This week Etsy informed sellers of changing postal rates, and warned that the postage rate changes at the USPS and Canadian postal service would automatically be reflected on any postage purchased through Etsy Shipping Labels once the rate changes go into effect. Read more
Marketplaces are eager to help sellers improve the quality of their product listings. eBay-alternative Bonanza.com launched a tool in 2012 to help sellers improve their photos, and announced this week it was making the tool available to sellers for free. Read more
In the spring, eBay was recruiting for managers as it embarked on a large scale strategic project to build a next generation shipping and logistics platform that would serve sellers across eBay, Paypal and Magento. eBay has since created a Read more
Amazon and LL Bean tied for the top spot on ForeSee’s list of retail customer satisfaction during the holiday shopping season, and in its report, the company extolled Amazon’s ability to satisfy customers. Interestingly Amazon has 66% of customers coming Read more
Small merchants and individuals who sell online will most certainly come across an unpleasant reality sooner or later: the need to provide their taxpayer ID (a social security number or EIN) to any entity that processes payments on their behalf. Read more
Online sellers who have or are thinking of subscribing to an eBay Store in the UK – known there as eBay Shops – should be aware of a change in terms announced on Monday. Effective February 4, 2014, eBay UK Read more
Jewelry sellers on the Amazon.com marketplace have been finding their businesses under greater scrutiny for at least the last months of 2013. Some forum discussions by Amazon sellers indicate the company is actively seeking to stop potential problems with items being sold Read more
One of the ways eBay drives traffic to marketplace product listings is through its affiliate program, called the eBay Partner Network (ePN). The company rewards affiliates (publishers) for sending shoppers to the eBay Marketplace, and over the holiday shopping season, Read more
Online sellers are used to being on the receiving end of feedback and are frequently rated on a range of criteria like speed of delivery. But sellers rarely have the opportunity to rate the marketplaces on which they sell, and Read more
eBay employs four full-time economists who analyze data generated by 100 million users and 400 million active listings, and who mine behavioral data for insights – and it’s looking for more help. eBay is attending the American Economic Association conference Read more
