Barnes & Noble has stopped paying some of its marketplace sellers, who said they have been unable to get information from the company about when payments will resume. The problem appears to be related to a 2-week outage of the Read more
eBay heralded an exclusive deal with a new consumer electronics brand called ROC Live Life Loud, and while that may sound like a good idea for eBay, sellers of competing brand on the marketplace can be forgiven if they aren’t Read more
eBay ran a promotion intended to give sellers twice as many free Store listings as they are usually entitled to, but a glitch means some eBay Store owners have sixteen times as many free listings. That’s because there are three levels of eBay Store Read more
Amazon sellers are fuming over a new provision in the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) policy around its fee structure, and many were scurrying on Monday to avoid costly fees as a result. While sellers are familiar with Long-Term Storage (LTS) Read more
PayPal is taking flight as a newly independent company with some help from a former United Airlines executive. John Rainey will join the company as PayPal’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rainey was CFO for United, managing its overall financial strategy Read more
Most sellers of handmade goods on Etsy are barred from using manufacturers – a policy that a majority of sellers seem to approve. But last year, the company launched a program to open the doors to what it calls “responsible Read more
Etsy is doing a better job monetizing its marketplace, seeing greater gains than sellers in the second quarter: while Gross Merchandise Sales (the value of goods sellers sold on the site) grew 25%, Etsy grew its own revenue by 44%. Read more
Twitter occasionally runs surveys of its users as part of its ad research. Here’s one it’s currently running that asks users to name the best digital-marketing publication: “Which of the following brands come to mind first when you think of Read more
Shoppers to Amazon’s UK website on Monday were greeted by a very attractive offer: 10 pounds off any retail order over 50 pounds – that’s a 20% discount on a 50-pound order. Amazon UK Managing Director Christopher North explained the Read more
eBay is running a month-long promotion encouraging sellers to list more – but the free-listing promotion has a number of restrictions. In addition to being by invitation only (as is the norm with eBay promotions these days), it’s for eBay Read more
