Amazon is obsessed with showing shoppers accurate delivery estimates. As a result, Amazon changed how sellers’ Order Handling Capacity settings are set. As of February 7, Amazon will automatically set a threshold that is a conservative estimate of the volume Read more
eBay sellers were poised to update the item condition of used clothing on February 4th to comply with a new policy, but learned that day that eBay was delaying the rollout until the middle of the month. Currently when listing Read more
Amazon grew sales 10% in the fourth quarter 2024, year-over-year. North America segment sales increased 10% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 8% year-over-year (or 9% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). And AWS segment sales increased 19% year-over-year. For the Read more
The USPS is temporarily suspending package acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Letters and flats will not be impacted. (See update below.) Because the language states the US Postal Service is suspending “acceptance” of Read more
Amazon said US members of its Prime program saved an average of over $500 on delivery fees. In its announcement on Tuesday, Amazon said it also achieved record delivery speeds in 2024, with over 9 billion items arriving same- or Read more
eBay users became upset Tuesday morning when they were unable to update to the latest version of the eBay app on their mobile phones, rendering the app useless. People responding on discussion boards told them they could still access eBay Read more
eBay announced its 2025 Winter Seller Update on Thursday that includes a new buyer portal for sellers along with higher selling fees. As usual, eBay put the Seller Update news into categories, in this case, the following three buckets: Tools Read more
eBay gave in to sellers in Canada who were upset that it was removing one of the perks of having a Store subscription – quarterly coupons for eBay-branded shipping supplies. An EcommerceBytes reader forwarded the email they received from eBay Read more
Amazon is requiring sellers to verify their emergency contact number through a one-time password. It used the acronyms ECN and OTP in its announcement on Thursday, informing sellers that it was initiating the new ECN verification beginning the previous week Read more
Etsy published a blog post on Tuesday to give sellers an inside look at how Etsy search works – including factors that do and don’t influence search results. The meat of the content, which included strategies for optimizing listings, was Read more
