A surprising number of household goods are considered hazardous materials (hazmat), and new USPS fees taking effect next week could blindside some sellers. Essential oils, nail polish (and nail polish remover), perfumes and colognes, hand sanitizer, inks, stains and varnishes, Read more
Etsy offers account-level appeals, and this year, it’s going to expand listing-level appeals that are currently limited to appealing violations of its Creativity Standards. “Our goal is to have broad appeals coverage by the end of this year,” Etsy announced Read more
Amazon’s new handling-time rule take effect today, June 29, 2026. The change, announced on May 27th, impacts seller-fulfilled orders. Sellers who don’t enable the Automated Handling Time feature must maintain accurate SKU-specific handling time – otherwise Amazon will take control Read more
The US ended the $800 de minimis on packages arriving to the US last year, meaning duties are due on those items. In Europe, the EU is eliminating de minimis on packages valued at €150 or less beginning July 1, Read more
Some eBay sellers expecting their weekly payout to arrive automatically on Tuesday were disappointed, with several threads popping up reporting the issue. “Any seller aware of a payout glitch,” asked one seller. Another replied that no one seemed to know, Read more
This year, Independence Day falls on a Saturday (July 4, 2026), which means government agencies and many companies will observe the holiday a day early – but not so the Post Office. According to the USPS website, it will observe Read more
eBay summarized recent updates it made to Seller Initiated Offers over the last months during Thursday’s “Summer Marketing Tactics” webinar. eBay Senior Product Manager Evan Swanson kicked off the session, saying eBay was making it easier to send offers as Read more
eBay launched a new feature late last year that allowed sellers to record the cost of the items they list, but sellers began reporting over the past week that the data has disappeared. In one thread on the eBay discussion Read more
eBay launched a new feature for sellers available in its mobile app called easy boost, calling it the “fastest way to promote your items”: “Easy boost is the fastest and easiest way to promote all of your items at once. Read more
Eleven years ago, Amazon imposed limits on title length, and it used suppression in search to enforce the policy. This year, it’s making titles even shorter – and it will use AI to enforce the policy. In 2015, Amazon forced Read more
