Stamps.com is buying yet another shipping service for online merchants, announcing Monday it will pay $55 million to acquire ShippingEasy. It’s the fourth such acquisition for the company since 2014. Stamps.com intends for ShippingEasy to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary Read more
Many eBay and online sellers firmly believe that if they own an item, they have the right to sell it no matter what under the First-Sale Doctrine. It’s not always that crystal clear to brands and copyright holders, however, as Read more
eBay sellers may be in for some changes around payment processing. While PayPal remains eBay’s main payment-processing engine even after last year’s breakup, eBay must now manage its own risk and payment processing practices, and last week announced it has Read more
EcommerceBytes has received several reports from longtime sellers that PayPal is placing holds on transactions – the first time in their selling history – and tell us the targeted transactions do not appear to be any more risky than the Read more
Over 17,000 online merchants around the world use 3dcart to power their web stores, and this week, the company announced a major update to its shopping cart platform. Among the new features are new payment platforms through Vantiv and Amazon Read more
A new report answers the questions, how many products does Amazon actually carry, and in which categories. And it shows the incredible impact third-party merchants have on Amazon’s selection. The report from 360pi shows that Amazon alone carried 12,231,203 total Read more
The House of Representatives Oversight committee introduced a bipartisan discussion draft of postal reform legislation. A move to five-day delivery is off the table, it calls for the development of innovative postal and nonpostal products and services, and it address Read more
PayPal is looking at ways to help merchants increase conversion rates and find new ways to reach customers. One-touch checkout, social and contextual commerce, predictive fraud prevention, and virtual reality commerce were among the topics PayPal vice-president and general manager Read more
Shipping solution ShipStation has integrated with Canadian carrier Purolator. ShipStation’s merchants in Canada will now be able to ship to users throughout Canada and around the world using Purolator’s delivery service. With Purolator and ShipStation, online sellers in Canada will Read more
European governments want to collect taxes on international purchases made by their residents; marketplaces want to comply with government regulations around such taxes; and sellers are left in the middle. In the case of sellers outside the EU, a recent Read more
