Amazon will expand its presence in the state of Georgia with a new fulfillment center in Braselton, it announced on Wednesday. Amazon employees at the new 600,000 square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship large items for customers like Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will give the keynote address at his company’s first Etsy Up conference for sellers next month. The company announced the event earlier this month, and has since made available more information about the speakers. The Etsy Read more
Amazon Marketplace is inviting women business owners to Seattle in August to give them help with growing their businesses on Amazon. “This unique opportunity will allow women business owners to interact directly with Amazon leadership and network with other entrepreneurs,” Read more
Etsy announced some enhancements to its store-hosting site, Pattern by Etsy, which it launched in April. Sellers can choose to pay $15/month to have every one of their Etsy listings appear on their Pattern site with unlimited storage and no Read more
eBay is running a new promotion for shoppers called the “Summer of Choice,” and is using mobile deals as a keystone of the campaign, hosted with the help of social networking site Twitter. The campaign kicks off on Friday, June Read more
eBay lost its head of Seller Experience and is in the process of hiring his successor. Jordan Sweetnam left the company after a dozen years in various roles. Sweetnam decided to pursue another opportunity outside of the company, according to Read more
An innocent product promotion tweet by Amazon proved poorly timed, drawing negative reactions from around Twitter. Internet Retailer noted how a seller’s “cereal killer” bowl Twitter posting by Amazon, made in the wake of the horrific Orlando shooting, led to the critical Read more
Many eBay and online sellers firmly believe that if they own an item, they have the right to sell it no matter what under the First-Sale Doctrine. It’s not always that crystal clear to brands and copyright holders, however, as Read more
A new report answers the questions, how many products does Amazon actually carry, and in which categories. And it shows the incredible impact third-party merchants have on Amazon’s selection. The report from 360pi shows that Amazon alone carried 12,231,203 total Read more
European governments want to collect taxes on international purchases made by their residents; marketplaces want to comply with government regulations around such taxes; and sellers are left in the middle. In the case of sellers outside the EU, a recent Read more
