President Biden nominated two people to the USPS Board of Governors on Friday, one of them with some ecommerce chops. Derek Kan currently oversees business operations and strategy for Deliverr, which is a fulfillment service that offers merchants an alternative Read more
This year’s eBay holiday marketing includes three real-life popup stores in Detroit, Houston, and Miami. With the number of buyers in decline and holiday shopping in full force, eBay is doubling down on its strategy of focusing on high-value items Read more
eBay is flush with cash this week. It sold an 80% share of its eBay Korean unit for $3 billion on Sunday, and today it announced it sold over 134 million shares in Adevinta ASA for €2.05 billion, which is Read more
As Yahoo Small Business rebrands today, some people may have trouble remembering when Yahoo was the search engine of choice, preceding Google. Twenty-three years ago, Yahoo launched the Yahoo Stores platform – a predecessor to Shopify and BigCommerce. Since then, Read more
Etsy appointed Marla Blow to its Board of Directors. Blow is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation, which was founded in 1999 by eBay’s first President, Jeff Skoll. An excerpt from the Skoll Foundation explains its Read more
Some customers (and sellers) were unable to view Etsy listings starting on Tuesday (November 16). Etsy blamed the problem on ad-blocking programs. On Wednesday afternoon, Etsy said its engineers identified the problem after sellers began reporting the problem of missing Read more
An Amazon rate hike will hit sellers on January 18, 2022, the company announced today. It said it had kept selling fee changes low throughout the pandemic while “absorbing billions of dollars in increased costs on your behalf” while at Read more
Amazon upstream storage is a new program the company is testing with FBA sellers to streamline inventory replenishment in its Fulfillment Centers. A page on its website refers to the program as Amazon Distribution, and in messaging to sellers, refers Read more
eBay completed the sale of 80% of its eBay Korea unit to Emart for approximately $3 billion. eBay will retain a 19.99% interest in the Korean businesses, including G-Market, IAC and G-9. After caving to pressure from activist investors in Read more
Sellers will not face nonstandard fees for using older flat-rate USPS Priority Mail boxes, a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes. After the US Postal Service announced new “nonstandard” fees going into effect in January, sellers had questions about whether it would impact Read more
