Amazon is raising fees for fulfilling sellers’ off-Amazon orders, called Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF), and it is also modifying its size tiers. Current rates can be found on this page, and the new rates will take effect on February 5, 2024. Read more
eBay added a key capability to its International Shipping (EIS) program: combined shipping, which enables buyers to purchase multiple items from one seller and pay reduced shipping costs. eBay announced the availability of combined shipping for EIS on Wednesday, saying Read more
Sellers won’t have Christmas Eve to deliver late holiday orders this year, generally speaking. That’s because the day before Christmas falls on a Sunday, when normal Postal closures apply. The last time that happened was in 2017. (Last year, Christmas Read more
Amazon will charge sellers who use its FBA fulfillment services a new “inbound placement service fee” when shipping inventory to its US warehouses next year, it announced on Tuesday. But sellers in China who use Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) to Read more
Sellers will have to conform to new product attribute requirements when creating listings for all products except those in the media, digital and handmade categories. Amazon provided a spreadsheet showing which product types and attributes were changing. The rationale for Read more
Uber is making shopping in stores a lot more like shopping online – by helping shoppers skip the actual trip to the store. Buy Online, Pick up In-Store (BOPIS) is popular, but with “Store Pickup via Uber Connect,” customers don’t Read more
eBay executive Adam Ireland published data for sellers on some of the best-selling items on the marketplace on Friday in what he called eBay’s annual holiday look-book “inspired” by the top cultural trends it’s observed in 2023. “We’ve taken a Read more
Walmart fulfilled double the number of units for sellers on Black Friday than last year as Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) gains traction. During its Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals events (Nov. 8-14 and Nov. 22-27), WFS saw its four Read more
eBay wants to dazzle holiday shoppers with its luxury offerings by holding an “immersive” experience at a London gallery that kicked off on Thursday and runs through Saturday. Visitors to eBay’s “Taste of Luxury” event aren’t able to buy the Read more
Customers ordered over 500 million items from independent sellers on Amazon during its Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping event, which kicked off November 17 and continued through November 27th. Amazon said most indie sellers are small and medium-sized Read more
