Amazon Handmade launched a shopping site for brides and grooms called the Wedding Shop featuring thousands of handcrafted items including wedding decor, invitations, gifts and jewelry. Amazon launched its marketplace for handmade goods in the fall of 2015. The press Read more
Amazon sellers who sell on its new Handmade marketplace received good news and bad news regarding fees this week. First the good news: Amazon is extending its promotional monthly subscription fee waiver through the end of 2017. That means sellers Read more
Amazon is calling its new Handmade marketplace a success and is adding new categories, it announced on Thursday. The company also told EcommerceBytes it’s possible it may extend the waiver on subscription fees for artisan sellers. Steve Johnson, Director for Read more
Responding to intellectual property concerns, Amazon has added language to its Handmade marketplace’s terms of use (TOU) to clarify what rights it obtains from participating artisans. The issue has troubled some artisans who find that the TOU is overly broad Read more
Martha Stewart American Made is moving its store from eBay to Handmade at Amazon, which launched last month. It’s a coup for Amazon – the New York Times quoted Stewart as saying of Amazon, “It’s a much bigger audience. It’s the powerhouse Read more
Dana Truesdale and Robin Zebley have sold their artwork on Etsy for years, so when they learned about Amazon’s new Handmade marketplace, both viewed it as another potentially attractive sales channel. “When I heard about Amazon’s Handmade, I decided to Read more
Handmade at Amazon launched on Thursday with some unique features not found on its main site in order to appeal to shoppers of artwork and handmade goods. Amazon category manager April Lane explained the company’s thinking when it first began Read more
Most sellers can’t list jewelry on Amazon.com because it’s a restricted (“gated”) category. But now thanks to the launch of Handmade at Amazon, they may be able to – if they make their items themselves. Amazon finally launched the long-anticipated category Read more
When large corporations use lawyers to spell out their rights in Terms of Use agreements, it can cause concern among users. And when terms like “irrevocable right” and “license to use and reproduce” are spotted, sellers may question exactly what Read more
Over the weekend, EcommerceBytes published a preview of Amazon Handmade shops and listings, showing for the first time what a listing looks like on the new store. Amazon first revealed the concept of the new store to select sellers in Read more
