On the last day of eBay’s fiscal 1st quarter, its General Manager of the UK marketplace thanked sellers and recapped recent changes it had made in response to seller feedback. Murray Lambell posted a message that began by telling sellers Read more
Some sellers are feeling the fallout from lawsuits Amazon filed last month against two websites it claimed were attempting to profit from generating “misleading and fraudulent reviews.” Amazon began removing some listings for sellers’ products featured on one of those Read more
Google is hopping on the bandwagon, joining marketplaces in holding online sellers to account for shipping cost and speed. Google formally announced today the “Shopping Experience Scorecard” program that it says will help merchants’ products stand out. Sellers who meet Read more
Etsy upgraded the seller Ads dashboard based on seller feedback, it announced on Thursday. Among the improvements it cited: it makes it easier for sellers with a lot of listings to decide which products to advertise: “Now you can see Read more
A top seller took to Twitter to explain why his company is dropping its Amazon advertising budget to zero after spending over $10 million on Amazon ads in recent years. The point of the post was not to say all Read more
Amazon is surveying sellers about international shipping challenges – specifically, whether shipping their orders to EU customers hampers their growth. It appears Amazon may be mulling a Buy Shipping label program for US-to-EU orders similar to the domestic US Buy Read more
Etsy promoted a top executive to Chief Operating Officer. Raina Moskowitz will now lead two critical, “revenue-driving” functions for the marketplace – payments and fulfillment. Moskowitz was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, and Etsy hired a new Chief Human Resources Read more
Etsy launched a new Seller Events hub where sellers can take workshops and participate in live listing critiques and learn of other scheduled events for Etsy sellers. Etsy is also holding open call for the Etsy Market. The Etsy Seller Read more
eBay announced in a filing on Tuesday that its Chief Product Officer Pete Thompson is leaving the company next month. The news comes just 12 days after Thompson spoke to Wall Street analysts about the company’s vision for a “tech Read more
What if you could talk to buyers who leave your product a less-than-stellar review? Amazon UK announced today that brands can do just that. The announcement, titled, “Address critical reviews with the Contact Customer feature,” explains the new feature helps Read more
