eBay and Etsy are are feeling the heat from low-cost China-to-the-West marketplaces like Temu, and Amazon just created its own version called Amazon Haul. Now comes word that Alibaba is restructuring its ecommerce businesses and putting a young, rising executive Read more
Etsy is once again running a Cyber Monday promotion in which it is giving shoppers $5 off on a purchase of $25 or more, although last year shoppers had to spend $30 to receive the discount. The marketplace sent an Read more
A Federal Judge agreed in September to dismiss the government’s lawsuit against eBay over the sale of products it alleged violated federal laws, including the CAA, TSCA, and the FIFRA. On Tuesday, the DOJ filed notice that it was appealing Read more
eBay UK changed its knives policy, though it appears eBay only informed sellers through an email notification. eBay is still banning many types of knives and bladed items, but eBay is expanding the policy so sellers can sell more “potentially Read more
Sellers sending inventory to Amazon fulfillment centers in some European countries may encounter delays, Amazon warned on Saturday. It said it was experiencing capacity restraints in fulfillment centers in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Amazon will Read more
eBay is making changes to its loyalty program for third-party developers, such as Seller Sourcebook Development LLC, a company that offers inventory-management and image-hosting services to sellers on eBay and other marketplaces. The eBay Developers Loyalty Program is designed for Read more
Etsy is promoting a holiday sale that kicks off next Wednesday, November 20, though it’s not subsidizing the discounts – sellers must put items on sale in order to have their listings promoted as part of the Etsy sale. The Read more
Amazon launched a low-cost store called Amazon Haul that pundits had predicted as its response to Temu and Shein. But sellers who list products on Amazon could see some impact as well, since all of the under-$20 items are backed Read more
eBay is not displaying the lowest-price items when a shopper sorts their search results by “lowest price plus shipping,” and an eBay moderator confirmed on Tuesday that the problem was caused by a glitch. The eBay moderator acknowledged the issue Read more
Amazon has a new returns feature and advised sellers who fulfill their own orders to update their product dimensions and weight for Amazon prepaid return labels. But sellers pushed back, asking what good it would do since buyers often use Read more
