It’s not just Christmas decorations hitting the stores earlier. Holiday shopping behaviors have shown a tendency in recent years to shift to much earlier times than they ever did before the rise of the internet and ecommerce. But not only Read more
Etsy told sellers concerned about a lack of exposure in search results that it was testing a fix to address “clumping” in search. Jaime DeLanghe, Product Manager on the Etsy Search team, provided the update in a thread on the Read more
A company called ShippingEasy wants to make it super easy for low-volume sellers to buy postage online and print shipping labels, and on Wednesday launched the EasyShip widget. Unlike its robust ShippingEasy solution, which lets merchants pull orders from multiple Read more
The holiday shopping season kicks off well before Halloween, according to PayPal – and that’s nothing new, the eBay unit says. For the third consecutive year, the U.S. holiday shopping season kicked off on September 30th. How does it know? Read more
Online sellers understand only too well the competitive nature of selling on eBay and Amazon, and now they have a new tool to help them analyze sales data. Terapeak Personal helps small sellers evaluate opportunities on eBay and Amazon by Read more
One company is advising online merchants, “Don’t get Amazoned” in what some might say is a risky strategy. “I’ve actually gotten a message about this campaign that they would love to join but are actually scared to join / fear Read more
eBay UK is running a free-listing promotion, and unlike its typical sales that are targeted at casual sellers, this one applies to business sellers. However, the sale is by invitation only. Invited sellers can list up to 50,000 listings and Read more
While top-tier auction house Sotheby’s has partnered with eBay to launch online bidding through the new eBay live-auction platform, its rival Christie’s is going it alone. Christie’s has invested $50 million in hiring experts and building its own infrastructure in support of Read more
Two companies that help online merchants with their shipping automation were scooped up this year by Stamps.com, highlighting the importance of ecommerce to the shipping industry. Stamps.com paid $22 million in cash for ShipWorks this month, and it paid $50 million (plus Read more
Smaller merchants who run their own online stores saw high growth in July, August and September compared to the same period a year ago, according to an analysis conducted by Bigcommerce. Growth was aided by back-to-school shoppers, the company found. Read more
