Every year, shipping carriers raise rates, but this year, online sellers who use the U.S. Postal Service got some good news mixed in with the rate changes, according to online postage providers Stamps.com and Endicia, which provide sellers with Commercial Read more
Bonanza is testing a service designed to give shoppers more confidence when buying on the site. With the Norton Shopping Guarantee, Bonanza will purchase certificates of guarantee for Bonanza transactions, which protects buyers with up to $10,000 in identity theft Read more
Amazon has issued additional rules around its requirement that sellers include UPCs in listings to help it clean up its catalog. Sellers will be required to enter valid UPCs regardless of any previous exemptions for new and existing listings for Read more
Etsy will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday that will be broadcast online. Unlike the last meeting it had in October, there will be no sellers in attendance, but they will be able to watch a live video feed. Read more
eBay has been promoting its role in fostering international trade and recently hosted a trade delegation from Australia at its headquarters in San Jose, California. The eBay Government Relations team made a presentation on the power of Internet-enabled trade and Read more
After imposing disruption on the eBay Marketplaces since becoming CEO in 2008, John Donahoe is now facing the possible disruption of his company from without, and he asked employees not to get distracted. Donahoe and the eBay board are in Read more
eBay is running a promotion in which sellers can list up to 5,000 listings and pay no insertion fees. The promotion is unusual in that it is offered to all sellers rather than the typical invitation-only promotion usually seen these Read more
Amazon.com emailed sellers who are located in areas that may be affected by the latest winter storm that they should consider contacting buyers about potential shipping delays. An email that some sellers received read in part: “Dear Seller, “Our records Read more
eBay UK is running an invitation-only Free Listing Day promotion in which sellers can list up to 100 auction listings and pay no insertion fee. In a slight twist, however, only listings with a duration of 10 days qualify – Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe said the company would step up investments in 2014, “particularly in PayPal” (eBay spent $800 million in cash to acquire Braintree last year), but he will have to do it while fending off advances by Carl Read more
