Etsy made some changes to its Shipping Labels feature to make it easier for sellers to request pickup from the USPS – and to make it easier for buyers to return items. It announced the two new features as follows: Read more
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 September 3rd and how they Read more
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 2006, although Sunday delivery by Read more
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 set up free-shipping promotions during Read more
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 sellers can test the new Read more
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 to sellers. The company called Read more
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 address in their Etsy account, Read more
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 changes as expected, USPS rates Read more
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 it easier for buyers to Read more
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 will now send a notice Read more
