Ecommerce Industry News
A day before the USPS releases its most recent quarter’s financial results, it got some bad news. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is rejecting its proposed First Class Mail rates for 2020. It appears to […]
eBay published a holiday shopping report highlighting top-trending gifts in fashion accessories, electronics, pop culture favorites, gaming, sports, and more. eBay’s “Most Wanted” report is based on the marketplace’s sales data and a team of […]
Bid farewell to another online selling tool. FillZ started out primarily as a tool for booksellers 16 years ago, and is a division of the bookseller AbeBooks, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2008. AbeBooks, […]
Facebook Pay will let users pay for purchases from select Pages and businesses on Facebook Marketplace, the company announced today. People can already shop, donate, and send money to each other, but “Facebook Pay will […]
It’s not easy catching buyers’ attention. When it comes to holiday shopping online, are people browsing or searching for their gifts? A new Tophatter survey of over 1,000 US consumers found that nearly half (48.5%) […]
FedEx issued the following notice today about a national disruption to its FedEx Express service: FedEx Express National Service DisruptionFedEx Express experienced substantial disruptions at the Memphis hub last night due to frozen precipitation and […]
Email marketing is an effective way to drive shoppers to retail sites, and you can tell a lot about a company’s strategy by looking at the content of its marketing emails. Etsy has been hammering […]
Etsy sellers can submit their listings to be considered for a critique by Etsy experts on Wednesday. The “EtSEO” session will provide sellers with advice on how to improve their listings for greater visibility and […]
John Donahoe stepped down as CEO of eBay in July of 2015 and got a gig at ServiceNow, an enterprise cloud company. Last month came the surprising news that he is taking over the top […]
UPS is more aggressively targeting small- and medium-sized online sellers and is leveraging agreements with services like Stamps.com and Shippo as it seeks to gain more share in the ecommerce market. That’s significant considering how […]