Etsy has big plans to help sellers in the New Year, and managers laid out plans during a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday. CEO Chad Dickerson kicked off the event, reporting that Etsy members sold $1.35 billion in goods in Read more
Amazon is raising minimum commission fees in some categories in what appears to be an attempt to combat under-pricing on its marketplace. Sellers who list in the Beauty and Health and Personal Care categories received an email notification that explained, Read more
eBay is testing new features on its marketplaces. A U.S. seller spotted a change that sellers are bound to approve of if it is rolled out site-wide to all users, while in the UK, eBay told sellers there it was Read more
In previous installments of Online Selling Trends, our panel of ecommerce leaders discussed the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for online sellers in the New Year and answered the question, Amazon – friend or foe? In today’s installment, panelists discuss how Google Read more
In advance of today’s Town Hall meeting (January 28), Etsy posted an announcement that it was clarifying guidelines on outside manufacturing that it had announced in October at the company’s last Town Hall meeting that broadened the definition of “handmade” Read more
eBay hit the reset button on its social strategy last fall when it launched new features designed to engage shoppers and help them discover products about which they are passionate. To help connect all the social dots, eBay launched new Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza.com launched a new digital downloads feature for its Platinum Pro members. Sellers can now sell items including training videos, ebooks, sewing patterns, recipes and more. “The beauty of digital downloads,” Bonanza said, “is that it’s a great Read more
Every year, shipping carriers raise rates, but this year, online sellers who use the U.S. Postal Service got some good news mixed in with the rate changes, according to online postage providers Stamps.com and Endicia, which provide sellers with Commercial Read more
Bonanza is testing a service designed to give shoppers more confidence when buying on the site. With the Norton Shopping Guarantee, Bonanza will purchase certificates of guarantee for Bonanza transactions, which protects buyers with up to $10,000 in identity theft Read more
Amazon has issued additional rules around its requirement that sellers include UPCs in listings to help it clean up its catalog. Sellers will be required to enter valid UPCs regardless of any previous exemptions for new and existing listings for Read more
