Amazon is pitching its DSP (Delivery Service Partner) program to its third-party merchants, telling them there’s “never been a better time to own your own business with Amazon as your partner.” (See update below.) Amazon had launched DSP in June Read more
Amazon made changes to its messaging system that buyers and sellers use to communicate with each other. Sellers can now create templates so they can send standard messages to shoppers. Another feature: Amazon automatically translates the text in messages to Read more
Around 100 Amazon merchants were victim to a six-month hack in 2018, according to Bloomberg, which said an “extensive” fraud let thieves steal cash from the merchants’ accounts. But rather than its own system being hacked, Amazon believes the merchants Read more
Etsy grew GMS – the value of goods third-party sellers sold on its marketplace – by 18.9% in the first three months of the year. But its own revenue grew a whopping 40.1% in the quarter, indicating sellers are paying Read more
eBay entered into a partnership with LiveAuctioneers, an online-auction platform for auction houses selling Fine Art, Antiques, and Collectibles. Unsold goods from the auction houses will now automatically list on eBay in fixed-price format. As part of the deal, inventory Read more
To spur its best buyers in the final week before Mother’s Day, eBay is running an eBay Bucks Promotion. The sale kicked off on May 6 and ends today, May 8th and is by invitation only. Members of the loyalty Read more
eBay expanded its home-based customer service program called eBay@Home, selecting Baton Rouge, Louisiana to be the second city to join the program. It is also expanding its Retail Revival initiative in the city – the sixth in the program. Announcement Read more
A mom is suing Etsy and a seller after her son was accidentally strangled to death in 2016 when wearing a teething necklace that a friend had purchased on Etsy. CBS covered the heartbreaking story after Etsy appeared in court Read more
This article from Internet Retailer caught our eye, “Online sales tax laws are generating far more revenue than expected.” It shows the Herculean task of keeping up with the ever-changing requirements imposed by states on online sellers who ship to, Read more
The USPS offers digital marketing solutions to merchants and businesses in some surprising new ways, and the Postmaster General highlighted some of them at a keynote address at this week’s National Postal Forum. “More than 2,000 mail senders are now Read more
