Merchants who use Square to process payments online and in-person were out of luck on Thursday after an outage hit the service. Square communicated with sellers on Twitter, tweeting about 4 hours into the outage, “We are currently experiencing issues Read more
UPS will raise rates 6% in 2024 – or 5.9% on December 26, 2023, to be exact – publishing the news about 10 days after FedEx announced it would raise rates an average of 5.9% on January 1, 2024. UPS Read more
Amazon explained how it adjusts capacity for the peak shopping season, advising sellers who use its fulfillment services to get their inventory to its warehouses by October 26 in order to be ready for Black Friday, the traditional kickoff to Read more
eBay is letting employees use a “magical” new AI tool to automatically generate listings with only an image, and it will release it to the public in the coming months. eBay announced the new tool in a blog post on Read more
Sellers who drive traffic to their listings on Etsy that results in sales will qualify for a reduction in fees through a new program the company introduced on Wednesday. Etsy Share & Save is based on affiliate-marketing principles, but sellers Read more
eBay is holding a session to give sellers a sneak peek at the upcoming eBay Open conference to help them decide which sessions they wish to attend. The 3-day eBay Open event will take place virtually on September 27 – Read more
Halloween is a time when people let down their hair when they dress up in costumes, but retailers can catch flack for accommodating shoppers’ proclivities. Walmart recently issued a reminder to sellers to avoid listing Halloween items that are in Read more
Etsy is offering a new feature that lets UK sellers pay for shipping and have Royal Mail print the labels upon dropping off their packages. “Now, when you buy domestic Royal Mail shipping labels on Etsy, you can present each Read more
The government’s bribery case against Amazon consultants was dramatic enough, with allegations of a suitcase full of cash, sabotaged Amazon pages, and other crimes involving 6 indicted defendants. But things got even more startling this weekend as the 4th and Read more
Amazon is allowing merchants who host an independent store on the Shopify platform, and who use Amazon fulfillment, to offer Buy with Prime. Enabling the feature allows the merchant’s buyers who have an Amazon Prime subscription to use the payment Read more
