Ecommerce Industry News
The USPS proposed restrictions on e-cigarettes and vaping products, and the public has a chance to comment on the proposed rule by March 22, 2021. The US Postal Service published the following post this week […]
A new guide promises to help online merchants understand and adapt to the 2021 rate changes that have recently been rolled out by all major shipping carriers. ShippingEasy’s 2021 Guide to E-Commerce Shipping Rate Changes […]
Update 3/8/2021: “The Postal Service has resumed normal air network operations.” The US Postal Service is moving some mail from air to surface transport due to a backlog at its Memphis hub, it warned in […]
ShipStation has integrated with Buy on Google, allowing its sellers to print shipping labels for Google orders along with orders from other channels. Buy on Google is a checkout experience that allows shoppers to easily […]
Sellers are still dealing with the ramifications of late deliveries caused by a brutal holiday-season shipping logjam, and now they are dealing with another nationwide shipping disaster. The USPS said its national transportation network has […]
Amazon requires sellers to add the shipping-carrier name when confirming shipment through the Manage Orders page on Seller Central. Soon, it will require the same when sellers confirm shipments via bulk feeds, APIs, or integrators. […]
eBay has a new shipping option exclusively for sellers of inexpensive trading cards, as we’ve reported. This week, eBay told Linn’s Stamp News that the eBay Standard Envelope option would also be available to sellers […]
The USPS implemented surge-pricing during the 2020 holiday season that helped it grow revenue in the last three months of the year – its first quarter of fiscal year 2021 ending September 30. The US […]
Some sellers are reporting issues with eBay’s new shipping option for low-priced trading cards. eBay Standard Envelope provides sellers with a way to get tracking information at a far more affordable rate than previously possible. […]
UPS said consolidated average daily volume increased 10.6% in the fourth quarter of 2020 (October through December) compared to Q4 2019. But consolidated revenue was up 21%, to $24.9 billion. In the US, UPS said […]