Shippo added two regional carriers to its shipping web app – AxleHire and CDL. It is part of its strategy to help businesses meet increasing consumer demands for same day, next-day and two-day delivery. Press release follows: Shippo today announced Read more
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce is appealing to sellers who use WordPress to power their websites. “New integration gives the WordPress community a scalable way to incorporate industry-leading commerce into a content-first site experience,” it announced on Wednesday. Press release follows: BigCommerce, Read more
eBay said “Green Monday” – the second Monday of December – is historically one of its busiest holiday shopping days, and it will launch Green Monday deals on December 10th. “Offering last-minute shoppers the best deals since Cyber Week, new Read more
The USPS provided an update to its service alert regarding tomorrow’s day of mourning for former President George HW Bush (December 5, 2018). Here are the new details it added to today’s alert: Updates from USPS Service Alert: – Delivery Read more
eBay said it would protect sellers from any fallout resulting from postal delays resulting from the day of mourning observance by the US Postal Service. Announcement follows: Seller Shipping Metrics and National Day of Mourning, December 5, 2018 USPS has Read more
Free shipping continues to be a major factor for online shopping, according to research firm comscore. It devoted a major part of a recent release about Thanksgiving-week shopping to the trend. In 2017, it had found that most desktop purchases Read more
eBay expanded its consignment service to the jewelry category, which had already included handbags and watches. The “eBay Authenticate” program allows a small number of sellers to benefit from the program after eBay terminated the eBay Trading Assistants and Trading Read more
UPS is running a promotion that rewards shoppers for using package pickup, specifically, UPS Access Point locations. “Last mile delivery” to residential addresses is expensive and comes with challenges (porch package theft, apartment building deliveries). There are nearly 9,000 UPS Read more
Sellers are finding themselves in a tight spot with the suspension of mail on Wednesday due to the day of mourning in remembrance of former President George HW Bush, who passed away on November 30, 2018. The US Postal Service Read more
eBay asked sellers in Alaska to notify them if there has been any disruption to their business as a result of the November 30th earthquake. It provided a toll-free number for them to call. eBay announcement follows: To our Sellers Read more
