If selling on Amazon could be compared to the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” game, sellers now have three “lifelines” thanks to a new feature rolling out called Amazon Seller Challenge for members of Account Health Assurance (AHA). Some Read more
Walmart entered into a new partnership with OpenAI that will start with allowing customers and members to shop Walmart through ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout. “Whether planning meals, restocking household essentials, or finding something new, customers can simply chat and buy, and Read more
Amazon AWS experienced an outage that demonstrated how many companies are dependent on Amazon’s web-hosting cloud services. In fact, the outage earned a special alert on the top of DownDetector on Monday morning: “User reports indicate issues at Amazon Web Read more
Amazon is creating 250,000 jobs in the US this holiday season, including full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions. They aren’t just jobs in cities and suburbs – Amazon said the hiring plans include rural areas. It’s investing over $1 billion into Read more
Walmart made a big splash in the collectibles space last week, with a major presence at New York Comic Con and announcing it was adding 10,000 comics to its Marketplace through a collaboration with Shortboxed. Walmart said it was investing Read more
eBay rolled out a number of changes during the third quarter (July, August, September 2025), and it recently summarized the changes for third-party developers that offer tools and services for buyers and sellers. For example, this summer, eBay mandated sellers Read more
Etsy will launch a new holiday marketing campaign that includes TV commercials, its Chief Marketing Officer Brad Minor revealed on Wednesday. In a blog post titled, “How We’re Helping Shoppers Gift Special This Holiday Season,” he said Etsy’s campaign will Read more
eBay is running another fall brand-marketing campaign focused on Fashion, Motors, and Collectibles, including TV commercials. Last year, eBay ran its first global brand campaign in nearly a decade with the theme, “Things.People.Love.“ eBay said this year’s theme, “eBay Stories,” Read more
Online sellers face another cost that takes a bite out of their margins. Amazon began charging state sales tax on seller ads on October 1, 2025. It applies to sellers located in a single state for now, but like other Read more
eBay announced its monthly seller update for October on Wednesday, and it includes a policy that levels the playing field a bit for US sellers. eBay now requires a US-based return address for items sold on eBay.com that are shipped Read more
