eBay sellers met with lawmakers and White House officials this month to lay out their concerns about public policy impacting small businesses. It was the marketplace’s twelfth annual United States of eBay event, and company executives also advocated on behalf Read more
eBay said Internet Service Providers could steer traffic to preferred websites if the federal government reverses its policies around net neutrality. It warned that small businesses would be among those hardest hit by such a change. eBay issued the following Read more
Are you paying celebrities to endorse your brand? Or are you giving away products in exchange for mentions on social networking sites? The government wants to make sure influencers disclose their relationships when they endorse products online. Read more in Read more
Etsy published a post announcing a Q&A session with the Etsy Legal Team scheduled for Thursday, April 20th: On Thursday, my fellow Admin from the Etsy Legal Team will be hanging out here in this thread to answer some of Read more
eBay published the following post to the company’s Announcement Board on Wednesday: This month, New York state legislators will consider a budget proposal requiring Internet marketplaces to collect and remit sales tax for any transaction that involves a New York Read more
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) issued the following statement from RILA Chairman and AutoZone Chairman, President and CEO Bill Rhodes regarding a meeting between retailers and President Donald Trump. “Today, we had a positive and productive conversation with President Read more
Etsy moderator Alexandra published the following post on the Etsy discussion board: We know that filing your taxes can certainly be complicated when you run your own business! So, this Thursday, January 12th, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST, we’ll Read more
In a new post titled “VAT compliance for overseas sellers,” eBay UK vowed to suspend those the government’s tax agency reports as evading VAT tax: Earlier this year, the UK government announced new measures to tackle the non-payment of VAT Read more
This week US Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) held a roundtable meeting with a group of eBay sellers at eWaste Direct in Livermore, California. In attendance were the owners of eWaste Direct, Angie and Joe Nelson, as well as eBay sellers Read more
Amazon is in trouble again for shipping dangerous goods, this time in the UK, and there’s a lesson there for all sellers, even if they aren’t shipping lithium batteries. Amazon was fined this month 65,000 pounds for breaching dangerous goods Read more
