Amazon invited sellers to submit deals for Prime Day 2020, a big sale held each July since it launched in 2015. There was uncertainty about this year’s event due to the coronavirus pandemic, but on Tuesday, Amazon posted an invitation Read more
The eBay Foundation is giving nearly $15 million in grants to support nonprofits and small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and has tripled grantmaking from 2019. The latest $10 million in grants was announced today and is the largest in Read more
A group representing online sellers appeared in Federal Court on Thursday in an effort to get a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the Attorney General of Kentucky over his actions against Amazon sellers around alleged price gouging. As Read more
In late March, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) asked Accredited Business owners about the biggest challenges facing their business. Cash flow was at the top of the list, followed by keeping up with customer demand and paying employees. Of the Read more
eBay announced today it will protect sellers’ accounts from being downgraded through July 19th. In March, it had promised to protect accounts through the June 20th evaluation period. eBay updated the March announcement to state, “Your account will be protected Read more
Amazon is extending some seller protections through the end of May because of the challenges many are facing due to the coronavirus pandemic. In April, Amazon began pausing account suspensions for order performance issues relating to Late Shipment Rate, Cancellation Read more
DHL eCommerce Solutions analyzed what’s been shipping domestically and internationally among its online retailers who ship lightweight packets and parcels, and it identified five categories with the greatest volume growth since late February. It also reported that online purchases pushed Read more
Amazon FBA made temporary changes to some of its policies, giving sellers more time to process returns and issue refunds. The change is presumably a response to the COVID pandemic as sellers institute quarantine and disinfecting practices on items returned Read more
Merchants are fighting back against Kentucky’s price-gouging crackdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Online Merchants Guild (OMG) sued the Commonwealth on Friday claiming its price-control statutes are unconstitutional when applied to online merchants who offer items for sale in the Read more
Sellers who use UPS can drop off packages outside of some Michaels arts-and-crafts retail stores across the US. The service is available through UPS Access Point, which already had locations open inside over 800 Michaels stores. In addition, buyers can Read more
