Amazon launched an “Off-to-College” store on Thursday, calling it a one-stop shop for college students. “The store allows students to browse millions of college must-haves, from Amazon devices and textbooks to duvet’s and picture frames, with low prices and one Read more
Mercari is kicking off a promotion offering zero-commission selling for guitars, basses, amps and related gear. The Zero Strings Attached promotion applies to new listings created between June 20 and July 17, 2019 and sold by August 14, when Mercari’s Read more
eBay announced on Tuesday it is collecting sales tax for more states beginning July 1, 2019. eBay announcement follows: There are a number of new states where eBay will be collecting sales tax on applicable transactions beginning July 1, 2019. Read more
Amazon boasted that it is adding 15 additional cargo planes to its logistics network as it continues to invest in ways to provide fast, free shipping for customers. The news comes after FedEx announced it would drop its Express air Read more
Pinterest is looking to third-parties to bring shopping experiences to its platform and rebranded its Pinterest Marketing Partners program the “Pinterest Partner” program. The goal is to make Pinterest more accessible to the third-party technology and business communities and enable Read more
If you haven’t bought on eBay before now, would a $3 coupon induce you to do so? eBay ran a promotion for first-time buyers (expiring at midnight, June 17 Pacific time). Here are the details, leave a comment and let Read more
Mobile shopping app Mercari wants to make selling online even easier than buying, and it’s turning to two MIT professors for help. Mercari opened an engineering office in Cambridge, Massachusetts where two renowned professors at the adjacent Massachusetts Institute of Read more
eBay UK is running a sitewide flash sale today through Saturday, according to members of its affiliate program, though we are unable to see any ads for the promotion on the UK website at the time of this writing. UK Read more
eBay has updated Item Specifics, which are fields that describe a product’s attributes, and it reminded sellers that it’s making some Item Specifics mandatory (“required”) in the Home & Garden categories. eBay is also adding reminders to the listing flow. Read more
Amazon has tweaked selling fees in European markets. UK publication Jewellery Focus included the following statement from Amazon about the impact on jewelry and watches, two of the categories impacted by the fee change: “This equates to a 50% reduction Read more
