May is the month to celebrate small businesses, and three major marketplaces announced contests to show their support – eBay, Amazon, and Etsy – and some lucky sellers will walk away with big prizes. eBay sellers have a chance of Read more
Jeff Jordan was a top executive at eBay during its prime in the 2000’s, and after his most recent stint serving the past 12 years as a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (nicknamed a16z), he’s starting to think Read more
Etsy is launching new TV commercials this week and is also running a city-specific marketing campaign this month in New York and Chicago. The new TV spots focus on the breadth of items that can be found on Etsy, at Read more
Some people reported problems trying to search the eBay website on Thursday, though it’s not clear what they had in common. The reports came in on social media and on eBay’s discussion boards. At 11:04 am, someone tweeted to eBay’s Read more
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified at an oversight subcommittee hearing on Wednesday (May 17, 2023) about his Delivering for America plan, and when questioned by one lawmaker, laid into the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which is an independent Federal agency Read more
eBay will acquire Certilogo, which lets brands such as clothing manufacturers add “digital product IDs” to their products that allow customers to scan and authenticate the items when buying them new – or secondhand. Update 7/11/2023: eBay said the acquisition Read more
Online sellers, take note: Google is going to start deleting inactive accounts. That means those with multiple Google accounts who aren’t in the habit of visiting their secondary accounts very often could lose some of their data. According to an Read more
Amazon often touts how its marketplace is good for small businesses, and last year, it launched new features to help them stand out. Now Amazon is testing a “Small Business” search filter to help shoppers isolate their search results to Read more
The postal Inspector General (IG) found that 64% of tracking messages for packages it examined in a recent audit were inaccurate and recommended the USPS do a better job of communicating when providing delivery status notices. That’s significant for online Read more
The USPS and Postal Inspection Service laid out a plan to tackle the growing problem of mail theft and fake postage, it announced on Friday. They’re expanding their Project Safe Delivery crime-prevention initiative, good news for online sellers even though Read more
