Etsy expanded its practice of collecting VAT tax for sales in Europe, much to the relief of many sellers who sell digital goods and services on the online marketplace. As EcommerceBytes previously reported, the European Union changed its rules last month. Read more
Yahoo is casting off its ecommerce business, including Yahoo Stores, later this year when it spins off its Yahoo Small Business unit. YSB will move over to a new public company, currently referred to as “SpinCo,” along with Yahoo’s approximately Read more
eBay warned sellers in Australia of higher shipping costs from that country’s postal service. Australia Post will be making price adjustments to selected parcel products, including certain rates impacting an eBay co-branded flat-rate shipping box, it told sellers. Australia Post Read more
Amazon notified sellers in the UK of a new policy around the way it displays shipping delivery estimates to customers. Effective March 2, 2015, Amazon UK will display new shipping transit times for listings from professional sellers in all categories. Read more
eBay is failing to collecting shipping charges for some transactions, leaving sellers in the lurch, as we reported Thursday. We still haven’t heard back from eBay, nor has the company issued a report on its Systems Announcement Board. A reader spent Read more
eBay is running a free listing promotion and tying it in with its Global Shipping Program. However, it’s an invitation-only promotion, and sellers must activate it before they will receive free listings. Recipients of the invitation were told, “Grow your Read more
Sellers are reporting that eBay is failing to collect shipping charges from their customers in what appears to be a major technical glitch. Reports are coming in from readers and on the eBay discussion boards. Compounding matters is the information Read more
eBay is adding Proxibid to its Live Auction lineup, announcing a partnership that will make heavy equipment, industrial machinery, farm equipment, cars and trucks accessible to eBay shoppers. Beginning later this year, Proxibid’s auction company partners will be able to participate in Read more
Etsy has been working on new tools to make it faster and easier to list and manage inventory in seller shops. The online marketplace is advising sellers to try them out before they become the default next month. Nickey Skarstad, Read more
eBay’s previously announced layoffs have begun this week, and though details are sketchy so far, it appears workers in India may be bearing the brunt of it. Worldlypost.in reports that of the expected 2,400 global layoffs, 1,000 of those may come from units Read more
