Ecommerce Industry News
A new survey of over 300 brand marketers show three-quarters of them feel Amazon has an unfair “data” advantage, with 86 percent stating they would benefit from understanding competitors’ search, path-to-purchase, and purchase data on […]
Online marketplace Bonanza thanked members old and new for helping it reach age 10. The company is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a membership sales promotion. Sellers don’t have to be members, but for those […]
PayPal is acquiring a company called Hyperwallet, which it calls “a leading global payout platform.” Or as the company says on its website, “Go global, pay local.” While it’s relatively easy to pay employees, service […]
eBay features 17 million buyers on its German marketplace. It created a new German-language portal to showcase some of the “tens of thousands” of businesses selling over 140 million listings to those shoppers on eBay […]
Amazon will open its fourth fulfillment center located in Michigan. The 850,000 square-foot fulfillment center will feature “innovative technologies” including Amazon Robotics and will be used to fulfill small items such as books, electronics and […]
Amazon launched Prime in Australia this week, just in time for next month’s Prime Day global shopping event. Prime offers free 2-day shipping on domestic orders to 90% of Australians and costs $59 a year […]
Etsy is celebrating the 13-year anniversary of its founding by organizing a sale. As we previously reported, Etsy gave sellers instructions last month on how to participate (“create a sale by discounting your listings between […]
Expect more competition from China on Google Shopping thanks to a new deal announced on Monday. Google is investing in Alibaba rival JD.com, China’s second largest ecommerce player. “As part of our partnership,” Google wrote, […]
Amazon opened a new office in Dublin today and said it would create 1,000 new technology jobs in Ireland over the next 2 years. That’s double the commitment it made in 2016, when it had […]
Amazon sent an email to sellers who participate in its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program this month advising them to prepare for its annual Prime Day shopping holiday. “Is your inventory ready for Prime Day,” […]