Amazon dipped its toe into product innovation with Amazon Exclusives, and now it’s going further with Amazon Launchpad, a new program designed to make it easy for startups to “launch, market, and distribute their products to hundreds of millions of Amazon Read more
Week after week, eBay runs promotions to encourage private (casual) sellers in the UK to list, but this week eBay UK is running a promotion for business sellers. The caveat is that it’s by invitation only, and of course restrictions Read more
The financial press are saying Square has plans to go public. In writing about the reports, the Wall Street Journal cited “a person familiar with the matter” who said Square has already filed its prospectus confidentially. The move calls to mind PayPal. Read more
While Amazon is getting its inventory ever closer to its customers by building a physical distribution network, eBay is giving up on its testing of local delivery called eBay Now. But it’s not clear many buyers or sellers will miss Read more
eBay changed its feedback system by adding a new component about delivery performance, but it failed to tell sellers if it will use the information collected to reward or penalize their standings, nor did eBay respond to our inquiries. A Read more
Etsy organized a group of sellers from around the country to go to Washington, DC to meet with lawmakers and advocate on issues important to small businesses. But who is the average Etsy seller? Etsy is sharing the findings of Read more
eBay sent shoppers a new coupon last week after a glitch prevented them from redeeming coupons it sent them last month. eBay UK had invited sellers to receive 20% off when they spent 20 pounds or more on eBay UK, Read more
We told you on Thursday about an incidentin which eBay required a small subset of users to reset their passwords on Wednesday. On Friday, eBay sent them an email explanation along with a $25 coupon. The title of the email was, Read more
Etsy is rolling out a change to search this week – a sentence that can strike fear into the heart of an online seller. But it will only impact search results when shoppers enter very broad search terms – “owl,” Read more
eBay UK is running another promotion for private (casual) sellers. Those invited to participate can list up to 100 listings using auction or fixed-price format and pay no insertion fees. Sellers are required to opt-in using an RSVP link in Read more
