Ecommerce Industry News
If you ship using FedEx, be aware of some fee changes for overweight and oversized packages that take effect next week. Etsy issued a warning to sellers about higher surcharge fees FedEx will implement on […]
Etsy issued a reminder to sellers about shipping cutoff dates as Christmas nears. As we recently noted, this is an unusual year in that Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday for the first time since […]
Over half of the shoppers Etsy surveyed in August consider free shipping to be a very important factor when purchasing an item. Etsy is encouraging sellers to use its new sales and coupons tool to […]
Etsy sellers who are tired of refunding buyers for shipping overages or not recouping their entire shipping costs are a step closer to getting relief. Etsy launched a beta version of calculated shipping, and all […]
Etsy made a change in the way it displays shipping information. But before sellers panic about whether the change could confuse buyers, they should know the change only impacts the Sold Orders page, visible only […]
Etsy added a new feature to help improve the deliverability of packages to U.S. buyers – the online marketplace is letting buyers verify their addresses against USPS records. When U.S. buyers add or edit an […]
Given the importance of shipping to all online retailers, it was no surprise that Etsy reminded sellers of changes to postage rates through a blog post announcement. “In January 2015, while Canada Post has planned […]
Etsy launched a new way of displaying shipping costs to buyers as a first step in a two-part plan to introduce a calculated shipping option for marketplace sellers. The company said the new update makes […]
Etsy is rolling out a new process for marking orders as shipped, an important feature for marketplaces so they know when the seller has shipped an order. One major change – the new marked-as-shipped feature […]
You may notice changes as you shop on Etsy as it continues to test various functions on its site. Next up is a test of the Search function, a critical area for both shoppers and […]