June marks the 15th anniversary of a 22-hour site outage that nearly ended eBay as a company. CEO Meg Whitman managed the short-term crisis, but it was a wakeup call that led her to hire Maynard Webb. Now, Webb is Read more
Life just got easier for sellers who operate multiple storefronts on Bonanza. The online marketplace launched a new tool that permits Bonanza sellers to transfer their Bonanza items from one booth (as stores are called) to another. Sellers must first Read more
Beginning this month, the European Union is changing the procedure by which sellers must collect and remit value-added taxes (VAT) on digital goods and services purchased by residents of EU countries. The changes, which took effect Jan. 1, mean that Read more
Despite the fact eBay will be splitting itself in two in a matter of months, it named a new director to its board. Bonnie Hammer, Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, joined eBay Inc.’s Board of Directors on Tuesday as an Read more
eBay and Amazon used to have one thing in common – they both opposed legislation requiring online sellers be forced to collect state sales tax even if they had no physical presence in those states. Amazon switched positions as it Read more
Each January Amazon issues a press release about the performance of its third-party merchant program. This year, it specifically called attention to its mobile app for sellers, launched in March 2014. Peter Faricy, VP for Amazon Marketplace, said, “The growth Read more
Sellers sold over 2 billion items worldwide on Amazon in 2014, a record amount. To help put that in perspective, Amazon revealed a year ago that its third-party sellers sold “more than a billion” units worldwide in 2013, cumulatively worth Read more
eBay bragged about the success of its eBay Deals program over the holidays. “While everyone is celebrating the $1 billion in desktop sales made on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, most people probably don’t know that eBay Deals accounted for $74 Read more
eBay technical issues on Saturday evening prevented shoppers from making purchases on the site, and, for a period of time, the eBay feedback system was down. On Saturday evening (January 3, 2015) at 11:17 pm Pacific Time, eBay posted the Read more
Given the importance of shipping to all online retailers, it was no surprise that Etsy reminded sellers of changes to postage rates through a blog post announcement. “In January 2015, while Canada Post has planned changes as expected, USPS rates Read more
