eBay responded to a damning report suggesting its UK marketplace was a haven for Chinese tax-evading sellers. The Mirror published an opinion column that said “VAT evading Chinese firms are wiping out British business.” The newspaper quoted an eBay seller who said Read more
Large sellers dominate on Etsy, according to business intelligence vendor RJMetrics.com, which recently analyzed Etsy patterns to come up with some tips for people shopping for handmade items on the site. 79% of Etsy shops carry 100 or fewer items in Read more
Amazon is expanding its package pickup delivery option in the UK. Shoppers can now pick up their Amazon orders at one of over 10,500 Post Office branches through the Royal Mail’s Local Collect, the UK’s largest “click and collect” network. Read more
Coming soon to Amazon listings – related services that shoppers can purchase, such as a handyman to install the ceiling fan they’re purchasing. While Amazon will also offer local services as standalone marketplace, it’s the ability to display complementary services Read more
Amazon UK is temporarily lowering certain fees for sellers the UK who use its fulfillment service to sell internationally. It applies only to European Fulfilment Network (EFN) fees and only from November 18, 2014 through March 31st, 2015. Amazon UK Read more
In the UK, eBay opted all sellers into its Click & Collect service, and signs are pointing to a similar program coming to the U.S. The marketplace platform told Reuters (link via Globe and Mail) it was “retooling its local Read more
Cyber Monday is one of the biggest online shopping days of the entire year. But thanks to a day-long “technical issue” on eBay yesterday, sellers were unable to list 7-day auctions timed to end next Monday. eBay acknowledged the problem Read more
Online sellers on Bonanza are now receiving lower shipping costs when they purchase and print their shipping labels on the platform. The marketplace explained it was making USPS Commercial Plus pricing available to its sellers. The Postal Service gives Commercial Read more
Nearly every weekend eBay UK announces a multi-day seller promotion, and this weekend was no exception. And as is the case with most UK promotions, this one was also for private (casual) sellers only who are registered as a resident Read more
Usually eBay restricts free-listing promotions to a subset of sellers, but on Friday it kicked of a listing promotion open to all sellers. eBay is allowing sellers to list up to 500 listings in auction or fixed-price format and pay Read more
