A warning to online merchants inside and outside of Canada: the country is on the brink of a disruption to domestic and international mail service due to a dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. This Read more
eBay sellers are reporting a glitch that is preventing them from listing. We heard from a seller on Thursday who wrote, “Here is one that I have not run across before. I was trying to list some items for sale Read more
Online sellers sending orders in and out of Canada face growing uncertainty as the country’s postal service comes no closer to negotiating a deal with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). eBay has been following the issue closely as Read more
Amazon will open its 13th fulfillment center in the UK next year, announcing this week it would open a new warehouse in Doncaster. This is the first FC opening announced after the country voted to leave the EU as part Read more
Product Hunt is a bit like the newsletter Daily Candy, but it showcases items of interest to geeks rather than fashion mavens – products like folding stand-up desks rather than mascara. It also has a community aspect similar to Woot where visitors Read more
eBay warned sellers that Congress could pass online sales tax legislation once it returns from summer recess. The company’s government relations team keeps interested users – many of them small businesses – informed of regulatory issues through its eBay Main Read more
eBay is continuing to expand its Global Shipping Program (GSP) by adding more countries that are available to sellers in the UK. It is adding six countries to the UK program this month, and last month it added 37 countries. Read more
eBay has opened up its Marketplace to Caribbean shoppers through a new partnership with CaribShopper, a platform powered by Mall for the World. Shoppers in the Caribbean will now be able to purchase items through the “eBay powered by CaribShopper” Read more
This week, Amazon encouraged the 300 attendees of its first Women’s Entrepreneur Conference to share their experience on social networking sites, even suggesting the hashtag #AmazonWEC – an unusual move for the usually secretive company. Some attendees tweeting on Tuesday Read more
The word-of-mouth trust conveyed by a product review can make or break a sale. Some enterprising sellers have opted over time to speed up the process of gathering reviews by purchasing them, but Amazon has been expressing its unhappiness with Read more
