Amazon is a distributor, according to an order from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and is therefore responsible for recalling defective or unsafe products sold through its FBA fulfillment program. An Amazon spokesperson told EcommerceBytes it plans to Read more
UPS published a rate update on July 15, 2024, revealing that its surcharge fees will jump twice during the upcoming busy holiday shopping season, first in late September, and again in mid-November. Supply Chain Dive reported that the 2024 holiday Read more
Amazon is shortening the window for sellers to make claims when the company loses their inventory in its fulfillment centers, starting in October. But the following month it will begin proactively reimbursing sellers who use FBA when fulfillment centers report Read more
Several Etsy executives held a meet-and-greet with sellers in the Bay Area of California, the company revealed in a post on LinkedIn today. Etsy Global Director of Marketplace Policy Sophie Duba – along with Vice President of Trust & Safety Read more
The USPS is discontinuing the medium size tubes for shipping long narrow items effective immediately, but shippers can order them while supplies last. The Postal Service said it based the decision to stop offering the “Dual-Use Priority Mail/Priority Mail Express Read more
eBay invited some sellers to participate in a survey, but there’s an unusual twist – participants must be willing to upload videos of themselves. A seller who received the email posted the invitation because they weren’t sure if it was Read more
The Better Business Bureau lets consumers leave reviews for and file complaints against businesses, but now the BBB has teamed up with one of those businesses to crack down on fake reviews. Amazon announced on Thursday it has filed a Read more
Mercari told news service Nikkei it has no plans to withdraw from the US market after it confirmed layoffs in the US. Nikkei reported that the Japan-based company laid off nearly half of the employees at its US subsidiary. Mercari’s Read more
Following a new marketplace trend, Etsy’s Depop platform is eliminating selling fees and shifting them to buyers, who will pay up to 5% of the item purchase price plus a fixed amount of up to $1. (It does not affect Read more
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts issued a press release on Thursday regarding the sentencing of a former eBay executive for his role in cyberstalking EcommerceBytes’ publishers. The Department of Justice press release follows: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Read more
