eBay is no longer requiring that sellers use its own shipping label program in order to opt in to the Guaranteed Delivery program, which helps buyers find items that ship quickly and is backed up by a guarantee, as the Read more
eBay grew GMV 7 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 on a foreign-exchange neutral basis. Eclipsing the news was eBay’s bombshell announcement that it will become a payments intermediary, as terms of its operating agreements entered into with Read more
eBay issued a warning to UK sellers advising them to comply with Value Added Tax (VAT) obligations. The company said it works with the country’s tax agency HMRC on preventing tax evasion, and said it would take action against sellers Read more
Amazon is opening a new fulfillment center in Rugby in the UK, making it the fourth in the Midlands region. The company said it is increasing the size of its UK network to meet increasing customer demands and expand product selection. Read more
Amazon is working on a way to increase its warehouse capacity with zero capital expenditure. How is that possible? Turn its sellers’ warehouses into FBA fulfillment centers. It has already invited a small percentage of sellers into the program, called Read more
Amazon launched a new program for FBA merchants called Supply Chain Connect designed to increase efficiency and boost its control of inbound shipping to its warehouses. Sellers currently have two ways to get inventory from suppliers to Amazon fulfillment centers. Read more
eBay Advertising announced a new program to help it combat ad fraud called Ads.txt, which stands for Authorized Digital Sellers. Ads.txt is a simple text file that sits in the page source code of the eBay domain. eBay uses Ads.txt Read more
The saying, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” applies to a new ecommerce alliance announced today between Rakuten and Walmart as they feel the heat from Amazon’s continuing growth. Rakuten went up against Amazon and eBay after it Read more
eBay announced the winners of its first UK eBay for Business Awards. The two grand prize winners, Joe Waggot of Metal Polishing Supplies and Henry Bishop and James Grear of The Coin Supplier will each receive a cash prize along Read more
Etsy has added a tool to help sellers grow international sales. While marketplaces may offer automatic (“machine”) translations, Etsy is making it easier for multilingual sellers to add their own translations to their listings. “Translations you add yourself tend to Read more
