New tariffs and other changes could impact online sellers in the months and years ahead. Marianne Rowden is CEO of E-Merchants Trade Council, a global trade association for ecommerce entrepreneurs to support simplification of trade, tax and transportation policies. In Read more
A popular tool used by eBay sellers for marketplace research is being forced to close its app and pivot to a new offering called ShelfTrend AI, which it’s calling “an innovative, AI-powered approach to ecommerce intelligence.” In an email to Read more
An Amazon moderator confirmed that a seller trying to describe the scent of a candle in their listing would not be allowed to do so. The seller posted an exchange they had had with Seller Support in which they explained Read more
Amazon is moving Prime Exclusive Discounts to the Price Discounts tool, but sellers are upset because they will no longer be able to use features previously available to them. “Would you please enable bulk uploads for Price Discount,” a seller Read more
Etsy sent an email to shoppers on December 27, 2024, telling them they were “a gigantic part of what makes this community so extraordinary!” and linking to a page of Etsy’s “faves of 2024.” It didn’t detail how it determined Read more
Weeks after Alibaba consolidated all of its domestic- and international-ecommerce business units to defend against the likes of Temu, it is partnering with Shinsegae Group in Korea, which owns E-Mart’s ecommerce platform Gmarket, formerly owned by eBay. The two companies Read more
Sellers are reeling after Amazon dropped a bombshell announcement on those who use FBA to store and fulfill their inventory. One reader told us, “Now FBA is going to make it worse when they lose things, which happens on the Read more
After a 4-year break from the corporate world, Scott Schenkel is back in the C-suite, this time as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at travel company Expedia. In 2019, eBay’s then CFO Scott Schenkel was forced to take the helm as Read more
People don’t stop shopping on December 25th, especially given the popularity of gift cards, and Etsy is prepared with a lineup of after-Christmas sales. First up, it’s running an “End-of-Season Deals” event December 26 – 31, 2024. Sellers must have Read more
Sellers are dealing with a glitch that Amazon confirmed over a week ago, and the repercussions are coming at the worst time of year both for their pocketbooks and for their year-end reporting. The problem as we described last Monday Read more
