eBay sales were down 10% in the third quarter of 2021 (July, August, September), year-over-year, while revenue rose 11%. The company processed 90% of payments volume on its platform and saw 12% more revenue from Promoted Listing ads in Q3. Read more
Amazon launched new tools for brand advertisers during its UnBoxed event this week. Among them: it added new features to its audio ads on Amazon Music’s ad-supported tier that includes voice calls-to-action. Now listeners can engage with the ads more Read more
eBay launched a new shipping badge on its Canadian marketplace designed to highlight listings that offer shoppers the best shipping experience for their orders. The badge automatically appears on all eligible items on the item page, cart, and checkout on Read more
Etsy announced a new feature to help with accessibility for shoppers that could also help sellers with exposure in outside search-engines. Etsy will allow sellers to add a description to images that isn’t visible to the normal shopper. Alt Text, Read more
eBay is trying to get sellers to share motivational posts on Facebook with a Holiday Hustle Sweepstakes. “Over the next 3 weeks, share how you’re conquering the season for chances to win a $200 eBay gift card,” it invited sellers, Read more
Etsy published advice for sellers from its shipping team on how it calculates estimated delivery dates. Included in the guide was a sample message sellers could use to warn buyers of shipping carrier delays – a somewhat ominous sign that Read more
Facebook updated its fake-fighting tool called Commerce & Ads IP Tool, expanded its reach, and rebranded it. Now called “Brand Rights Protection,” it provides brands with new features to better protect their intellectual property (IP). Brands had been able to Read more
Now you have the option of paying Amazon to deal with your customers – but should you? That depends a lot on the type of selling you conduct on the marketplace. Amazon announced Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA) at today’s Read more
Amazon launched “Local Selling on Amazon” at day-two of its Amazon Accelerate. “With Amazon Local Selling, sellers can quickly and easily expand their multichannel offerings by listing products in Amazon’s store and offering them to local customers in designated areas Read more
Many third-party sellers start on Amazon as resellers and evolve into brand owners, according to Ian Simpson, the marketplace’s Vice President of Selling Partner Tools and Services – and it wants companies to think of Amazon as a place where Read more
