Amazon tends to be tight-lipped when it comes to details about its business. But it also cares about its public image and its relationship with lawmakers and periodically touts its contribution to countries and local economies, including job creation. On Read more
Google announced new AI features to help people find products and “try on” apparel virtually this week, and Amazon announced a new feature that has “AI shopping experts” research products and read aloud product summaries and reviews. Sellers are often Read more
Amazon invited sellers to discount their excess goods and take advantage of its Memorial Day Amazon Outlet campaign. “You can gain enhanced visibility for your active or upcoming deals running on excess inventory with Amazon Outlet merchandising through May 26, Read more
Amazon will place limits on sellers enrolled in SFP (Seller Fulfilled Prime) beginning June 29, 2025. “If you haven’t shipped at least 100 Seller Fulfilled Prime packages per month, or if you haven’t shipped Seller Fulfilled Prime packages consistently throughout Read more
Amazon launched a new gen-AI tool for sellers to optimize their existing listings, called Enhance My Listing (EML). The marketplace explained in an announcement on Thursday: “Selling partners update their listings from time to time to ensure they are relevant, Read more
Do you ever struggle to name a product? Amazon is offering a new tool to help businesses create brand names, which it is calling an “artificial intelligence (AI)-powered brand name generator.” But it does more than come up with suggestions Read more
eBay is giving away $10,000 grants and other perks to 50 active sellers in the US through its annual Up and Running program. Sellers can apply on the Hello Alice website. In explaining the UP and Running grant program, now Read more
Like other marketplaces, Amazon allows sellers to purchase discounted shipping labels on its platform, known as Buy Shipping. Amazon offers certain protections to sellers who use it, since it gives the marketplace greater visibility into the sellers’ fulfillment of orders. Read more
Amazon grew sales 9% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, or 10% excluding changes in foreign exchange. North America segment sales increased 8% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 5% (or 8% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). AWS segment Read more
An Amazon spokesperson told Reuters that it is having a “strong response from selling partners to Prime Day 2025.” But the Reuters reporters, who spoke to four merchants and six consultants who collectively advice hundreds of Amazon sellers, said merchants Read more
