Amazon launched another benefit for Prime members: free shipping on its Woot.com deals site. By giving Prime members more perks, it helps retain them. The program now costs $99/year, and it’s conceivable Amazon could at some point break the $100 Read more
eBay advised sellers in the UK about Royal Mail’s new return postage prices and weight bands when using the eBay returns process. The new fees for Royal Mail Tracked Returns take effect on March 23rd. For example, when sellers use Read more
eBay is no longer requiring that sellers use its own shipping label program in order to opt in to the Guaranteed Delivery program, which helps buyers find items that ship quickly and is backed up by a guarantee, as the Read more
In 2015, some sellers were unhappy to learn that the USPS was ending standalone support for its Click-N-Ship for Business App (CNSB) and transitioning to a meter label solution in an effort to reduce fraud. Now USPS is getting rid Read more
Logistics firm Descartes is surveying merchants as part of its first annual Ecommerce Benchmark Survey. Gregor Walter, Vice President, Product Strategy, Ecommerce at Descartes Systems Group, said the survey covers industry issues and is critical to understand how ecommerce businesses Read more
Amazon is working on a way to increase its warehouse capacity with zero capital expenditure. How is that possible? Turn its sellers’ warehouses into FBA fulfillment centers. It has already invited a small percentage of sellers into the program, called Read more
Amazon launched a new program for FBA merchants called Supply Chain Connect designed to increase efficiency and boost its control of inbound shipping to its warehouses. Sellers currently have two ways to get inventory from suppliers to Amazon fulfillment centers. Read more
UPDATE 1/23/18: eBay reports the problems impacting international shipping described below have now been resolved. After eBay’s shipping system broke down on Sunday leaving sellers unable to print shipping labels for international orders, eBay acknowledged the problem Monday evening. That’s Read more
Amazon is raising the price of the monthly Prime membership plan from $10.99 to $12.99 effective January 19, 2018 as it continues to invest in the program. The annual cost of Prime membership remains at $99. The price of the Read more
Most people have an item in mind when they shop online, according to a study released by the National Retail Federation today its annual conference in New York, NRF 2018: Retail’s Big Show. That means it’s critical for sellers and Read more
