The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused an online seller of paying for fake reviews on Amazon.com. The FTC said it was the first case in which it challenged a marketer’s use of fake paid reviews on an independent retail Read more
Amazon will offer apprenticeships in the UK due to a major shortage of workers with skills in science, tech, engineering and math (STEM) in the country. The announcement comes as the UK is preparing to pull out of the EU Read more
eBay relies heavily on cross-border trade, and last week, it issued a warning about a possible change in government policy that could make it more expensive for US buyers to import goods from abroad. The de minimis threshold is the Read more
Amazon added former Pepsi CEO Indra K. Nooyi to its Board of Directors. Wikipedia says the 63-year-old is consistently ranked among the world’s 100 most powerful women. CNBC noted Nooyi becomes the fifth female member of Amazon’s 11-person board. You Read more
Etsy reported fourth quarter and full year 2018 financial results today. It grew Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) 22.3% in Q4 (or 23.1% FX-neutral) and grew revenue 46.8%. (Note: edited to fix typo in revenue growth rate.) Press release follows (excerpt): Read more
One year ago, Amazon extended Prime membership benefits to its Woot deals site, including free shipping. Now it’s running a promotion to celebrate, giving Prime members access to exclusive Woot deals. The inaugural “Prime Member Appreciation Week” kicked off on Read more
Activist investor Carl Icahn forced eBay to split with PayPal in July 2015, but in a survey conducted last month, a majority of sellers said they were not better off as a result of the breakup. EcommerceBytes conducted the survey Read more
eBay UK is running a promotion to encourage sellers to offer volume pricing discounts through a feature it calls Multi-buy in the UK, called Volume Pricing in the US. eBay also revealed that it was working on introducing discounts on Read more
Amazon notified sellers about enforcement measures it is taking in children’s school supplies. It required safety documentation for those products by February 13, 2019, otherwise it promised to pull the ASINs from its site. The enforcement relates to strict rules Read more
Reports came flooding in on Friday, February 15, about Etsy taking funds from some sellers’ bank accounts and charging their credit cards for hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Etsy updated sellers on a thread on its discussion boards, and a Read more
