Last year, Walmart ran its “Walmart Plus Week” sale in July, overlapping Amazon Prime Day. This year, Walmart Plus Week was held in June, but it will run another sale called “Walmart Deals” in July – a week before Prime Read more
Amazon revealed that this year’s Prime Day sale will take place in 3 weeks, on July 16 – 17, 2024. It will be Amazon’s 10th Prime Day event, and executive Dharmesh Mehta said in a post on LinkedIn that Prime Read more
The USPS instituted surcharge fees for long and awkward packages in 2022, and this year, it is proposing changes to the fee structure. Most significantly, it wants to make surcharges zone-based, so non-standard packages shipped across the country would cost Read more
Over 200,000 sellers have used one of Amazon’s generative AI listing tools, with over 30,000 of them from the EU, according to Dharmesh Mehta, Vice President of Amazon’s Selling Partner Services. In a post on LinkedIn on Thursday, Mehta pointed Read more
Etsy will proceed with its plans to retire the old listing form on June 25th, but said it had made some improvements to the new listing form after sellers raised concerns about missing functionality in the new form. Etsy acknowledged Read more
Seagate opened an official storefront on eBay where it is selling factory-recertified hard drives, which come with a limited warranty. eBay has been tightening the rules around selling refurbished goods on its platform in recent years, making it tougher for Read more
eBay posted an announcement about feedback changes in a post on Tuesday on the Seller Announcement Board that an executive had previously shared in a presentation during the June 6th eBay Seller Check-In online event. If eBay’s acknowledgement that feedback Read more
Some US businesses say Etsy is shutting them out from working with artisans in Turkey due to an exclusive shipping deal Etsy entered into with a single shipping company. Two companies told EcommerceBytes they feel the practice is anticompetitive and Read more
Etsy is running a Father’s Day promotion that offers shoppers the chance to receive 10% off on gift cards ($50 minimum). That means buyers can get a $50 Etsy gift card for $45. Etsy sent a marketing email to shoppers Read more
Amazon is expanding its Subscribe & Save program to seller-fulfilled products, it announced to FBA sellers this week. Subscribe & Save offers discounts on frequently used products if buyers commit to future purchases on a regular schedule through the program. Read more
