Store-hosting platform BigCommerce acknowledged the outage that hit its platform on March 17, 2023. In short, it said in a post on Twitter, “there was an unexpected load on a globally-used component, which lead to degraded performance across the platform Read more
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
The USPS issued a reminder on Wednesday that Postal Service employees should be prepared to provide tools to customers who are sending packages to the EU. New European Union rules require shippers to provide more detail about the contents of 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
Unless you’ve purchased something from Shutterfly in the last 18 months, the company will zap your photos – permanently. In a letter to customers, the photo storage and personalized products maker said it changed its policy in January. It will Read more
The Feds accused an 82-year-old Colorado man of defrauding trading-card collectors, including residents of New York and Michigan, over a period of 4 years. They charged him last week with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. “As alleged, the defendant orchestrated 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
