Despite the fact eBay will be splitting itself in two in a matter of months, it named a new director to its board. Bonnie Hammer, Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, joined eBay Inc.’s Board of Directors on Tuesday as an Read more
When we checked in with shipping carriers to learn how the holiday season was overall (see, Checking in with UPS and FedEx on Holiday Deliveries, they reminded us the busy season wasn’t over for them. As UPS explained, there’s two reasons Read more
eBay and Amazon used to have one thing in common – they both opposed legislation requiring online sellers be forced to collect state sales tax even if they had no physical presence in those states. Amazon switched positions as it Read more
To appease shoppers in a hurry for their online purchases, eBay and Amazon have been working to develop faster delivery methods, and they’re not alone. On Monday, the United States Postal Service gave notice it is expanding the market test Read more
Each January Amazon issues a press release about the performance of its third-party merchant program. This year, it specifically called attention to its mobile app for sellers, launched in March 2014. Peter Faricy, VP for Amazon Marketplace, said, “The growth Read more
Sellers sold over 2 billion items worldwide on Amazon in 2014, a record amount. To help put that in perspective, Amazon revealed a year ago that its third-party sellers sold “more than a billion” units worldwide in 2013, cumulatively worth Read more
A publisher allegedly threatened legal action against a tool that helps students compare prices of textbooks across online sites. The Wall Street Journal wrote about the issue, saying it had reviewed an email written to Texts.com by publisher Follett’s demanding Texts.com stop Read more
eBay bragged about the success of its eBay Deals program over the holidays. “While everyone is celebrating the $1 billion in desktop sales made on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, most people probably don’t know that eBay Deals accounted for $74 Read more
eBay technical issues on Saturday evening prevented shoppers from making purchases on the site, and, for a period of time, the eBay feedback system was down. On Saturday evening (January 3, 2015) at 11:17 pm Pacific Time, eBay posted the Read more
Given the importance of shipping to all online retailers, it was no surprise that Etsy reminded sellers of changes to postage rates through a blog post announcement. “In January 2015, while Canada Post has planned changes as expected, USPS rates Read more
