Amazon is offering merchants volume discounts on currency conversion fees, it announced today. “Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers (ACCS) is Amazon’s official payment solution that allows you to receive disbursements in the currency of your choice,” it told sellers. “ACCS Read more
Etsy announced shoppers can now pay in installments thanks to a third-party service called Klarna. Etsy explained how it impacts sellers in today’s announcement, “We’ll send all of your funds for orders made with Klarna to your payment account the Read more
Etsy announced the launch of a new Teams “experience,” calling it a facelift. Ironically we can’t where Etsy posted the announcement – a seller sent us a link directly to the announcement, titled “We’re launching a new Teams experience.” We Read more
Etsy will launch a special holiday sales page in early November, and it’s asking sellers to put their items on sale and follow best practices for a chance to be featured. “Our team of merchandising experts will curate this new Read more
Amazon announced plans to open two new fulfillment centers in Kansas next year. Each facility is one million square-feet and will be used to fulfill bulky or larger-sized customer items such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment, and rugs. The fulfillment Read more
After wrapping up Prime Day this week, Amazon is back with another holiday promotion. In announcing Holiday Dash, Amazon encouraged customers to shop early, and it worked on making it less “risky” to do so. Amazon reassured shoppers that they Read more
Hopefully online sellers are aware by now of the higher USPS rates in place during the holidays – Etsy warned its sellers on Thursday. The temporary holiday postal rate hike, which is unprecedented, goes into effect on October 18 and Read more
eBay CEO Jamie Iannone wants to use next-gen technology to sell used or new-but-out-of-season items, as well as vintage and collectibles, he told Yahoo Finance’s Julia La Roche in an interview today. For most of its verticals or categories, eBay Read more
Amazon continues to position itself as an enabler of small businesses rather than an 800-pound gorilla of retail, as evidenced by its post-Prime Day headline today: “Amazon Prime Day 2020 Marked the Two Biggest Days Ever for Small & Medium Read more
Walmart is reinventing holiday shopping this year, as stampedes of people running through store aisles on Black Friday sound unappealing in the age of COVID-19. The retailer announced “Black Friday Deals for Days” in which it will run 3 major Read more
