eBay is planning its next two coupon marketing campaigns while its current President’s Day promotion is still running. Only a small group of sellers are invited to participate in eBay coupon campaigns that it heavily promotes on its website, in Read more
Amazon will provide Rhode Island with the names and addresses of sellers who made sales to customers located in the state in 2017, saying it believes it is required to do so under a new Rhode Island state law. It Read more
eBay is launching a program to help sellers jumpstart sales and grow their business. The eBay Seller Boot Camp is a free virtual course that begins on March 5th. eBay compared the experience to a fitness bootcamp for people who Read more
Etsy confirmed a privacy breach impacted about 1,500 sellers. The incident was caused by human error and was not related to any hacking or website vulnerability. The incident occurred on January 30, 2018, when an Etsy seller requested a copy Read more
There are 45 states that impose statewide sales tax, and some of them are now making things complicated for online sellers and the marketplaces on which they sell, as Etsy and its sellers are discovering. At least two states have Read more
eBay has long offered ways for both buyers and sellers to help raise money for charity by having a portion or all of the proceeds of a sale go to the charity of their choosing, and today it launched a Read more
eBay announced today it has hired Jan Pedersen to work on the company’s Artificial Intelligence strategy. He’s tasked with figuring out ways to use technology to deliver new customer experiences. He comes to eBay from Twitter, and before that, Microsoft Read more
eBay offers contextual ads through the eBay Partner Network, its affiliate program that rewards publishers for driving traffic and sales to its marketplace. eBay Partner Network explained in a recent blog post how affiliate publishers could display contextual ads based Read more
As Amazon prepares to open a second headquarters in North America, it’s laying off hundreds of corporate employees. Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, told reporters the layoffs were part of its annual planning and that there would also be some Read more
The votes in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards have been tallied, and the full results of all 10 marketplaces are published in today’s issue. Thanks to everyone who took the time to first nominate marketplaces and then rate them. The Read more
