Etsy continues to test ways to highlight sales taking place on its marketplace. Just as rival eBay encourages its sellers to run sales through Promotions Manager (and formerly Markdown Manager), Etsy now offers individual sellers a way to put their Read more
Social commerce site Polyvore shut down last week, and users are upset at how the new owner is handling the closure, their content, and their data. Former Yahoo engineers launched the site in 2007, and CEO Jess Lee helped it Read more
eBay is trying hard to attract brands to its marketplace, encouraging them not only to sell on its marketplace, but to advertise there as well. eBay Advertising is hosting a panel on April 12 in New York catering to brands Read more
PayPal added more ways for users to add money to their accounts as part of changes announced on Monday to help serve the “unbanked” – those users who are financially underserved. PayPal is making the new features available in collaboration Read more
We’re not sure if Supreme Court Justices whip out their mobile phones at Best Buy to check online reviews when shopping for a new dishwasher, or if they browse in bookstores but purchase their books online. Whatever their shopping habits, Read more
A typical Etsy seller is a female entrepreneur working out of her home to supplement her household’s income. The marketplace said expecting her to calculate, collect, and remit sales taxes on every single sale in nearly 10,000 different tax jurisdictions Read more
The Supreme Court is giving South Dakota the chance to argue why merchants with no physical presence in the state should have to collect and remit sales tax on transactions made to South Dakotan residents. South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc, Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig saw a 10% hike in compensation in 2017 to $17.59 million. The year before, he saw a 9.87% increase from $14.5 million in 2015 to $15.9 million in 2016. For the first time, eBay released a Read more
ShipStation published a free guide for US sellers on how to ship internationally and avoid some common pitfalls. For example, the guide lists product restrictions for each country, along with information about taxes, duties, and customs documentation for popular shipping Read more
It was a bit of a shock when eBay lost the head of its North American Marketplaces last summer, since Hal Lawton had only been at the company since 2015. eBay named Scott Cutler as Lawton’s replacement, but said Cutler Read more
