The mystery surrounding Amazon’s Treasure Truck that’s been driving around the streets of Seattle for the past few days has been revealed – Cnet reports that the truck will deliver daily deals to customers in the city. “Customers in the Read more
A month after emailing sellers inviting them to sign up to learn more about a new store for handmade goods, Amazon published an introductory landing page with more information – including seller fees. Normally sellers on Amazon are not really branded in Read more
The USPS has been rolling out self-service kiosks in post offices around the country since 1999, but did you know the kiosks have generated over $5 billion in revenue as customers increasingly use the automated machines for retail transactions? Many Read more
Some people initially thought Amazon’s dramatic revelation to 60 Minutes that it was developing drones to deliver packages was a publicity stunt it was so unheard of at the time, but the company is spending a lot of resources on Read more
eBay’s future CEO Devin Wenig is counting on consumer sellers to help turn the marketplace around – the company even has a “Head of Consumer Selling” at eBay Marketplaces, Vincent Payen – and a post Father’s Day pitch is one Read more
While eBay is introducing greater transparency when it comes to seller defects (see story in today’s newsletter), it’s greatly reducing transparency for sellers who operate a Store on its marketplace. eBay sellers have less than one week left to access Read more
eBay is launching a new defect report in July, it told sellers in an email this week. And for the first time, sellers will be able to view which defects eBay has removed. A year ago eBay first introduced the Read more
The Confederate flag. The Atlantic calls it a pop culture phenomenon, politicians call it racist and “unnecessarily divisive and hurtful,” and many find it toxic after it featured heavily in a tragic hate crime in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine people Read more
Amazon sellers are facing a Shakespearian dilemma – have their listings be seen, or not be seen. The marketplace is requiring sellers to keep titles from running on in excess of 200 characters. In enforcing the policy, it will treat Read more
Amazon is building a new fulfillment center in Minnesota. The 1 million-square-foot warehouse will be located in Shakopee. While the facility will include innovative technologies including Amazon Robotics, the company said it will employ 1,000 full-time workers at the site Read more
