eBay is mandating sellers switch from PayPal to its own system of payment processing, but eBay Managed Payments excludes many categories of items, including coins and bullion. Today, eBay sent an email to sellers in some of those categories informing Read more
The head of eBay’s affiliate marketing program summarized changes the company made to the program in 2020 in a message to members. Michael Lill, Director of eBay Partner Network (ePN), said despite the challenges of the pandemic, ePN had a Read more
The USPS Loyalty Program launched on August 1, 2020, and changes to the program took effect on January 1, 2021, including an incentive to attract new accounts. New USPS business customers using Click-N-Ship will be eligible for a one-time $40 Read more
The stimulus package was signed into law on Sunday and, as PostCom reported, includes a provision that converts $10 billion in borrowing authority for the Postal Service to a “grant” that will not require prepayment if used to offset impacts Read more
Online marketplaces and ecommerce platforms have been warning sellers about changes when selling to the UK that take effect on January 1, 2021. The changes are due to Brexit (the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union) and relate Read more
Amazon said it delivered billions of items to customers around the world this holiday season in its annual post. As usual, you’ll have to wait until mid- to late-January to find more color when it releases its fourth-quarter financial results Read more
eBay UK General Manager Murray Lambell thanked sellers in a New Year’s message this month and advised them of new initiatives to come in 2021. Lambell said sellers are eBay’s most important customer, serving 28 million monthly shoppers in the Read more
Local-shopping app OfferUp named Niti Bashambu its new Chief Product Officer. During a 10-year stint at IAC, the executive helped lead the company’s brands that included Angie’s List, Dotdash, Vimeo, Expedia and Match Group. At OfferUp, Bashambu will head up Read more
Given the pandemic, it’s not a surprise that holiday shoppers shifted to online shopping in 2020. Last year, ecommerce accounted for 13% of overall retail sales during the November 1 – December 24 holiday shopping time period. That number rose Read more
eBay and Amazon updated UK sellers on the new agreement between Great Britain and EU. As British newspaper the Guardian reported, there are no tariffs on products sold between the UK and the EU, however, “there will be considerably more Read more
