Amazon is not alone in placing products closer to the customer “to ensure that we have the right inventory, in the right places, at the right time,” but some Chinese distributors may be abandoning their strategy of storing goods in Read more
If Amazon doesn’t carry a particular product a shopper is searching for, it will now serve as a proxy to find the item elsewhere. Shoppers can then either go directly to the brand’s website, or have Amazon facilitate the sale Read more
Amazon’s answer to cheap-but-slow-to-arrive goods from sites like Temu is called Haul, and it’s now available on the desktop. Amazon Haul, launched in November in beta, was previously available only through the Amazon Shopping app and offers products with “ultra-low Read more
eBay informed sellers this week of the Mexican government’s recent changes to its import regulations. eBay advised sellers they must provide certain information to carriers in order to comply when shipping to Mexico: “Since January 1 2025, all eBay sellers Read more
When eBay sellers advertise their listings, eBay displays suggested ad rates, which is a percentage of the total sale. On April 1st, the company published a guide explaining how it calculates those suggestions, revealing that it uses machine learning to Read more
eBay authenticates trading cards valued at over $250, and now it’s offering to grade raw (ungraded) cards during the authentication process. While cllct reported the new offering on Sunday, neither eBay nor its partner, third-party authentication and grading provider PSA, Read more
Rural sellers – including the entire state of Wyoming – may lose some precious time in getting their packages into the hands of buyers beginning April 1, according to SaveThePostOffice.com. That’s because under the USPS service standards changes, “any post Read more
It’s Etsy sellers’ turn to have account verification issues after some eBay sellers experienced similar problems this month. Numerous sellers reported that Etsy suspended shop listings and have been unable to get them reinstated. One seller explained on the Etsy Read more
Amazon confirmed it laid off some people in its FBA fulfillment organization (a small percentage of the organization globally, it said) after The Information reported the layoffs on Thursday. While the article is behind a paywall, reporter Theo Wayt tweeted: Read more
Etsy debuted a new TV commercial, and the company is sticking with its marketing message that Etsy is a destination for shopping for gifts. The ad is titled, “Don’t Celebrate Birthdays” and features the tagline, “Gifts that say, I get Read more
