A day before holding its second annual Prime Day shopping event, Amazon announced plans for yet another fulfillment center, this one in Kansas City, Kansas. The Amazon Prime program was started as a membership program to get free, fast shipping Read more
Remember when buyers would determine the prices of items on eBay by how much they were willing to bid? Now that eBay has deliberately moved away from the auction model, it is trying to understand pricing and will acquire a Read more
Tomorrow, July 12, is Amazon Prime Day, when bargain hunters are expected to flock to Amazon and other retail websites looking to see what deals they can snap up. It’s not clear whether it can become as big as Alibaba’s Read more
Over a week after Etsy buyers began seeing their orders hung up due to a major problem with Etsy’s payment processing system, the company announced that most of the issues were cleared up. In addition, Etsy expects to see no problems with Read more
Sellers say eBay opted them in to the Global Shipping Program without their knowledge. It wouldn’t be the first time sellers complained about being opted in to the GSP without their permission. The matter can be a serious one, since Read more
Online sellers were facing a possible mail disruption in Canada due to a labor dispute between Canada Post and the CUPW union as early as today (Friday), but now the earliest date for a possible disruption has been pushed to Read more
eBay has long had a program to make it easy for sellers to donate a portion of sales to charities and for charities to use the platform to raise funds. But readers have noticed that eBay seemed to have recently Read more
Etsy sellers are still dealing with a major payments issue that began on Friday, and nearly a week later Etsy said Worldpay was the cause of the problem. While Worldpay apologized to buyers and sellers through an Etsy message, it downplayed Read more
eBay wants to make sure it has enough inventory on hand, especially for the back-to-school shopping season. The marketplace is running a free-listing promotion, but it’s limited to certain categories. Sellers who are invited to participate must first activate the Read more
eBay is setting its sights on African and Middle Eastern countries in its bid for growth, and is hosting an “e-Commerce Carvan” at its headquarters in Zurich this week. eBay has entered into an agreement with the International Trade Centre Read more
