Etsy moved up one slot to finish 4th in the 2021 EcommerceBytes Sellers Choice Awards. Survey respondents voted the handmade and vintage marketplace the second-most profitable venue, but Communication and Customer Service scores were only middling, keeping Etsy from placing Read more
Mercari settled into 5th place in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards, slipping one spot from the previous year. The mobile selling app showed improvement in Profitability, and gained praised for its Ease of Use, placing near the top in that Read more
Poshmark replicated their 2020 results and finished in 6th place in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards. The niche fashion app earned high marks for Ease of Use, but many respondents were not as enthusiastic about the work involved marketing their Read more
The Sellers Choice Awards winner in 2017 and 2018, Amazon has since finished in 7th place three consecutive years. This year, Amazon held onto their 7th position by the slimmest of margins – .005. A highly competitive marketplace, Amazon can Read more
eCrater got the biggest boost in the final voting, jumping up two spots to place 8th (and missing 7th place by the narrowest of margins) in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards for Online Marketplaces. eCrater showed improvement from the previous Read more
Craigslist slipped one notch and placed 9th in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards for Online Marketplaces. Craigslist was found to be one of the more profitable places to sell – especially locally – and excelled in Ease of Use, but Read more
Facebook came in 10th place in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards, slipping one spot from last year. Facebook is becoming a staple for selling larger items locally, but survey respondents felt that communications from the company was sorely lacking. In Read more
Social selling-app Poshmark launched a new category this week for pet owners that will include a variety of new and secondhand pet accessories, supplies, toys, and other essentials for dogs, cats, fish, reptiles and other pets. “Shoppers can expect to Read more
Amazon posted a reminder to UK sellers that makers of handmade toys and games must comply with government regulations in addition to its own guidelines. Thursday’s announcement follows below: Handmade Toys and Games guidelinesAs a maker of handmade Toys and Read more
eBay has a new shipping option exclusively for sellers of inexpensive trading cards, as we’ve reported. This week, eBay told Linn’s Stamp News that the eBay Standard Envelope option would also be available to sellers in the Stamps category, though Read more
