Five hundred online sellers are in Seattle this week to attend Amazon’s annual event where it listens to their concerns and provides them with advice on growing their businesses on the Amazon marketplace. Amazon used to rely on a seller-organized event Read more
There’s big money in ecommerce, as evidenced by Salesforce’s agreement to acquire Demandware for $2.8 billion. Large retailers and brands use Demandware to power their ecommerce initiatives; clients include Lands’ End, L’Oreal and Marks & Spencer. Salesforce is a cloud Read more
Online sellers in Turkey are left wondering what to do after PayPal told them it was ceasing operations there as of Monday, June 6th. Many of the eBay and Etsy sellers who are impacted asked questions on Twitter and discussion Read more
eBay sellers in Canada received bad news on Tuesday – they must wait a few more weeks before they will receive access to new coupons the marketplace is making available to Store subscribers. eBay raised the subscription fees for operating Read more
eBay expanded its Promoted Listings ad program to include certain eBay Motors categories. The program is for sellers who are willing to pay to receive extra visibility on eBay in search results and other prominent locations on eBay. eBay launched Read more
In today’s guest column, product content management expert Mike Lapchick pulls no punches about what he sees as the poor quality of product information on the Amazon marketplace. The CEO of Shotfarm believes that allowing sellers to pose as brands and upload Read more
Amazon typically announces its plans for new fulfillment centers for housing inventory, but this week it made an announcement about a different area of growth. The company made it known it’s expanding its engineering activities in Ireland with the creation Read more
eBay sellers have until June 4th to change their eBay Store subscription plan without incurring a penalty after higher rates went into effect earlier this month. While sellers have a choice of subscribing on a pay-as-you-go basis, those who pay Read more
eBay fixed some problems with its Canadian migration tool that launched on May 13th. Sellers in Canada have 2 weeks to make sure their listings are in compliance with the new single-currency mandate that eBay announced in March. Previously sellers Read more
Pinterest is opening up its Buyable Pins feature to more sellers, while at the same time, Twitter is backing away from Buy buttons that allow online merchants to use its platform as a selling channel. BigCommerce announced on Friday that even Read more
