Etsy announced sellers can now respond to all reviews left by buyers. The announcement came 2 weeks after sellers first noticed the change, as we reported on the AuctionBytes Blog last month, where sellers weighed inon the change. (Sellers also Read more
Amazon is delaying making changes to the buyer-cancellation process and it provided more information about the changes. Amazon will now roll out the new process on May 10 instead of April 27th. Numerous sellers expressed concern about how the changes Read more
On Friday afternoon, eBay sent the following email to sellers advising them that it was trying to resolve technical issues sellers experienced when they tried to activate a promotion: Subject: Technical issues with Promoted Listings Standard promo Some sellers are Read more
Consumers buy and sell used goods on eBay (“pre-owned” items) primarily for financial reasons, but sustainability is also important, according to eBay’s second annual Recommerce Report. eBay said 72% of responding sellers believed that buying pre-owned had become more common, Read more
Consumers have returned to in-store shopping while continuing to shop online, according to Numerator’s Shopping Behavior Index. It also found that while the Home Improvement category is down, Alcohol sales are up. “Overall, consumers are making more shopping trips and Read more
eBay Senior Vice President Jordan Sweetnam briefed sellers on trends that are driving shopping behavior. In a post on Monday, he talked about supply chain disruptions, high gas prices, the return of workers to the office, and other trends that Read more
Amazon warned sellers against entering buyers’ homes, citing a new “home entry compliance enforcement policy” that will be implemented starting May 15, 2022, which states “items must be delivered only to the customer’s porch, driveway, or garage.” The reaction from Read more
An eBay seller who uses the CrazyLister listing tool filed an Ecommerce EKG alert yesterday reporting the service had been down for 5 days due to an eBay API problem. CrazyLister documented the ongoing problem on its website: As of Read more
ShopGoodwill.com launched its first-ever mobile app. A spokesperson for Goodwill of Orange County, which owns and operates the online store, said it is competing with major players in online secondhand shopping, including ThredUp, Poshmark and The Real Real. While Goodwill’s Read more
Etsy published statistics on the 5.3 million sellers who sold $12.2 billion of goods on Etsy in 2021. “Notably, 79% of Etsy sellers are women, 84% are businesses of one, and 95% operate from their homes,” a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes. Read more
