A quick reminder for readers that the cost of a postage stamp is set to drop on April 10, though there could be a last-minute intervention that would keep rates the same. Lower costs are always a good thing for Read more
An article in Lifehacker caught our eye with the news that an Australian delivery firm is targeting Etsy sellers. Sendle is giving Etsy sellers a premium account – valued at $120/year – and promises cheaper rates. The Sendle website explains, “We tap Read more
Five weeks after the USPS instituted new rates for shipping services, Amazon raised the rates its sellers pay when printing Priority Mail shipping labels on its marketplace. The move, which came with no warning, impacts merchant-fulfilled items, since sellers don’t Read more
eBay is giving UK sellers a break on a key performance metric as it rolls out new seller performance standards. For now at least, sellers who use Royal Mail will not be punished for late deliveries as long as they Read more
Linn’s Stamp News dug into President Obama’s budget to find out what he proposed for the US Postal Service. And it did take some digging – “His ideas began on page 1330 of the appendix to the almost $4 trillion Read more
Online sellers who rely on the USPS to deliver their ecommerce orders had some changes to contend with when the Postal service rolled out a rate change on January 17, 2016. EcommerceBytes has been covering the changes closely. We asked Read more
The US Postal Service reported first quarter results for fiscal year 2016 on Tuesday (October through December 2015). Operating revenue grew 3 percent year over year to $19.3 billion, driven by the record volume of packages delivered during the 2015 Read more
As online shopping evolves, so does the area of ecommerce package-delivery. Postal leaders will gather near Washington DC next month to explore the “B2Me consumer empowerment phenomenon” and how it impacts the changing global postal ecosystem. In its 6th year, Read more
eBay made an interesting promise to help online sellers with several shipping problems involving Post Office window clerks. During its weekly chat with online sellers, eBay’s Jim “Griff” Griffith provided instructions on how to report two common problems sellers encounter. Read more
A congressman introduced a bill that would allow the United States Postal Service to offer basic financial services, and one aspect of the proposed legislation has the potential to impact ecommerce. Representative Cedric Richmond of Louisiana reintroduced the Providing Opportunities Read more
