) Read more
eBay Inc. reported third quarter 2019 results on Wednesday, showing revenue of $2.6 billion – flat, on an as-reported basis and increasing 2% on a foreign exchange (FX) neutral basis. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $21.7 billion was down 4% Read more
Amazon has added thousands of new locations for free package pickup nationwide. New partners include GNC, Health Mart and Stage Stores. Since its US launch in June 2019, Amazon Hub Counter has brought in tens of thousands of Amazon customers Read more
eBay is urging people to be on the lookout for early mentions of holiday shopping, known as “holiday creep,” as part of its new marketing campaign. With its Holiday Jargon Jar, it will donate a dollar every time a retailer Read more
Amazon added two countries to Linked accounts and Build International Listings. That means pro sellers who wish to reach Australia and the UAE can do so at discounted rates and can access all of their selling accounts with one sign-in. Read more
Adobe is expanding support for Amazon for small- and medium-sized sellers who use the Magento commerce platform, one of several announcements made at the MagentoLiveEurope 2019 conference going on this week in Amsterdam. On Friday, Adobe also announced enhancements to Read more
eBay updated sellers last night on two technical issues that have been plaguing the site for a week, but it made no mention of the issue impacting sellers enrolled in Managed Payments who have been waiting for their payments for Read more
eBay UK announced on Monday it was updating its Money Back Guarantee and Abusive Buyer policy. It appears to be a reminder of the pending changes it announced on September 4, 2019, as part of the eBay UK Fall Seller Read more
Online sellers who rely on Stamps.com to manage shipping now have a choice beyond USPS postage. Stamps.com is opening its platform to USPS rival UPS. Stamps.com had made big news in February when its CEO Ken McBride said he no Read more
