Etsy’s nearly 500 employees are much happier than most, and why not? The online marketplace offers employees generous leave policies, dog-friendly offices, arts and crafts workshops and a ski trip. Not to mention a “Breathing Room” to host meditation and Read more
Should the USPS get into the financial services business as it searches for additional revenue streams? That’s an idea that the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposed in a recent report. The OIG suggests it could lead to $8.9 Read more
The significant and very profitable change Google made to Google Shopping altered that service to only displaying paid Product Listing Ads. It’s a change that made European Commission regulators concerned enough to add it to its investigation of Google for Read more
There are signs that same-day delivery may not be as winning a model as some had hoped. The USPS suspended one of two pilot programs called Metro Post due to a lack of participation from retailers, and eBay CEO John Read more
Online merchants in the U.S. know Rakuten as a marketplace on which to sell thanks to the rebranding of its Buy.com website to Rakuten.com Shopping. But while it’s often thought of as a global ecommerce company, Rakuten also operates other Read more
Some eBay sellers are unable to access a third-party service that helps them manage their listings. Auctiva offers a wide range of tools for eBay sellers and acknowledged a problem in which Verizon users are experiencing access issues. In a Read more
At the end of January, eBay began turning on a new feature called Business Policies on some accounts, causing chaos for some sellers who had been in the dark about the feature. On Friday, eBay finally announced it was automatically turning on Read more
Ecwid launched a new program for developers that includes an affiliate revenue component. Developers who refer paying customers to Ecwid will receive lifetime commissions in addition to premium support and expanded services. Web developers, sitebuilders, small hosters, marketing agencies and Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe told Wall Street analysts the company would be expanding its Global Shipping Program (GSP) beyond the U.S. Donahoe was speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference on Wednesday when the topic arose. “A lot Read more
Last year, eBay introduced a new policy in which certain fixed-price listings and auctions purchased with Buy It Now remain for sale until the buyer pays for the items. At the time, eBay said it was designed to eliminate a Read more
