Amazon had been Royal Mail’s biggest customer, accounting for 6% of sales. But a new delivery service from Amazon along with competition from TNT, Yodel, and others has negatively impacted Royal Mail revenue. Formerly Britain’s national postal service, Royal Mail underwent Read more
First Class Package Service (FCPS) is popular with online sellers mailing packages 13 ounces and under, according to Stamps.com Senior Director of Online Marketing Eric Nash. “With a max cost of $3.47 and delivery within 1-3 days plus free tracking Read more
eBay sellers can expect significant changes next year. The Wall Street Journal interviewed eBay Marketplaces president Devin Wenig, who will become the CEO of eBay after the breakup with PayPal. Wenig told the newspaper he wants to reconnect with merchants. Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe wrote another essay on LinkedIn, this one about his future plans. In, “The Road Not Taken: Ready to Forge a New Path,” Donahoe said he actually doesn’t know what he’s going to do next after the pending Read more
Bigcommerce raised $50 million in funding, attracting new investors SoftBank Capital, American Express, and Telstra Ventures as well as existing investors General Catalyst and Revolution Growth. The company will use the funds to invest in product development, aggressively grow sales Read more
Sellers, if you have more than one shop on Etsy, pay attention to the latest news. Etsy has created a “multiple shops” policy, and in some cases, sellers will have to close some of their shops. What’s the problem with Read more
The Counterfeit Report, a website backed by manufacturers who want to educate consumers about fakes, has accused eBay of breaking its promise for meaningful reform over the issue of counterfeits for sale on the eBay marketplace. Craig Crosby, publisher of Read more
For shoppers, it was too good to be true. Walmart has now changed the online component of its price-matching policy to exclude Amazon third-party merchants after rolling out the new policy on Friday, November 14th. Walmart spokesperson John Forrest Ales Read more
Plenty of warm paeans from the New York Times and elsewhere complimented Facebook’s moves to cut down on unpaid ads appearing in the news feeds of its userbase. And while Facebook users may rejoice, it means fewer potential shoppers may see online Read more
eBay had some good news for sellers who use PayPal – “the window for PayPal Purchase Protection disputes to count as a defect will be reduced from 45 to 30 days” after an item’s latest estimated delivery date to the Read more
