Shippers adjusting their pricing for services is nothing new, as companies like UPS and FedEx do so routinely in response to the market and the ongoing issue of high fuel costs. However, come January 2015, ecommerce pros who use FedEx Read more
Some lucky eBay sellers received an invitation to list up to 7,000 auction listings with no insertion fees. But one group of sellers received an invitation to list 1,000 listings per day for a maximum of 7,000 listings over 7 Read more
eBay was set to have one of its most interesting annual shareholder meetings after squaring off with investor Carl Icahn earlier this year. eBay is holding the meeting today in San Jose at 11 am EST. eBay shareholders nearly had Read more
After another quarter with losses in the billions, the U.S. Postal Service is once again urging Congress to enact legislation that would free the agency to adjust its operating schedule and move to five-day weekly delivery. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe Read more
Amazon is taking full advantage of the U.S. Postal Service’s commitment to extend its package delivery schedule to Sundays. In November, Amazon announced the availability of Sunday delivery to Prime customers located in two cities – New York and LA, Read more
Some eBay users were having problems connecting to eBay’s website or accessing certain features on Friday morning, including the homepage and the homepage feed. But the company failed to report the technical issue on the Systems Announcement Board or through Read more
eBay is running a 6-week campaign to attract new sellers to the site. The eBay Seller Referral Program kicked off on May 8 and will run through June 19, 2014. The program offers invited sellers and the friends they refer Read more
In 2009, eBay CEO John Donahoe decided to close eBay Live Auctions, a live-bidding platform and seemingly successful part of its Marketplaces business. On Thursday, eBay announced it will launch a new live-bidding platform on eBay.com in partnership with Invaluable, formerly Read more
One tends not to associate good things with the concept of negativity. Something negative usually means a bad result; in ecommerce that can be events like a site not responding to visitors, or shoppers abandoning carts during checkout. However, Google Read more
When Amazon announced this week it was adding a feature for Twitter users to be able to place items in their shopping cart by replying to tweets with the hashtag #AmazonCart, we wondered if merchants and affiliates would benefit from the program. Read more
