eBay is running a couple of promotions that sellers say are causing some conflicts. The first problem has to do with a promotion offering 500 free listings to US sellers across many categories, described in this Newsflash article. A seller wrote Read more
Amazon.com will build its first fulfillment center in Illinois in Joliet, a significant occurrence given the history between the marketplace and the state. Illinois had been off limits for years due to Amazon’s refusal to collect sales tax from residents Read more
Merchants who advertise products on Amazon got some confusing news on Tuesday. Amazon is discontinuing the Product Ads program, and it’s replacing it with a new Text Ads program. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes that Amazon Text Ads are a new pay-per-click Read more
eBay will host a webinar on Monday in conjunction with the US Postal Service to answer questions about shipping via USPS. eBay seller advocate Jim (Griff) Griffith will be joined by Maria Aspiras, who will answer questions through the live Read more
Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page is stepping away from the day to day operations of Google as part of a major restructuring announced on Monday. Google is vital to online merchants seeking traffic from exposure through organic and paid Read more
In terms of dollars and cents, eBay and Amazon benefit from the shipping costs merchants charge shoppers. In the pre-Internet days, Shipping & Handling was a profit center for mail order companies, but now online merchants are lucky to break Read more
eBay is running a new promotion for US sellers, and unlike another promotion running this month, it is not limited to one category. While the landing page mentions an invitation, it does not specify the sale is by invitation only, stating it’s Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage buyers to sell as part of its “consumer seller” strategy. The marketplace sent an email to certain users on Friday with the subject line, “Get your $10 Coupon today.” The promotion explains, “List Read more
The government is scrutinizing the Stamps.com deal to acquire Endicia, but Stamps said it expects the deal to go through this year. It also revealed that if the deal does not gain antitrust regulatory approval, Stamps must pay Endicia’s parent Read more
As we reported in May, eBay resurrected its long-closed advertising program for sellers in which they can pay to promote their listings on the eBay marketplace, including placement on the first page of search results. eBay has been opening the Read more
