Etsy will host pop-up markets featuring one-of-a-kind items in four cities on Small Business Saturday, a shopping event created by American Express that each year falls on the day after Black Friday. Etsy will host the markets in San Francisco, Read more
Etsy’s Search Analytics tool is now available to all sellers, and the company will hold a chat session on November 7 to discuss the new tool and answer questions. Etsy Search Analytics gives sellers more information about traffic to listings Read more
eBay kicked off its first holiday-shopping campaign today with “eleven days of holiday deals.” The campaign focuses on eBay Deals, a section of its site closed to the majority of third-party sellers and offering heavily discounted commodity goods in tech, Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to offer volume discounts as a way to boost sales. eBay introduced the ability for sellers to offer such discounts last month. eBay kicked off the promotion on Friday and posted it Read more
eBay grew Marketplace GMV (sales) 5% in the third quarter. eBay grew active buyers by 4% across its platforms in the quarter; it had boosted its investment in brand marketing this year. eBay CEO Devin Wenig appears to be pinning Read more
Amazon Fashion is bringing its “try before you buy” service to Europe. Amazon launched Prime Wardrobe in the US in 2017, available only to Prime members. The program is limited to eligible items – members select between three and eight Read more
Lawyers frequently target public companies on behalf of investors when there’s bad news that impacts their stock price, sometimes it seems purely by reflex. That’s what’s happening to eBay after PayPal revealed in its earnings release last week that it Read more
eBay told sellers on Monday it would begin collecting sales tax next year on transactions where the buyer is based in Minnesota. eBay had previously informed sellers of its obligation to collect sales tax for other states that enacted what’s Read more
Etsy hosted a discussion board chat to answer sellers’ questions about online sales tax. It provided some background, explaining that since the Supreme Court ruling this year in South Dakota v. Wayfair, sellers must now concern themselves with economic nexus, Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage people to use its eBay Authenticate consignment service to sell their luxury handbags. “Sellers” (consignors) can receive a 50% discount on seller fees associated with eBay Authenticate and will receive 90% of the Read more
