As the New York Daily News reported, New York City has a new idea for helping low-income New Yorkers earn some extra cash: “turn them into Etsy sellers.” According to the city’s website, the NYC Craft Entrepreneurship Program is a training program that Read more
Amazon is instituting new limits on certain sellers, but different from eBay Selling limits. In Amazon’s case, it is not instituting dollar or listing caps, but rather, it is limiting sellers to the number of novelty SKUs they can list. Amazon Read more
eBay issued a press release on Wednesday titled, “Stick to the Facts, Carl” in response to Carl Icahn’s most recent letter to eBay shareholders, but it might as well have read, “Stick It, Carl.” In its response to Icahn’s first Read more
Alibris is suffering latency issues when it comes to updating inventory leading to a host of issues for its booksellers. A seller explainedhow the delay in inventory uploads was impacting her business. “We like to upload price changes daily but when Read more
Shoppers love cashback programs, and many people were disappointed when eBay suspended the cashback component of its affiliate program in 2011, impacting firms such as Ebates, BigCrumbs, FatWallet and KickItBack. And while eBay Partner Network (ePN) has not resurrected the Read more
What is it that online sellers detest and online marketplaces forge ahead with anyway? Testing and tweaking, of course, and Etsy is no exception. The company announced Monday it is testing various redesigns of sellers’ shops as part of its Read more
Amazon is raising the cost of Prime in the UK effective February 26, 2014. However, Amazon is offering a lower Prime price to new users if they sign up by the 26th. Try out the service with a free 30-day trial, and Read more
Amazon may catch up to eBay when it comes to offering shoppers top brands in clothing, an especially challenging category for online merchants. Amazon is in talks with major retailers to bring brands to its marketplace in a special arrangement, Read more
Perhaps you’ve seen images with a special “Shop Now” button on some of the blogs and websites you visit. Affiliate marketing is alive and well, and Amazon.com has launched a new feature to make it easier for its affiliate publishers Read more
Etsy said some visitors to its site like to browse the marketplace while others wish to see only items that match their style. The company said it was testing customized email marketing as part of a broader initiative to make Read more
