The biggest brands in ecommerce seek the best placement on Google’s heavily-trafficked real estate. Among US brands, the Etsy marketplace made the most impressive gains on Google’s page one of search results in 2015 compared to 2014. While not a Read more
eBay is running a 7-day listing promotion for registered business sellers through January 17th. Invited sellers can create up to 50,000 listings using the fixed price format on eBay.co.uk – but they must actively opt in to the promotion. Sellers Read more
Etsy is experiencing a bug that is presumably impacting a small number of sellers, but because of major policy changes – compounded by the way it’s communicating with sellers in a thread about the glitch – a number of sellers Read more
Online sellers in Europe are now required to provide a link to a new platform offering consumers Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) services. The former director of online dispute resolution for eBay and PayPal Colin Rule hailed the move as evidence Read more
People often marvel that you can find books on Amazon listed by third-party sellers going for a single penny. It’s not a new phenomenon, but will the USPS postage hike going into effect on Sunday impact penny books? The Wall Read more
Alabama is defying a 1992 Supreme Court ruling about out-of-state sales-tax collection requirements, and catalog companies are warning that similar regulations could quickly spread to other states. The regulation, which took effect on January 1st, reads in part: “…an out-of-state Read more
A researcher reported a security flaw to eBay that would have enabled fraudsters to steal its members’ credentials, according to Motherboard, which wrote about the vulnerability on Monday. The publication said eBay confirmed it received the report on December 11th but Read more
eBay offered advice to sellers who are dealing with higher shipping costs. As the Postal Service rate hike for shipping services takes effect on Sunday, eBay said it has negotiated rates with the USPS that will save sellers up to Read more
eBay is getting creative with its promotions. Its latest invitation to users came with the subject line, “Start the year with more cash” and promises to give a coupon that grow each time an item sells. The coupon promotion kicked Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list auctions, though a glitch is preventing some invitees from participating. eBay used an unusual tactic with its email invitation – the letter was written by Eric Del Valle, not an Read more
