Amazon is frequently blamed for reducing tax revenue in states where it doesn’t collect online sales tax, but a new report points to another way the company could be hurting state and local government coffers: lost property taxes. An organization Read more
Etsy expanded its Direct Checkout system to more European countries. Meanwhile, some sellers outside the US have only 2 weeks to opt out of Direct Checkout with integrated PayPal if they wish to use their own PayPal account independently. Direct Read more
PayPal has fixed a security hole that could have allowed fraudsters to hijack production systems. The vulnerability could have allowed attackers to install a backdoor on PayPal, according to PC World. The magazine described how Michael Stepankin, a bug bounty hunter, Read more
Chalk up another problem resulting from the January 2016 postal rate increase. The USPS inadvertently removed the ability for users to print postage for Priority Mail Regional Rate A and B boxes through its Click N Ship website when new Read more
PayPal agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving its practice of account holds, but many sellers may miss out on receiving their share of the $4 million settlement fund, for several reasons. PayPal users receive an enormous amount of Read more
While uncertainty swirls around Yahoo, the head of its Small Business unit wants merchants to know it remains focused on serving their needs. Amer Akhtar, Head of Aabaco Small Business, reiterated that the unit, formerly called Yahoo Small Business, will Read more
eBay has been running a new pilot program that gives sellers additional options when issuing refunds to buyers, and on Thursday announced it would continue the returns resolution pilot. Back in September, eBay spokesperson Karen Crocker Snell told EcommerceBytes that Read more
Etsy initiated some tests of its search feature this month, but it will be difficult to see since some shoppers will be included in the testing and others will not. The tests will tailor search results to individual shoppers based Read more
Amazon reported strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2015, growing 26% year over year, and revealed it’s shouldering the fulfillment tasks of half of the units sold by third-party merchants. “It was a huge FBA quarter,” its Chief Financial Read more
Twice a year, online merchants who use Fulfillment By Amazon face the prospect of paying Long Term Storage fees for products that haven’t moved from Amazon’s warehouse in 6 months. But there are things you can do as an FBA Read more
