Online marketplace Bonanza is raising commission fees from 3.5% to 11%, and it’s imposing new fees on larger-volume shops (called booths). Currently, Bonanza charges a 25-cent transaction fee for sellers who don’t have an active membership subscription, plus a commission Read more
eBay launched a new simplified selling tool that features “Magical Listing AI Technology,” it announced on Wednesday. It’s available to US and UK sellers using the eBay mobile app. “eBay has simplified the listing experience, integrating our magical listing technology Read more
eBay is making a major change to its feedback system in the UK – it will automatically give positive feedback to sellers who meet certain criteria. eBay told UK sellers it was also updating its feedback removal policy “to better Read more
Walmart is holding its annual sale for members of its Plus membership program (Walmart+) the first week in May, which is more than two months before Amazon is expected to hold its annual Prime Day event in July. Walmart+ Week Read more
If Amazon doesn’t carry a particular product a shopper is searching for, it will now serve as a proxy to find the item elsewhere. Shoppers can then either go directly to the brand’s website, or have Amazon facilitate the sale Read more
Amazon’s answer to cheap-but-slow-to-arrive goods from sites like Temu is called Haul, and it’s now available on the desktop. Amazon Haul, launched in November in beta, was previously available only through the Amazon Shopping app and offers products with “ultra-low Read more
When eBay sellers advertise their listings, eBay displays suggested ad rates, which is a percentage of the total sale. On April 1st, the company published a guide explaining how it calculates those suggestions, revealing that it uses machine learning to Read more
eBay authenticates trading cards valued at over $250, and now it’s offering to grade raw (ungraded) cards during the authentication process. While cllct reported the new offering on Sunday, neither eBay nor its partner, third-party authentication and grading provider PSA, Read more
It’s Etsy sellers’ turn to have account verification issues after some eBay sellers experienced similar problems this month. Numerous sellers reported that Etsy suspended shop listings and have been unable to get them reinstated. One seller explained on the Etsy Read more
Amazon confirmed it laid off some people in its FBA fulfillment organization (a small percentage of the organization globally, it said) after The Information reported the layoffs on Thursday. While the article is behind a paywall, reporter Theo Wayt tweeted: Read more
