Last month, the USPS said it expected to delivery 850 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, an increase of 10% over last year. The Postal Inspection Service is in charge of keeping those shipments safe, and today it Read more
eBay is highlighting inventory and deals from some of its small business sellers in a curated shopping experience to celebrate Small Business Saturday, which takes place on November 25th this year (it always falls on the Saturday after Thanksgiving). If Read more
Sellers can send PayPal invoices via Facebook, opening up new possibilities for getting paid quickly online or in person – even at a yard sale, PayPal announced on Tuesday. Sellers can send invoices to customers while chatting with them on Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza updated its TurboTraffic tool, a program that helps sellers drive traffic to their listings and works in conjunction with its advertising program. Users of the paid program can now direct their TurboTraffic spend toward individual items. “You’ll Read more
ShipStation launched a new program to help online sellers who are looking to outsource fulfillment. The program debuts with seven vetted third-party fulfillment services with various specialties, including niches such as subscription boxes, children’s products, and items requiring temperature control. Read more
Users can log in to eBay using the Face ID technology offered on the Apple iPhone X. eBay’s head of Identity Product and Engineering Dave Comer wrote about the technology and security issues and said it makes shopping on eBay Read more
Sellers who use Amazon’s print-on-demand service Merch by Amazon will receive significantly less when their designs sell beginning in January. Merch by Amazon is reducing the royalties it provides sellers effective January 15, 2018. Merch, as users call it (or Read more
PayPal is letting users link their accounts to the Acorns investment app, and in doing so, the company is gaining greater access to information about user behavior in an age where data is currency and fuels artificial intelligence technology. The Read more
PayPal, which has offered consumer financing since 2008, is selling $6.8 billion in receivables to Synchrony Financial, with which it is expanding its consumer credit relationship. The Wall Street Journal called it a long-awaited deal that will give PayPal significant Read more
eBay offered advice to sellers on how to attract holiday shoppers particularly around Black Friday: offer deals. The tips focused around low pricing and included the following tactics: bundle items together; offer one-day-only specials; don’t limit deals to Black Friday; Read more
