The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a new rule that will crack down on marketers who make false, unqualified claims that their products are Made in the USA. Under the rule, marketers making unqualified Made in USA claims on labels Read more
Executives from the US Postal Service met last week to prepare for the upcoming holiday shipping season – and one area they focused on was staffing. The USPS Logistics and Processing Operations department is responsible for processing and moving mail Read more
Amazon extended the deadline for sellers to remove HTML from product descriptions on product detail pages. We had written about the original notification back in May when Amazon provided a deadline of July 17th. Yesterday (June 30th), Amazon told sellers Read more
PayPal Zettle launched today to allow small businesses to accept payments across in-person and online channels. But it’s more than a card-reader and point-of-sale solution. PayPal described the offering as way for small businesses to plug into and manage many Read more
An online seller learned the hard way that you don’t always know to whom you are selling. And while the government says the seller lied to buyers about the source of his elephant and whale ivory inventory, he apparently took Read more
Optiseller is hosting a webinar to help online sellers adapt to eBay’s forthcoming Item Specifics mandate. The third-party vendor said its experts will offer practical guidance on what sellers should do – and how to benefit from the changes. While Read more
A merchant who sells NFL items said Amazon has been removing some of his products. When asked why they are doing so, they refer to “The Memo from the NFL.” But, the seller said, “they have never shown me the Read more
Poshmark awarded 12 sellers $5,000 grants and 130 sellers $500 grants, part of its commitment to give away $500,000 in grant money this year to help sellers grow their business on the social marketplace. The company explained that the Poshmark Read more
An eBay Powerseller is working on a project this summer and will share feedback from sellers with eBay management. The kicker: he’s a college student doing a summer internship at eBay. Sam Straus has been selling online since he was Read more
A company called Thimble now offers Product Liability insurance policies for home-based crafters and makers – the kind of sellers you’ll find on sites like Etsy – including clothing designers/sellers, small apparel manufacturers, jewelry makers, and candlemakers. Sellers can shop Read more
