Sellers won’t have Christmas Eve to deliver late holiday orders this year, generally speaking. That’s because the day before Christmas falls on a Sunday, when normal Postal closures apply. The last time that happened was in 2017. (Last year, Christmas Read more
Uber is making shopping in stores a lot more like shopping online – by helping shoppers skip the actual trip to the store. Buy Online, Pick up In-Store (BOPIS) is popular, but with “Store Pickup via Uber Connect,” customers don’t Read more
The USPS cited some disruptions that impacted its recent performance, including a hazmat leak in Missouri in October. Each week, the USPS issues delivery performance metrics for market-dominant services (First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals). In its November 27th release, Read more
The USPS issued a press release 3 days before Black Friday to say it was ready for the holiday surge. Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy credited the “Delivering for America plan” (DFA) for the Postal Service’s ability to offer Read more
Sellers who use certain platforms and marketplaces to purchase USPS shipping labels will pay higher rates effective November 18 on some services, according to an announcement from one such platform. Pirate Ship told sellers this week that USPS is raising Read more
Sellers who use eBay Standard Envelope to mail trading cards to customers now have the option of purchasing special eBay-branded envelopes designed especially for the service. eBay Standard Envelope is a unique offering in that it offers limited tracking at Read more
eBay sellers have been reporting problems printing shipping labels for several days. In one thread, an eBay moderator acknowledged the issue on Monday, writing early in the morning: “I just checked to see if there is a ticket open for Read more
PayPal is selling its Happy Returns business to UPS, the companies announced on Wednesday. Happy Returns has taken credit for pioneering the box-free, in-person return process – it works with 800 merchants to offer their customers a returns portal and Read more
Sellers who choose not to print shipping labels through Bonanza will pay an additional $2 in fees. The marketplace justified the policy by telling sellers it would make their lives easier: “Our USPS, FedEx and UPS labels will be automatically Read more
The USPS gave sellers a grace period for switching to USPS Ground Advantage, a consolidated service it introduced on July 9th that replaced First Class Package Service, Parcel Select Ground, and Parcel Select Cubic. This week, the USPS reminded sellers Read more
