A Florida company has sued over 150 companies over the ability to click a link and track packages during shipping, according to Bloomberg BNA. Shipping and Transit LLC owns patents related to monitoring vehicles’ movement and has filed infringement lawsuits Read more
eBay tried to reassure sellers in Canada that they should return to listing on the site. Online merchants have been spooked by the looming threat of a disruption to mail service in Canada due to a dispute between Canada Post Read more
Online sellers were facing a possible mail disruption in Canada due to a labor dispute between Canada Post and the CUPW union as early as today (Friday), but now the earliest date for a possible disruption has been pushed to Read more
UPS is expanding its Access Point Locker program, saying the lockers can help online merchants boost sales. The program can be integrated into sellers’ online checkout process so that shoppers without front-door delivery can pick up their orders nearby. There Read more
If you didn’t heed our warnings and sent packages to Canadian shoppers in the past week or so, you might find customers complaining about non-receipt. The possible mail disruption over a Canada Post labor dispute with union workers could leave Read more
The USPS has announced bigger, better mailboxes to satisfy the needs of online shoppers. The only question is, are they big enough? The next-generation mailboxes are for sale at The Home Depot (appropriately enough, you can buy them online and Read more
eBay urged sellers to continue selling in Canada as a postal disruption looms, telling them on Friday that there was no need to put their Stores on vacation hold or to end their listings. But eBay sellers reacting in the Read more
Online sellers could see a disruption in shipping when sending goods in and out of Canada thanks to a possible contract dispute between Canada Post and union workers. In fact, Canada Post has warned some of its biggest customers of Read more
The USPS got the greenlight to raise certain rates in August, but they only impact First-Class Mail Parcels (FCMP) weighing between 1-3 ounces. Some online sellers who ship lightweight goods through the Postal Service will be impacted, and eBay informed Read more
Stamps.com is buying yet another shipping service for online merchants, announcing Monday it will pay $55 million to acquire ShippingEasy. It’s the fourth such acquisition for the company since 2014. Stamps.com intends for ShippingEasy to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary Read more
