Amazon grew net sales by 9% in the fourth quarter of 2021. In North America, sales grew 9%, while internationally, net sales fell by 1%. Note that 60% of net sales come from North America; 27% come from international, and Read more
eBay proactively posted information about a glitch that impacted cancellations on Tuesday. In the post, eBay reported it had resolved the issue within a few hours. One seller impacted by the bug posted on February 1st on the eBay Technical Read more
Sellers who list certain electronics on Amazon must revise their listings to comply with a new policy on Radio Frequency. “The FCC Radio Frequency Emission Compliance attribute is now available for you to add your FCC compliance information to radio Read more
BigCommerce CEO Brent Bellm published a letter on Monday sharing the company’s priorities for 2022 as well as sharing some highlights from 2021, which he called “the best year in our history.” Bellm described BigCommerce’s plans for 2022 in the Read more
eBay had to release a new version of its mobile app in order to fix a bug that prevented sellers from listing. eBay acknowledged the glitch on threads where sellers reported the problem, but it did not seem to have Read more
Pinterest announced a new shopping feature called “Try On for Home Décor.” Pinterest users can shop from numerous retailers using the feature’s augmented reality (AR) technology. “This latest AR technology from Pinterest enables Pinners to virtually place items from US Read more
In 1789 Ben Franklin penned that, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” which still rings true to this day. Some people may think that it is odd to compare death to taxes, Read more
Amazon announced a new program designed to help foreign sellers deal with returns. In a nutshell: “If you don’t have a US return address, the Returns Provider program can connect you with service providers to manage your returns.” According to Read more
Amazon paid employees to act as cheerleaders, according to a news report in Slate. “Amazon FC Ambassadors were a group of Twitter accounts belonging to employees who were paid to respond to posts criticizing the company,” it wrote. The article Read more
Regulators have gone after third-party sellers on Amazon for engaging price-fixing, but today, news comes that Washington State’s Attorney General went after Amazon itself with similar charges, asserting one of its programs violated antitrust laws. Amazon will shut down the Read more
