Ecommerce Industry News
Mercari announced a new pack-and-ship service for sellers through a deal with the UPS Store. Mercari is like Craigslist only it’s a mobile app, and without the meetups – everything ships. Take a look at […]
Pitney Bowes has stepped up its game when it comes to ecommerce. Typically associated with enterprise shippers, it announced new apps available through its open platform SendPro, which launched in May 2017 but underwhelmed when […]
ShippingEasy wants to liberate sellers from their shipping stations, announcing today an integration with Amazon’s Alexa voice technology. It’s the first cloud-based shipping platform to use “conversational user interface.” In addition to shipping and fulfillment […]
FedEx Ground will now deliver packages 6 days a week in the US on a permanent basis thanks to ecommerce and the “dramatic and consistent” rise in demand for the past 10 years. Ten years […]
ShipStation has partnered with Codisto, an Amazon and eBay integration app for merchants with online stores that are powered by Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and Ecwid. Based in Australia, Codisto gives sellers the ability to […]
Stamps.com will acquire MetaPack Ltd., a UK company that provides an enterprise-level solution to global retailers and brands, for approximately $230 million in cash. MetaPack has 500 customers and processed over 550 million parcel shipments […]
ShipStation partnered with ShipBob fulfillment, giving merchants access to a service with fulfillment centers in Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Press release follows: ShipStation, the leading web-based e-commerce shipping solution, today announced […]
Imagine being able to boost sales by between 10 and 25 percent. What’s the catch? Opening yourself up to buyers in other countries, which of course comes with its own set of challenges. Raf Zimberoff, […]
Many readers are familiar with Skip McGrath who has been writing about online selling since the late 1990s. His latest newsletter features an article, “Has eBay finally jumped the shark? New eBay Policies May Eliminate […]
Printing postage can help to reduce the overall costs of reselling goods, however, depending on your volume this cost could actually dip into your hard-earned profits. And unless your home or business is next door […]