The USPS is discontinuing the medium size tubes for shipping long narrow items effective immediately, but shippers can order them while supplies last. The Postal Service said it based the decision to stop offering the “Dual-Use Priority Mail/Priority Mail Express Read more
eBay invited some sellers to participate in a survey, but there’s an unusual twist – participants must be willing to upload videos of themselves. A seller who received the email posted the invitation because they weren’t sure if it was Read more
The Better Business Bureau lets consumers leave reviews for and file complaints against businesses, but now the BBB has teamed up with one of those businesses to crack down on fake reviews. Amazon announced on Thursday it has filed a Read more
Mercari told news service Nikkei it has no plans to withdraw from the US market after it confirmed layoffs in the US. Nikkei reported that the Japan-based company laid off nearly half of the employees at its US subsidiary. Mercari’s Read more
Following a new marketplace trend, Etsy’s Depop platform is eliminating selling fees and shifting them to buyers, who will pay up to 5% of the item purchase price plus a fixed amount of up to $1. (It does not affect Read more
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts issued a press release on Thursday regarding the sentencing of a former eBay executive for his role in cyberstalking EcommerceBytes’ publishers. The Department of Justice press release follows: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Read more
Adobe said consumers spent $7.2 billion on July 16 (Tues.), the first day of the Prime Day event. That’s nearly 12% higher than last year and the biggest ecommerce day (and mobile shopping day) so far in 2024. Online sales Read more
eBay advised sellers that the US Postal Service is no longer supporting receipt of any FedEx Ground Economy shipments – the service formerly known as FedEx SmartPost. Effective July 14, 2024, sellers should not drop off their FedEx shipment to Read more
eBay is working with yet another financial services firm to offer working capital loans to sellers. On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, it announced Business Cash Advance, a new eBay Seller Capital revenue-based financing product provided by Liberis, a “global embedded Read more
Etsy announced this week it launched a new ad campaign consistent with its “Keep Commerce Human” theme, and in addition to new TV commercials, it’s featuring Etsy sellers in billboards in two cities: New York and London. A new home Read more
