Stripe announced it is ending support for Bitcoin payments. In a blog post this week, Product Manager Tom Karlo said Bitcoin’s evolution has made it less useful for payments and better suited to being an asset rather than a means Read more
eBay UK issued a press release on Wednesday to celebrate the Lego toy brand, saying it was the third most searched for item on eBay UK last year (over 4.4 million total searches), coming in behind behind iPhones and Fidget Read more
ToysRUs launched a financial restructuring last fall, and this week announced it would be closing about 180 stores in the US. The bad news may offer a silver lining for online sellers looking for discounted inventory – store-closing sales will Read more
Amazon announced it is opening a new logistics center in Mönchengladbach, Germany, creating 1,000 full-time jobs. The company said it is opening the center due to increasing customer demand and to expand product choice and support a growing number of Read more
eBay’s Director of Global Public Policy Hanne Melin Olbe published an essay about inequalities between citizens of the same country, which she said are becoming a greater political concern. However, “Technology is empowering entrepreneurs in more disadvantaged areas, in ways 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
Etsy is conducting a survey about “public policy” issues to help it in its lobbying efforts on behalf of the company and its sellers. And like its rivals eBay and Amazon, it encourages users to reach out to lawmakers and Read more
Etsy launched new features on its mobile selling app to help manage their shop finances. The two features it called out: – “View your latest deposit balance: View your shop payment account balance, so you know how much is heading Read more
As large brands turn increasingly to non-traditional search engines like Amazon to advertise their products, marketing firm Performics has launched a new tool to help them optimize their campaigns. Caiman reduces manual reporting, pulling information from Amazon direct data feeds. 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
