UPS will apply a surge fee to packages to the US coming from Asia, according to Supply Chain Dive, which said ten countries will have a $0.25 per-pound surge fee applied to shipments, and three countries – China, Hong Kong, Read more
You might not think of the New York Times as a premier sports news source, but in 2022, it acquired a publication called “The Athletic.” Now the paid-subscription sports site will add commerce to its content in a deal with Read more
The eBay Foundation added two new members to its board this month. The philanthropic arm of eBay, established in 1998, partners with nonprofit organizations that are addressing and removing barriers to entrepreneurship for people who identify with historically excluded groups, Read more
Mercari recently made headlines by deciding to shift fees from sellers to buyers. On August 1st, it made another significant change, announcing it was making Japanese inventory available to US online shoppers and opening a retail store in Los Angeles. Read more
Amazon rebranded its storefront called Amazon Warehouse to “Amazon Resale,” which continues to sell used, pre-owned, and open-box products (which we consider to be a form of liquidation, but direct to consumers). It will also continue to offer “all the Read more
Sellers in the UK said eBay sent them notifications telling them they needed to upgrade from a private seller to a business seller – designations eBay does not make in the US. Some sellers said customer service reps told them Read more
Alibris took its site offline and is working with cybersecurity experts to assess a threat it discovered on Monday, August 12, 2024. As several readers reported to EcommerceBytes, the Alibris website now displays the following message: Alibris is temporarily unavailable Read more
The White House believes Americans should be able receive customer service on their terms and their own time without significant hassle or hardship. “If you want to talk to a human, you should be able to talk to a human Read more
eBay held its annual Hack Week last week where 2,000 participants from around the world submitted over 700 ideas. eBay introduced the event in 2015 to spur innovation among employees. “This is an opportunity for our team to stretch our Read more
Pitney Bowes will continue to operate but it spun off its global ecommerce unit into bankruptcy, and sellers are wondering if it will impact eBay International Shipping, a program for sellers known as EIS. “Does this news shut down eBay’s Read more
