Amazon issued a press release the day after Christmas boasting about the performance of what was its 20th holiday season, though it didn’t reveal overall growth rates or sales figures. Wall Street analyst Colin Sebastian of Robert W. Baird & Read more
Newsweek published an opinion piece on Christmas Day, “Why Should New Yorkers Subsidize Amazon?” The author questions the tax breaks New York has given the Washington-based company as incentives to open operations in the state and employ New York residents. Newsweek said Read more
Long gone are the days when online sellers would eagerly await eBay’s free listing day each December 25th, which was meant to boost listings for post-Christmas shoppers. Now every seller gets a certain amount of free listings throughout the year, Read more
While to some, Christmas Day may signal the end of the holiday shopping season, Amazon is expecting a busy day thanks in part to its portfolio of digital content. The marketplace’s UK arm said it expected sales on December 25, Read more
Should companies demonstrate a sense of social responsibility? Etsy’s CEO thinks they should. In an essay published on LinkedIn, Chad Dickerson explained he was asked by the site’s editors to answer the question, “What is the one big idea that Read more
Head of eBay Marketplaces Devin Wenig will soon be eBay CEO after the breakup of the company next year. Sellers are wondering if things will change under his leadership once John Donahoe leaves. Who has been setting the overall direction Read more
Some sellers are rethinking the viability of international selling on the Amazon platform unless they use Fulfillment by Amazon. That’s because on Thursday, Amazon reminded sellers of its international returns policy. And for those not in compliance by January 20th, Read more
If you sell toys online, you should be aware of restrictions placed on the sale of toy guns. The New York Attorney General is investigating the sale of prohibited toy guns on Amazon and other retailers online and offline. Eric Read more
Some sellers are upset over the way Amazon is displaying estimated delivery dates and say it’s costing them sales from holiday shoppers on the last weekend before Christmas. On December 19th, sellers took to Amazon’s discussion boards to report that Read more
If online sellers thought free 2-day shipping was hard to attain, Amazon is ratcheting up shopper expectations even more with its latest Prime Shipping offering. Impatient city folks can now get tens of thousands of items delivered to their front Read more
