There’s a shipping rate change that won’t affect the many online sellers who use USPS, UPS or FedEx to fulfill orders. But for some sellers, a “small change” change could add up. Stamps.com explained the impact on sellers in a Read more
In March, we told you about the new “payments service” from Facebook. On Wednesday, the company told EcommerceBytes it has begun rolling out the feature to users in the New York City area and has added some new functionality. The Read more
Amazon launched an offering called Amazon Allowance, positioning it as a way to give friends or family a recurring gift in the form of shopping sprees on Amazon. As its name implies, parents can use it to give children an Read more
Walmart is still testing its free-shipping membership program that competes with Amazon Prime, and this week some shoppers accidentally stumbled upon the new program, which has been operating in stealth mode. TechCrunch noted that people posted information on shopping forums Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list long-duration, fixed-price listings. Sellers who are invited and who activate the promotion can list up to 2,000 30-day fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees. However, some sellers received invitations Read more
eBay is taking another stab at offering an advertising program for sellers. The newly announced Promoted Listings offering takes a different approach than previous attempts, however – sellers only pay when a shopper actually purchases an item after clicking on Read more
While the USPS is best known for delivering the mail, it’s also the number one seller of the most widely used type of alternative financial service in the United States: the Postal Service sold 97 million money orders with a Read more
LivingSocial, the Groupon-like “local marketplace to buy and share the best things to do in your city and beyond,” is drawing on some retail heavy hitters to help it reboot. The company just hired Atul Kavthekar, CFO of Sears’ Health Read more
Etsy continues to encourage its sellers who sell locally – for example, shoppers who use the Etsy mobile app can receive notifications about Etsy Local events. In a new announcement, the marketplace said it has made creating and joining Etsy Read more
Booksellers are finding that not only do they have to compete with Amazon.com and other sellers on the marketplace, they now have to compete with Kindle formats and even rentals. In early May, EcommerceBytes reported that Amazon was testing the listing offer Read more
