Selling app Mercari is accepting listings for handmade face masks (face coverings) after new guidance was issued by the CDC, and it’s donating a portion of the fees it collects for such sales. “Starting today, until May 31, we will Read more
Etsy regularly updates its categories and attributes based on user feedback and its own research, and on Tuesday, it announced the latest changes in a post on the Etsy Seller Handbook. Etsy reminded readers in its post that sellers assign Read more
Sales of webcams on eBay are up over 1,000 percent from this time last year as people are forced to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. That statistic was part of eBay’s report on what types of items Read more
eBay is offering additional relief to UK sellers who are struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. “To relieve some of the pressure due to the changing circumstances around COVID-19, we’ll now refund your shop subscription fees if you have to Read more
Amazon is waiving seller referral fees of certain medical supplies that are in high demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, part of an effort to encourage sellers to make additional inventory of the items available “at competitive prices to these Read more
We reported on Tuesday eBay was planning to run a promotion for sellers who don’t have an eBay Store, and details are now available. The announcement comes after eBay kicked off promotions for Store subscribers (March 23, 2020) and for Read more
eBay is running a promotion to help small retail businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic by offering them a free 3-month Basic Store subscription. Current sellers are excluded from the program. eBay’s “Up & Running” campaign is targeted at retailers Read more
Amazon is waiving two weeks of inventory storage fees for FBA sellers who have products stored in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic. While the decision may sound purely altruistic, and many sellers Read more
eBay Vice President of Seller Operations and Engagement Marni Levine did her third live-stream video “seller check-in” on Monday, a practice she started as the coronavirus outbreak began disrupting everyday operations for eBay employees and sellers. Levine broadcast yesterday’s video Read more
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman called on European leaders to consider the self-employed, micro businesses, and gig workers when working on national economic recovery measures. The CEO made a similar plea to US legislators last week as they worked on emergency Read more
