Can retailers and online merchants afford to sell on Amazon? Can they afford not to? Online sellers confront that paradox every day. What changes lie ahead for the ecommerce juggernaut and how will these trends impact marketplace sellers? We checked Read more
Forthcoming fee changes at PayPal affecting Canadian sellers caused a stir when they were first announced. One discussion at the Etsy forums expressed horror at PayPal’s fee update that will take effect on April 13th. “We have made changes to Section 8.4(b) Read more
eBay is giving sellers an unusual incentive for adopting product identifiers, which will be required in at the end of February in certain categories. Sellers who receive the offer can earn a 2.5-cent credit for each eligible listing they update. Read more
Two different eBay sellers selling the same type of coin, a 1918/7 D Nickel. Both listings display a poor review from a buyer who had left the review not for the product in general, but rather, for a particular coin Read more
Concern about gun control has helped boost the sales of guns in the past. In 2008, the founder of GunBroker told us that sales had picked up around the time President Obama was elected over concern that about his agenda. Read more
As if defect claims weren’t bad enough, there is a form of fraud that’s on the rise for merchants to beware. Security expert/blogger Brian Krebs says it’s a form of warranty fraud that is made possible by account takeovers. Krebs Read more
Selling wholesale isn’t for everyone, but for those who have the capacity to make products in volume and the margin to sell to retailers at wholesale prices, the idea of seeing your products on retail shelves is tempting, and Etsy Read more
Online sellers are dealing with increases in shipping costs this year, with the impending January 17th rate hike from the US Postal Service especially worrisome as they contain some big percentage increases across some classes of shipping services. Just some Read more
Louise Pentland joined PayPal in April as its new General Counsel responsible for PayPal’s compliance with financial and regulatory requirements around the world. And ensuring compliance given the pace of innovation at a company like PayPal is what drew her Read more
eBay is running a promotion to attract first-time sellers – an eBay registered user who has never sold an item on eBay.com under any user ID or on any eBay-affiliated sites. eBay outlines the main terms as follows: eligible sellers Read more
