eBay acquired a company to help it police sellers by using monitoring technology to prevent the sale of counterfeit items, unsafe products and illegal goods. eBay acquired 3PM Shield LLC, also known as 3PM Solutions, whose services it had been Read more
An Amazon seller-consultant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax charges was sentenced to 20 months in prison in a case involving bribery of Amazon employees. The case made headlines in 2020 when the government filed charges against multiple defendants Read more
On Friday, Amazon replaced descriptors in the “Condition” field of used books and media, but it didn’t tell sellers. Instead, they were shocked to see that some of their items were described as “perfect” or that items that they had Read more
BigCommerce is making it easier for sellers to run multiple storefronts, opening up its Multi-Storefront to small and medium sellers. The feature was previously available only to enterprise merchants. The ecommerce platform company explained, “By expanding accessibility of MSF, BigCommerce Read more
eBay is offering 10% off on certain luxury goods for Valentine’s Day shoppers, and it’s funding the promotion, meaning sellers don’t have to put their items on sale to benefit from any interest from shoppers. But naturally, shoppers must read Read more
The eBay Status Board was displaying problems with “Home Page” and with “Buying” on Friday afternoon, February 3, 2023. No details were provided on what is a barebones dashboard that replaced a more detailed Tech-Issues Status page years ago. A Read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy attended his first earnings call on Thursday after replacing founder Jeff Bezos as chief executive in the summer of 2021. Don’t get used to it, but Jassy said he would attend calls from time to time Read more
eBay announced today it is raising some fees for US sellers effective February 15, 2023. eBay “final value fees” combine a commission and payment-processing fees, and the company said the maximum increase in any one category would be 0.35%. Some Read more
eBay entered into a deal with Notable Live, “a digital platform that fosters exceptional fan experiences,” to bring merchandise and NFTs to the eBay marketplace (more on what Non-Fungible Tokens are here). According to this week’s announcement: “eBay and Notable Read more
Amazon officially welcomed sellers to its new Seller Forums on Monday and touted new features. One aspect Amazon didn’t highlight in the announcement was the fact the new boards display posters’ Amazon business names (many sellers use a handle rather Read more
