Ecommerce Industry News
ShipWorks launched ShipWorks for Warehouse, a new service that helps high-volume merchants get products to customers efficiently. The offering helps shippers with one warehouse or many, who use one shipping carrier or multiple, and is […]
Mobile shopping app Mercari launched instant payments for sellers – but note that there’s a price for getting fast access to your cash – $2, to be exact. It’s also limited to $500/month. Sellers who […]
eBay selected eight finalists for the 2019 Small Business of the Year Award, and final voting is now open for the annual Shine Awards for Small Business. The awards ceremony will take place on July […]
ShippingEasy launched a class for online sellers on how to generate traffic using email marketing. The one-week course is free for sellers of all sizes. Press release follows: ShippingEasy, the leading provider of cloud-based shipping, […]
PayPal expanded its international money transfer service Xoom to 32 markets across Europe, it announced on Monday. Note that Xoom is not for ecommerce, in fact, using Xoom for commercial purposes is prohibited. (See the […]
eBay officially kicked off its Crash Sale deals today, July 15, to compete with Amazon Prime Day. The campaign lacks traditional eBay fare – you won’t find collectibles or used goods. While it makes sense […]
Online sellers want to capitalize on Amazon Prime Day, on or off of Amazon, and one seller made an interesting suggestion to eBay on how it could help. eBay itself has been running a campaign […]
Amazon has been working to whip bargain-hunters into a frenzy with promises of “epic” deals on Prime Day (July 15-16), and third-party sellers can benefit. During last year’s Prime Day, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) […]
This week sees some major milestones in ecommerce. Monday marks the 4-year anniversary of the eBay-PayPal breakup, and the 1-year anniversary of eBay launching its own Managed Payments offering. Tuesday marks the 1-year anniversary of […]
Online marketplaces continue to pressure sellers to offer free shipping, with Etsy the latest to launch a new initiative. We surveyed sellers about major changes coming to the Etsy marketplace, and eBay sellers should pay […]