ShippingEasy wants to liberate sellers from their shipping stations, announcing today an integration with Amazon’s Alexa voice technology. It’s the first cloud-based shipping platform to use “conversational user interface.” In addition to shipping and fulfillment related commands such as asking Read more
There’s no mail service on Monday due to the Columbus Day holiday, but postal workers will be showing up at postal facilities and at local Congressional offices around the country to rally against a proposal to privatize the US Postal Read more
PayPal has expanded beyond the traditional ecommerce payments transaction, and nowhere is that more evident than with a new deal in entered into with the Phoenix Suns basketball team. Fans of the team will be able to pay with PayPal Read more
eBay Canada’s General Manager released a statement about Canada’s trade deal with the US and Mexico on October 1st, and on Friday, the company notified its sellers in a post on the announcement board. The new version of the trilateral Read more
Facebook Marketplace is adding “shopping and deals from e-commerce merchants” and “exclusive deals from retailers.” Over 33% of Facebook members use its classifieds-style platform every month according to the company, and it wants to help make it easier for users Read more
Etsy announced a new Integrations “toolbox” featuring third-party tools available in sellers’ Shop Manager. Many of the apps are the same as on the Etsy apps gallery page, which it launched in 2010. The difference appears to be that now Read more
eBay is looking for sellers in Canada to help it test its new shipping rate tables that will allow them to set shipping rates for 21 shipping zones across the country. “If you choose to participate, you’ll be able to Read more
eBay updated sellers on managed payments that began rolling out to a small percentage of sellers on September 24th. There’s been some pushback as sellers learned of major limitations of using eBay payments instead of PayPal-managed payments – at least Read more
Amazon will open a third fulfillment center in British Columbia, its tenth in Canada. Amazon operates a tech hub in Vancouver and also has fulfillment centers in Alberta and Ontario. In total, Amazon employs over 7,000 people working at fulfillment Read more
Consumers will spend more on holiday shopping this year, according to a new survey of 1,500 US consumers. They also appear to be less concerned with the economy and their overall financial situation than they were last year. Accenture’s 12th Read more
