On Sunday afternoon, we noticed the eBay.com home page displayed an advertising message at the extreme top of the page that said, “Get free holiday shipping supplies today. Start Shipping. United States Postal Service. Delivering for America. Restrictions Apply.” along Read more
Mercari kicked off a 12-day holiday marketing campaign on December 1st. Each day, it is running “mystery deals” where a limited number of users per hour who take a certain action – such as liking an item – will be Read more
A security manager at Amazon pleaded guilty to defrauding the company on Thursday. According to the government, he had been responsible for preventing loss, monitoring security risks, and protecting people, products, and information at Amazon facilities in Georgia. He and Read more
PayPal is giving away $5,000 in a holiday promotion on social media over the course of four days this month. The SleighPal Giveaway encourages people to promote PayPal via Instagram and Twitter for a chance to win. The promotion runs Read more
Amazon is making its fulfillment service more palatable for sellers who use it for orders made through off-Amazon channels. It announced Friday it began shipping “Multi-Channel Fulfillment” orders (MCF) in unbranded packaging automatically, at no additional cost to sellers. That’s Read more
eBay doubled the number of photos it allows sellers to add to their listings. As we previously reported, eBay CEO Jamie Iannone attributed the idea for the new feature to fashion sellers during a meeting he held with them in Read more
Amazon said small businesses in the US generated $1 billion in sales over the 5-day Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend and called it the biggest holiday shopping weekend ever. “This was a record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for Amazon. Customers shopped millions Read more
It will cost more to sell on Etsy’s Depop fashion resale marketplace in January when it raises payment-processing fees. Depop blamed it on credit card companies increasing the fees they charge Depop to process transactions. Beginning January 5, 2023, the Read more
This year saw a greater number of people shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend (a record 196.7 million), which also saw the resurgence of in-store shopping, according to National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay. The head of the trade organization Read more
Shopify and BigCommerce reported on sales trends over the 2022 Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Both companies provide a platform for sellers to operate their own online stores, so their reports may give greater insight into how smaller merchants performed compared to Read more
