Etsy is making its own checkout system mandatory for all new shops, whether they’re opened by new sellers or by existing sellers wishing to expand or diversify. That means sellers who want to use their own PayPal account in new Read more
eBay released a new document as part of its lobbying efforts to fight the online sales-tax bills legislators are trying to pass. eBay Government Relations tweeted on Wednesday, “MFA & RTPA tax bills are bad for small business. Download our paper explaining Read more
eBay named the former president of the Gap to its Board of Directors, while PayPal faced one of the challenges of being a public company. Paul Pressler was President and CEO of Gap Inc. and spent 15 years in senior Read more
Ecommerce vendor 360pi is tracking the best-selling toys throughout the holiday shopping season. You can sign up to receive the information – there’s no charge, but you must sign up to receive marketing emails along with the free reports. The Read more
Amazon sellers got a surprise this week when they went to the section called Seller Central where they manage their orders. Amazon rolled out a new design, and like any event that impacts a seller’s daily routine, not everyone enjoyed Read more
Amazon Fulfillment wants regular folk to deliver its packages – a car and smartphone is all that’s required. The new Amazon Flex platform explains it is looking for drivers who are at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license. Read more
November and December account for over 20% of total annual revenue for retailers. And on average, these holiday shopping months bring in 30% more revenue than non-holiday months. But that’s part of a downward trend, research firm RJMetrics reminded merchants. Holiday revenue Read more
October 1st represents the deadline for most merchants to accept Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) chip-equipped credit cards at their terminals. Should a merchant only process payments with the familiar magnetic stripe reader, and end up taking a counterfeit card, Read more
eBay launched a new research project in Australia called the eBay Innovation Lab to help it explore emerging technologies. The lab set up shop in Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia over the weekend and invited people to interact with emerging Read more
The new owner of 11Main.com has no plans to close the site, according to John Caplan, founder and CEO of OpenSky, which acquired the marketplace from Alibaba Group Holding in June. That may come as news to some merchants on Read more
