Like death and taxes, the rising cost of shipping is a certainty for online merchants. Right on cue, FedEx announced its rates for 2016 are going up by an average of 4.9% for U.S. domestic, U.S. export and U.S. import Read more
Amazon workers in Germany have gone on strike in six fulfillment centers. The union representing them said Amazon operates eight major shipping locations in Germany, and said workers planned to continue striking through September 26. Germany’s leading trade union Verdi Read more
eBay confessed to screwing up shipping estimates on sellers’ listings for a 2-week period in September. eBay informed sellers in an email in case they receive defects from shoppers disappointed with delivery time. The issue is important since buyers make Read more
eBay will run a pilot program in the US and UK this fall to test a new returns feature that lets sellers reclassify returns. The test is recognition of the fact that some shoppers who experience buyer’s remorse lie when Read more
A higher power could disrupt pick-up and delivery of ecommerce packages, but this week it’s not Mother Nature online buyers and sellers must worry about – it’s the Pope. This week, security measures will be in place in areas of Read more
Over the weekend, EcommerceBytes published a preview of Amazon Handmade shops and listings, showing for the first time what a listing looks like on the new store. Amazon first revealed the concept of the new store to select sellers in Read more
New eBay ads are striking a chord with ad-industry critics, and with online sellers as well. AdWeek called the series of five spots “the most playful, infectious and eye-catching ad campaigns of the year.” Normally hard-to-please sellers seem to agree. Online sellers Read more
eBay is running some seller promotions to encourage users to list Halloween items for sale. In one promotion, it’s enticing sellers with a $10 coupon: “List and sell your Halloween costumes and decor by October 31 to earn a $10 Read more
Amazon informed sellers in March that it was shuttering its ecommerce hosting service next year. Now it is making ecommerce platform Shopify the preferred migration partner of its Amazon Webstore service as Shopify integrates with both Amazon and its FBA Read more
eBay is surveying sellers on a host of issues ranging from fee structure to a radical new approach to search. In its letter to sellers inviting them to take the survey, eBay said it was always trying to improve the Read more
