Amazon is removing a safeguard for sellers of high-value items next month, a decision sellers are denouncing as untenable. On Friday, Amazon announced the following policy change: “Effective February 8, 2026, all US sellers must use the Amazon Prepaid Return Read more
Companies put a lot of adjectives in front of the word “commerce” (mobile, social, agentic, etc.) to show they are hip to the latest trends (and to signal they are prepared to monetize them). Now comes eBay with a plan Read more
In the space of 4 days, Etsy announced it would make sellers’ items available for purchase directly on Microsoft Copilot Checkout and in Google Search AI Mode, coming just 3 months after it made a similar announcement when it integrated Read more
In an effort to make mail more secure, the USPS will restrict access to tracking information for packages. Currently, anyone who has a tracking number (not just the shipper or the recipient) can enter the number into the tracking tool Read more
Like other companies, Amazon is attempting to show it is winning when it comes to AI, as evidenced by several press releases this week. On Tuesday, it said it was showcasing its vision for AI at the CES 2026 trade Read more
Amazon currently displays reviews left for products across all of their variations, even when the variations have significant differences in features or specifications. Beginning February 12th, it will no longer do that, in order to “improve accuracy and help customers Read more
Sellers who don’t sell on Amazon were shocked to see their store listings appear in its shopping app under Shop Direct and Buy for Me features. They learned that Amazon had scraped their web stores, displayed their listings in the Read more
Returns are costly, so costly in fact, that Walmart suggests in some cases sellers might wish to let buyers keep an unwanted item instead of requiring them to return it. In describing the various returns services it offers to marketplace Read more
eBay is introducing “credit note” tax documents, it announced on the last day of 2025. The goal of credit notes is “to make billing clearer, more transparent, and easier for sellers to manage,” it said in its New Year’s Eve Read more
Online marketplaces like eBay are always looking for growth opportunities – and one of the most successful has been to charge sellers advertising fees to promote their listings. But at certain points in eBay’s history, it also experimented with introducing Read more
