AbeBooks.com is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Founded in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada in 1996, it was acquired by Amazon in December 2008, but its site remains independently run. Spokesperson Richard Davies told us this month the site Read more
Etsy is making two changes to search. In one change, visitors can no longer click on a link to a seller’s Shop when viewing search results – instead, clicking on a Shop name in a listing in search results will Read more
Last year’s inaugural Amazon Prime Day broke global records, with unit sales exceeding 2014’s Black Friday holiday-shopping day. Amazon confirmed it will hold the event again, and although our contact wouldn’t confirm the date, Amazon has told sellers it will Read more
eBay sellers are generous, but they like to give their permission before their money is donated to charity. This week, some eBay users discovered that PayPal was making unauthorized donations to charities through eBay Giving Works, taking the money right Read more
Amazon will expand its presence in the state of Georgia with a new fulfillment center in Braselton, it announced on Wednesday. Amazon employees at the new 600,000 square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship large items for customers like Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will give the keynote address at his company’s first Etsy Up conference for sellers next month. The company announced the event earlier this month, and has since made available more information about the speakers. The Etsy Read more
Amazon Marketplace is inviting women business owners to Seattle in August to give them help with growing their businesses on Amazon. “This unique opportunity will allow women business owners to interact directly with Amazon leadership and network with other entrepreneurs,” Read more
On Thursday, June 23, the UK will vote on a referendum to decide whether it should remain in the EU. If the UK pulls out of the European Union, that could complicate things for online buyers and sellers, domestically and globally. The Read more
Etsy announced some enhancements to its store-hosting site, Pattern by Etsy, which it launched in April. Sellers can choose to pay $15/month to have every one of their Etsy listings appear on their Pattern site with unlimited storage and no Read more
eBay is running a new promotion for shoppers called the “Summer of Choice,” and is using mobile deals as a keystone of the campaign, hosted with the help of social networking site Twitter. The campaign kicks off on Friday, June Read more
