eBay partnered with Airtasker in Australia, encouraging sellers to hire gig workers from the marketplace to help them list their items on the eBay marketplace. “With Airtasker, you can find Airtasker Workers that are skilled at using eBay to help Read more
Amazon is raising the costs of selling on its Mexico marketplace. It sent the following letter to sellers to remind them that promotional referral fees will change effective February 5, 2018. In some categories, the rates are doubling or even, Read more
eBay launched new returns and refund practices that were previously announced as part of the Fall Seller Update. The first is “Automatic Acceptance of Returns,” which occurs when buyers have paid shipping costs. (Be sure to check what happens in Read more
Etsy will run a big site-wide sale to attract holiday shoppers, CEO Josh Silverman announced on Monday during a call with Wall Street analysts. This will be the second site-wide sale after introducing new tools that let sellers opt-in to Read more
Etsy grew sales on its marketplace by 13.2% in the third quarter (July, August, September) compared to the third quarter of 2016. It reported $26 million in net income for the quarter, and it said it was expecting a strong Read more
eBay announced it has expanded its Promoted Listings ad program to sellers in Canada. eBay has been gearing up the program and on May 1st, it eliminated third-party ads that took shoppers off the eBay.com website, though last month it Read more
Amazon announced plans to open a new office in downtown Vancouver, Canada, the second in the city. The new office will double the number of employees in Vancouver to 2,000 when it opens in 2020. While not specific about the Read more
Pricing and delivery are key influences on holiday shoppers this year according to a new survey, which found that 63% of shoppers will purchase from Amazon this season, 60% will purchase from Walmart, and 45% will buy goods from eBay. Read more
Amazon officially opened its new development center in England today where engineers will work on delivery drones, among other projects. Ultimately 400 “learning scientists, knowledge engineers, data scientists, mathematical modellers, speech scientists and software engineers” will work on projects ranging Read more
eBay is opening its Promoted Listings seller advertising program to the Motors Parts & Accessories category, it announced on Wednesday. Some sellers like the program as a way to pay for extra visibility, while others believe it is having a Read more
