Amazon is adding new required product attributes beginning July 5, 2023, it informed sellers in an announcement on Thursday. The 25 new attributes span 52 product types and will be required for new product listings. “Providing attribute information can help Read more
The FTC tweeted a message to consumers informing them they can get information about marketplace sellers and can report questionable activity thanks to a new law called the INFORM Act. The Friday morning tweet linked to a page on the Read more
Shoppers rely on product reviews to make purchasing decisions. Last year alone, 125 million customers contributed nearly 1.5 billion reviews and ratings on Amazon. But on Tuesday, Amazon said it has seen the emergence of an illicit “fake review broker” Read more
eBay Germany is using a third-party service from Boston-based Zoovu to offer personalized recommendations and customized product advice to shoppers. A press release from Zoovu via Businesswire on Tuesday explained: “When searching for products, customers are often presented with dozens Read more
An eBay moderator provided a response to sellers on Tuesday morning related to a shipping labels glitch. Reports came in on Monday from sellers who purchased shipping labels but were unable to download them, rendering them useless. A seller who Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) has invaded Amazon product reviews. How can that be so, since real human customers leave the reviews? Someone spotted a new section on some product pages that provides an AI-generated summary of the item’s reviews with a Read more
Amazon encouraged sellers to add video to their product pages, even if they aren’t brand-registered. “You can now add video content to your product pages if you’ve been selling on Amazon for three months or longer,” it announced on Friday. Read more
Bonanza upgraded its shipping label program in what the online marketplace called the first in a series of upgrades. “With these improvements, we make it simple for you to fulfill your orders from within your Bonanza account at the lowest Read more
eBay announced it will run its first ever “Marquee Auctions” event that will run between June 12 – 22, 2023. The auctions will be monthly events auctioning listings from select sellers of trading cards, one of its focus categories. eBay Read more
The old adage “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is” came into play for some shoppers on Tuesday when they saw Amazon advertising a 20% discount code TELE20AB on many listings across the site. One person started Read more
