In what was supposed to be a break-out year for Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company, co-founders Jerry Kozak and Ricky Winowiecki ended up tightening their belts and laying off staff thanks to new restrictions from Amazon on novelty items. The t-shirt company Read more
eBay shoppers trying to search for items in their own country were flummoxed as a glitch caused items for sale on international sites to be mixed in with domestic items. The problem itself was international, with sellers from the U.S., Read more
eBay warned employees last month not to let a shareholder battle with Carl Icahn distract them, and eBay CEO John Donahoe sent another letter to employees this week. “As predicted,” he wrote, “we’re having a public dialogue with activist investor Carl Read more
We brought you the news that Chinese ecommerce firm Alibaba was launching a new marketplace in the U.S. through its subsidiary Auctiva.com. 11 Main continues to ramp up and next week will host a private “Friends & Family” preview. Next week’s trial Read more
How can you get online shoppers to open your emails rather than clicking them into the virtual trash bin? Subject lines are obviously key, and a marketing company studied hundreds of millions of emails to determine what characteristics got recipients Read more
Despite demand from online shoppers, merchants know only too well that there’s no such thing as “free shipping.” The latest sellers to face higher shipping costs are those in the UK and Australia as Royal Mail and Australia Post raise postage. Effective March 31, Read more
eBay sellers may wish to check their settings on Friday to see if eBay has opted them into the Global Shipping Program. The company said in an announcement on Tuesday, “If you previously joined the Program, but your existing eligible Read more
The expansion of the Google Trusted Storesprogram makes more online sellers potentially eligible to include its features on their ecommerce sites. For those ecommerce pros on the Bigcommerce platform who also have Google’s Trusted Stores certification, adding those extras recently became a less Read more
Should workers leaving Amazon’s warehouses be paid for the time they stand in line to go through security pat downs? The Supreme Court will rule on whether a lawsuit to decide the matter can proceed, granting a petition for writ of Read more
eBay is holding six seller events in a 3-week period beginning in mid-March. “eBay In Person” are evening meetings and consist of 2-and-a-half hours of presentation and panel discussion followed by networking. eBay had held annual conferences that attracted thousands Read more
