It’s getting difficult to keep track of the speedy delivery options Amazon offers to Prime members. The company is now offering free same-day delivery in over 500 cities and towns in 14 markets, it revealed this week. The news comes Read more
Amazon launched an offering called Amazon Allowance, positioning it as a way to give friends or family a recurring gift in the form of shopping sprees on Amazon. As its name implies, parents can use it to give children an Read more
Booksellers are finding that not only do they have to compete with Amazon.com and other sellers on the marketplace, they now have to compete with Kindle formats and even rentals. In early May, EcommerceBytes reported that Amazon was testing the listing offer Read more
Amazon is leveraging its expertise in same-day delivery by opening up Prime Now to other companies, adding value to the service. Amazon Prime Now is now offering 1-hour delivery from local stores in addition to the tens of thousands of Read more
Amazon is launching a new marketplace for handcrafted goods called Handmade at Amazon. Etsy sellers discussed an email invitation they received from Amazon with great interest, and those who didn’t get an invitation were eager to learn more from those Read more
Amazon sellers are wondering where their Amazon payments are after Monday’s disbursements didn’t show up in their bank accounts. Some sellers we spoke to were not only concerned about the impact of 2 weeks’ worth of missing payments, but they Read more
Amazon is suspending sellers who say they’re unable to get through the verification process in the UK despite providing evidence requested as part of the process. Sellers say a problem on Amazon’s end is preventing them from becoming verified. One Read more
Move over, Siri. Amazon Echo’s Alexa has shopping covered. People who use the Echo gadget and have a subscription to Amazon Prime can order eligible items from the online marketplace just by speaking out loud. Amazon calls the voice-controlled shopping Read more
Amazon announced it will build a new fulfillment center in the UK in Dunstable, north of London. The news comes after company had announced plans for a new fulfillment center in New Jersey earlier this week. The Dunstable warehouse will be 310,000 Read more
Amazon is planning to open a new fulfillment center in New Jersey. The 1 million square-foot fulfillment center will be located in Carteret, bringing Amazon’s total footprint in New Jersey to more than 2.5 million-square-feet. Amazon went into the New Read more
