Newegg is holding a seller summit in London in June with a focus on cross-border selling and catering to UK and EU companies wanting to sell into the US. The Seller Summit will examine how changes in global consumer behaviors Read more
Mercari’s payments subsidiary Merpay has entered into an alliance with another payment service with the goal of promoting a “cashless society,” beginning in Japan. Mercari Inc. established Merpay Inc. in November 2017 as a fully-owned subsidiary, and in February 2019, Read more
Etsy is making some changes to categories and attributes in April. Without further ado, here’s the March 28th announcement of forthcoming changes. Announcement follows: Updates to Listing Categories and Attributes on EtsyThere’s a ton of special items on Etsy, and Read more
eBay announced a crackdown in the UK on sellers who “misrepresent” their items’ location. The Item Location Misrepresentation policy states in part: “Buyers should have complete information about an item’s location so that they can be aware of all the Read more
Etsy sellers have long requested phone support, and this week it arrived. “We’re Just a Phone Call Away – Now you can give us a call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Learn more about our new phone Read more
eBay Canada expanded its Promoted Listings ads – now all Canadian sellers in good standing can participate in the paid-ad program. Previously sellers had to be Top Rated or be a Store subscriber in order to advertise their listings on Read more
Poshmark is telling sellers not to worry about sale tax compliance as it takes over the burden of collecting tax on all applicable transactions, a radical approach and the first marketplace to do so. Poshmark, a mobile app that lets Read more
Amazon is expanding its tech hub in Austin, Texas and will create 800 new tech jobs, and it will open a new 145,000 square-foot office in the city. The company revealed it employs over 20,000 people in its 17 Tech Read more
Etsy published two new posts on its Seller Handbook, one offering guidance on search, the other on Promoted Listing ads. In March 18th’s “Your Search Questions, Answered,” Etsy published answers to search questions from Sam Litt, who works on Etsy’s Read more
eBay launched a feature that enhances visual shopping capabilities on its mobile app. Jonathan Chard, Lead Product Manager of Mobile Experience at eBay, explained the feature in a post, “eBay Makes Visual Shopping More Intuitive While You Browse.” “Our newest Read more
