The US Postal Service is running another ad campaign as part of its “Priority: You” marketing initiative, which highlights recent improvements to Priority Mail. The centerpiece of the new “Watch Us Deliver” campaign is an online dashboard with live counters, Read more
An analytics tool for eBay sellers has gotten a major upgrade this week. The eBay Listing Analytics app gives sellers a dashboard showing their sales performance and is designed to help them improve their listings, thereby boosting their sales. While Read more
A month after facing criticism over its handling of a designer collaboration, Target has apparently handed down a directive regarding resellers. It’s the latest retailer to crack down on eBay and Amazon sellers who use retail stores to source inventory Read more
On Monday, we asked eBay.com’s spokesperson if eBay was testing a free-shipping membership program after a Wall Street analyst revealed the marketplace was testing a program that would cost $25/year for Free Next Day delivery on certain orders – similar Read more
Now that Etsy is a publicly traded company, it must file quarterly earnings reports with the SEC. On Tuesday, the company revealed Gross Merchandise Sales were $531.9 million, up 28.2% compared with the first quarter of 2014. The growth was Read more
Amazon sellers are wondering where their Amazon payments are after Monday’s disbursements didn’t show up in their bank accounts. Some sellers we spoke to were not only concerned about the impact of 2 weeks’ worth of missing payments, but they Read more
Online sellers say scammers and spammers are continuing to use redirects to siphon Google traffic away from their Etsy listings. In April, EcommerceBytes reported that scammers were exploiting Google by using doorway pages to drive shoppers to their own websites. Scammers copy Read more
Amazon is suspending sellers who say they’re unable to get through the verification process in the UK despite providing evidence requested as part of the process. Sellers say a problem on Amazon’s end is preventing them from becoming verified. One Read more
The USPS is testing a new feature to engage consumers through mobile devices and make snail-mail marketing more attractive to retail marketers. The revelation came from Postmaster General Megan Brennan in a keynote speech at the National Postal Forum on Read more
eBay is surveying sellers, providing a hint of more changes to come as a new executive prepares to take the helm after the breakup with PayPal. The survey provided recipients an opportunity to complain about a laundry list of problems Read more
