Amazon launched a new Handmade Gift Shop featuring items from its Amazon Handmade marketplace sellers. Launched in 2015, Amazon Handmade now features hundreds of thousands of handcrafted items in 10 categories, including Jewelry, Home & Kitchen, Stationary and Party Supplies, Read more
Facebook users can now choose PayPal as a funding source when making a payment to a friend inside Facebook Messenger. PayPal made the announcement on Friday and also announced its first customer service bot for Messenger, so PayPal customers can Read more
It may be hard to believe, but Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday are just 5 weeks away. The UPS Store is offering retailers what it calls “Closer Kits” to help them get the most out of Read more
Earlier this month, Bonanza informed sellers it was launching new seller ad initiatives, including ad campaigns on Facebook and Pinterest. Bonanza is also entering into new partnerships. In one such deal, a lifestyle publication for millennial women called PureWow will Read more
eBay Promoted Listings have been experiencing technical issues for the past 7 weeks, and the company said it will take another 4 weeks to fix. A seller who brought the problem to the company’s attention on Tuesday was skeptical over Read more
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman announced a new mission and impact strategy as he digs into his role of growing the do-good B Corp to satisfy Wall Street. While focused on monetizing the site, Silverman wrote in a blog post on Read more
FedEx said it is expanding its capabilities with the acquisition of Northwest Research, a logistics firm that has expertise in dealing with challenging shipments. It will complement FedEx as it services the ecommerce industry. Press release follows: FedEx Corporation announced Read more
In August, eBay Motors launched rent-a-repair manual, and today it launched rent-a-technician. Those aren’t really the names of the services, but they describe it in a nutshell. Shoppers can purchase “Virtual Tech sessions” in ten-minute ($19.95) or twenty-minute ($49.95) durations. Read more
ShippingEasy introduced a new tool called Automated Email Marketing Campaigns to spur repeat purchases. The company, acquired by Stamps.com last year, provides shipping, inventory management, and other tools for online merchants and integrates with Amazon, eBay, Etsy, WalMart, Shopify, Magento, Read more
eBay grew sales on its Marketplace 9% in the third quarter, or 7% after factoring in foreign exchange (FX-neutral). In a press release reporting the company’s total performance, eBay CEO Devin Wenig called the quarter its fastest volume growth in Read more
