The Federal government is investigating the safety of hoverboards and the USPS is restricting how they can be shipped, but retailers continue to sell them. In fact, eBay continues to promote them prominently on its website. On the top of Read more
A day after the New York Attorney General announced a settlement with 30 Amazon sellers over the sale of toy guns, UK newspaper the Guardian published an expose about the alleged illegal sale of real weapons on Amazon. The newspaper said it Read more
Amazon will pass Macy’s as the number-one US apparel retailer in 2017, and it will become the number-two US consumables retailer by 2018. Those are the bold predictions published in a new report by Wall Street firm Cowen and Company. Read more
eBay is adjusting the way it displays delivery estimates in the listings of its UK sellers to account for the policies of independent shipping couriers in the run-up to Christmas. eBay UK also said it would monitor service levels as Read more
On Monday, a reader reported that eBay had edited one of his listings “to avoid its removal” for Brand Name Misuse (in effect, “keyword spamming,” as eBay calls it.) Editing a seller’s description has been unheard of up until now. Read more
eBay continues to promote hoverboards as sites like Amazon and Overstock.com crack down on the products which are making headlines due to safety concerns. Amazon also has concerns about patent liability, spelling double trouble for merchants who stocked up on Read more
eBay announced on Thursday that it would be setting up nine locations around the country to help people sell their unwanted gifts through eBay Valet. eBay will be setting up three regifting stations and six drop box locations where it Read more
eBay is running a 6-day free-listing promotion to help bring inventory to its site during and after Christmas. The invitation-only promotion applies only to listings with 30-day or Good ‘Til Cancelled duration. Invited sellers can list up to 1,000 fixed-price Read more
Merchants who host their stores on the Yahoo Stores platform went through the process of moving to new servers last month in advance of the planned spinoff from its parent company Yahoo, planned for next month. But official word came Read more
Amazon is raising fees next years for US sellers who use its Fulfillment By Amazon service, citing rising labor and transportation costs. Some of the rate hikes depend on whether the product is Media, non-Media, or Clothing. Almost all rate Read more
