eBay began overcharging buyers in Australia when it incorrectly charged domestic buyers GST (Goods and Services Tax) on their purchases, and it had a negative impact not only on buyers, but on sellers as well. eBay acknowledged the problem, but Read more
If you don’t use one of Amazon’s shipping-carrier partners to get your inventory from China to the US, you may now be able to allow Amazon to track those shipments anyway. Amazon introduced “ShipTrack” carriers, “which automatically provide end-to-end tracking Read more
Users who prefer using their PayPal balance as a partial funding source for certain payments through a special PayPal debit card that earned them cashback learned of some disappointing news this week. They will no longer be able to use Read more
Walmart is introducing a new “Pro Seller Badge” for top-performing Marketplace sellers. The retailer said standing out among thousands of sellers on Walmart Marketplace as a “reliable choice” was important. (See update below.) Offers with a Pro Seller Badge are Read more
Etsy began testing “Make an Offer” in March and continues to expand the feature. This week, it announced the following improvements: We wanted to give you an update about some of the exciting improvements we’ve recently made to Make an Read more
PayPal is changing how it charges sellers for transactions paid using QR codes. PayPal has been sending out the following notice of a change to its user agreement and numerous other legal agreements this week: Hello (Name redacted),We’re making some Read more
The Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) put out a call asking for input on whether the USPS is ready for holiday peak shipping. It’s conducting a preparedness audit, and posted the following announcement on social media site Threads: Read more
Sellers who pay extra for visibility through Sponsored Products ads on Amazon may now have their ads appear off-Amazon as well. Amazon announced Wednesday it was expanding Sponsored Products ads to other apps and websites. All such ads will link Read more
Amazon is now showing certain US customers snippets of product reviews when shopping certain categories on a mobile device, it announced on Monday. But is it too good to be true? Is Artificial Intelligence capable of ingesting all product reviews Read more
Nine years ago, former eBay CEO John Donahoe named Dan Schulman head of PayPal prior to the companies’ split in 2015, and in his current role as Chairman of the PayPal Board, Donahoe had a say in naming Schulman’s replacement Read more
