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
Some sellers have begun reporting that they have been suddenly opted in to eBay’s Global Shipping Program (GSP) without their knowledge, such as the seller on this eBay discussion board thread, and the seller who filed the following report on Read more
BigCommerce notified sellers who use its email-hosting service that it is discontinuing it at the end of the month. A spokesperson said BigCommerce made the decision to focus on its role as ecommerce platform now that there are numerous email-hosting Read more
Teikametrics, a service that helps Amazon sellers and brands “algorithmically” optimize their advertising on the marketplace, has created a directory of pre-verified Amazon seller services and solutions providers. The new agency directory allows its 2,000 Amazon merchants to connect seamlessly Read more
