USPS announced it will begin enforcing stricter requirements for mail going to and coming from members of the military stationed abroad. Sellers should familiarize themselves with the customs requirements since mail not in compliance will be returned to the sender. Read more
Amazon is removing a safeguard for sellers of high-value items next month, a decision sellers are denouncing as untenable. On Friday, Amazon announced the following policy change: “Effective February 8, 2026, all US sellers must use the Amazon Prepaid Return Read more
Companies put a lot of adjectives in front of the word “commerce” (mobile, social, agentic, etc.) to show they are hip to the latest trends (and to signal they are prepared to monetize them). Now comes eBay with a plan Read more
January 2026 postal rates haven’t even taken effect yet and USPS is already planning changes for July. The new 2026 rates go into effect on Monday (January 19, which is a postal holiday). It wasn’t so long ago that rate Read more
In the space of 4 days, Etsy announced it would make sellers’ items available for purchase directly on Microsoft Copilot Checkout and in Google Search AI Mode, coming just 3 months after it made a similar announcement when it integrated Read more
In an effort to make mail more secure, the USPS will restrict access to tracking information for packages. Currently, anyone who has a tracking number (not just the shipper or the recipient) can enter the number into the tracking tool Read more
Like other companies, Amazon is attempting to show it is winning when it comes to AI, as evidenced by several press releases this week. On Tuesday, it said it was showcasing its vision for AI at the CES 2026 trade Read more
Amazon currently displays reviews left for products across all of their variations, even when the variations have significant differences in features or specifications. Beginning February 12th, it will no longer do that, in order to “improve accuracy and help customers Read more
Adobe said consumers spent a record $257.8 billion online during the holiday season ( from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025), up 6.8% year-over-year (YoY) and setting a new record for ecommerce. It based its data on transactions covering over Read more
Sellers who don’t sell on Amazon were shocked to see their store listings appear in its shopping app under Shop Direct and Buy for Me features. They learned that Amazon had scraped their web stores, displayed their listings in the Read more
