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Amazon Return-Shipping Fee Policy Now in Effect

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon sellers will be responsible for paying for overage costs on returns beginning Saturday, January 14th. According to the new policy, if a shipping carrier assesses a correction charge on a customer return, sellers must […]

Leave a commentMarketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon returns, Returns

DoorDash Tries to Profit Off Returns with Package Pickup

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Ina Steiner

Returns are painful for online sellers, but one company sees them as an opportunity. Delivery service DoorDash announced Package Pickup that caters to shoppers who can’t or don’t want to make a trip to the […]

3 CommentsNews, ShippingDoorDash, Package pickup, Returns

Managing Returns Begins Before the Holiday Season

December 29, 2022January 21, 2023 Ina Steiner
Boxzooka's Brendan Heegan

The best way for online sellers to deal with returns is to reduce their numbers and to have a system in place for those that are unavoidable. That advice comes from logistics expert Brendan Heegan, […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataBoxzooka, Brendan Heegan, Fulfillment, Interview Series, Returns

Amazon Shifts Some Return-Shipping Costs to Sellers

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon will no longer absorb certain costs involved with returns, it informed sellers on Wednesday. “Starting January 14, sellers will be responsible for any carrier shipping correction charges on customer returns of seller-fulfilled orders caused […]

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon returns, Returns

New FedEx Service Shows the Scale of Online Returns

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Ina Steiner
FedEx

FedEx is launching a new service for online merchants to deal with customer returns, an ever-growing problem that has spawned a number of solutions to try and help retailers cope. FedEx Consolidated Returns will launch […]

News, ShippingFedex, FedEx Consolidated Returns, Returns

eBay Is Developing Technology to Catch Bad Buyers

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay told sellers it’s working to protect them from bad buyers, though it also downplayed the scale of the problem. During the recent Seller Check-in event this month, eBay Senior Director, Head of Protections Ian […]

15 CommentsMarketplaces, NewseBay, eBay bad buyers, Ian Bednowitz, Returns

Returns Cost Sellers a Whopping 21 Percent of Order Value

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Ina Steiner
Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes is out with research that shows returns are a greater challenge for sellers than ever before. It surveyed medium- and large-brands and found online returns cost retailers an average 21% of order value […]

2 CommentsNews, ShippingPitney Bowes, Returns, Shipping

Shoppers to Return over 16% of Retail Sales, Some Fraudulently

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Ina Steiner
National Retail Federation

Shoppers will return 16.6% of their retail purchases from 2021, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), with some of the returns involving fraud. The NRF and Appriss Retail released a report today that found […]

1 CommentNews, Trends and Shopping DataAppriss Retail, Mark Matthews, NRF, Returns, Returns fraud

More People Prefer to Return Unwanted Goods by Mail

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Ina Steiner
shopping Returns

A busy holiday shopping season in 2021 can mean only one thing as the New Year kicks off: more returns. Mastercard SpendingPulse found retail sales grew 8.5% from November 1 through December 24. Online sales […]

Marketplaces, News, Trends and Shopping DataB-Stock Solutions, Marcus Shen, Mark Stanton, Narvar, NRF, PowerFleet, Returns

Amazon Shipping Can Handle Last-Minute Christmas Sales

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon shipping can handle last-minute sales for all those Christmas procrastinators, according to a post the company published on Thursday. And it means last minute! The door has already closed for sellers who rely on […]

1 CommentMarketplaces, NewsAmazon returns, Amazon shipping, Holiday shopping 2021, Returns

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