Ecommerce Industry News
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 […]
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 […]
Even as the U.S. Postal Service reported another sizable quarterly loss, officials highlighted the bright spots of the business – particularly shipping services – and hailed the advance of a bill in the Senate that […]
Online sellers keep a close eye on shipping costs, and this week we’ve been bringing you content about the USPS postage rate changesthat took effect on Sunday. In keeping with the theme of saving time and […]
Every year, shipping carriers raise rates, but this year, online sellers who use the U.S. Postal Service got some good news mixed in with the rate changes, according to online postage providers Stamps.com and Endicia, […]
eBay sellers have the option of using eBay’s online-postage label program, and the marketplace alerted sellers to several changes coming to USPS this month, including previously announced postage-rate changes. Highlighting the announcement was news that […]
In November, the U.S. Postal Service launched a Retail Partner Expansion Program pilot with Staples, an office-products chain-store. Under the pilot program, Staples sells postal products and services at select stores in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California […]
This week Etsy informed sellers of changing postal rates, and warned that the postage rate changes at the USPS and Canadian postal service would automatically be reflected on any postage purchased through Etsy Shipping Labels once the […]
Each January we ask a panel of industry experts to participate in our “Online Selling Trends” series, asking them about the challenges and opportunities they see for online sellers in the New Year. This year, […]
Over the holidays, StellaService set out to test merchants when it came to delivering orders in time for Christmas, and ordered a total of 75 packages to be delivered to locations around the country. StellaService is a […]