Ecommerce Industry News
Etsy has added to the list of states for which it collects sales tax under Marketplace Facilitator laws. For Etsy-only sellers, such laws can simplify compliance issues, but for multi-channel sellers, such laws add yet […]
There’s big money in offering solutions to painful problems, and one major pain for small online sellers is dealing with online sales tax compliance. TaxJar announced today it has closed a $60 million funding round. […]
eBay announced in October it would begin collecting sales tax in 4 states in 2019 due to new laws that extend the tax collection obligation to marketplaces (known as Marketplace Facilitator laws). Note that online […]
Amazon and Walmart face new challenges in India beginning next year. Rules around online selling are very different in India compared to other parts of the world, and the Indian government announced on Wednesday new […]
eBay hosted tech companies from Silicon Valley to discuss legislative issues for the coming year. On hand was California lawmaker Assemblymember Evan Low, who heads the California Assembly Business and Profession Committee, which oversees all […]
Designer Jan Davidson sued Etsy, an Etsy seller, and print-on-demand service Printful Inc. for copyright infringement stemming from the alleged manufacture and sale of tshirts and mugs with a “Beer Eye Chart” design. The lawsuit […]
Lawyers frequently target public companies on behalf of investors when there’s bad news that impacts their stock price, sometimes it seems purely by reflex. That’s what’s happening to eBay after PayPal revealed in its earnings […]
eBay told sellers on Monday it would begin collecting sales tax next year on transactions where the buyer is based in Minnesota. eBay had previously informed sellers of its obligation to collect sales tax for […]
eBay Canada’s General Manager released a statement about Canada’s trade deal with the US and Mexico on October 1st, and on Friday, the company notified its sellers in a post on the announcement board. The […]
Amazon notified sellers it will begin collecting sales tax for orders shipped to Minnesota beginning October 1, 2018, which passed what’s come to be known as a Marketplace Facilitator law in 2017. Amazon is adding […]