Mercari will begin charging payment processing fees on shipping costs in addition to the item-sold price. It will also raise disbursement fees, it informed customers in an email on Thursday. Sellers compared the change to fees assessed by eBay and Read more
eBay added a new member to its Board of Directors on Tuesday, the company announced on Thursday, expanding the board to 10 members. Shripriya Mahesh worked for eBay for 5 years in the early 2000’s and was Head of Product Read more
eBay sellers are experiencing some significant issues that have been logged in the last few days impacting search; delivery status; eBay International Shipping (EIS); items incorrectly showing as out of stock; and listings up for renewal that simply disappear. eBay Read more
Amazon raised the cost of fulfilling orders through its Multi-Channel Fulfillment service (MCF). The third-party logistics solution is designed to let merchants leverage its network to fulfill off-Amazon orders (“to power their growth beyond Amazon.com”). Amazon published the news in Read more
eBay updated its Payments Terms of Use, which goes into effect for new sellers on March 14, 2023, and goes into effect on May 14th for current sellers. eBay published a post on the Australia announcement board where it explained: Read more
Etsy has begun processing payments through a different processor in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse on Friday that resulted in delayed disbursements to .05 percent of Etsy’s active sellers. It’s also working to pay sellers impacted Read more
Etsy sellers and those with shops on Shopify have had to make important decisions about their ongoing operations in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. (See, “Run on Silicon Valley Bank Impacts Operations at Tech Firms.”) (See update Read more
Bonanza, which launched as an alternative to eBay in 2008, has a new owner. Quincy Faison acquired the online marketplace from Bonanza’s parent company, Alloy.dev. Bill Harding launched “Bonanzle” in 2008 and, 2 years later, raised funding, changed the name Read more
The first comment out of the gate at this month’s eBay Chat on Wednesday was why eBay wouldn’t allow sellers to specify which items they allowed to be sent internationally on a listing-by-listing basis. Currently it’s an all or nothing Read more
eBay is making a change that will see it report higher revenue – and higher costs – due to the structure of its new international shipping program. eBay’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Steve Priest explained the change during a presentation Read more
