A warning to online merchants inside and outside of Canada: the country is on the brink of a disruption to domestic and international mail service due to a dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. This Read more
Online sellers sending orders in and out of Canada face growing uncertainty as the country’s postal service comes no closer to negotiating a deal with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). eBay has been following the issue closely as Read more
Shyp is building on its partnership with eBay, calling feedback from online sellers who rely on Shyp for fulfillment “incredible,” and introducing new features last week including scheduled pickups for business sellers. As eBay explained in a March blog post, Read more
eBay is being forced to extend leniency to sellers in the UK thanks to a problem at Royal Mail. The problem doesn’t seem to have an end in sight, so eBay UK is extending the protections beyond August through the Read more
You’ve seen us write about the issue of Terminal Dues of late, which is what postal services around the world charge each other for last-mile delivery. The issue is important, since some overseas merchants may pay less than domestic merchants to ship Read more
Last year, Amazon told Congress that Chinese sellers can ship low-weight orders to American buyers at significantly cheaper rates than are available to domestic sellers. It cited an example: the cost to ship a one-pound package from South Carolina to New York Read more
A Florida company has sued over 150 companies over the ability to click a link and track packages during shipping, according to Bloomberg BNA. Shipping and Transit LLC owns patents related to monitoring vehicles’ movement and has filed infringement lawsuits Read more
eBay tried to reassure sellers in Canada that they should return to listing on the site. Online merchants have been spooked by the looming threat of a disruption to mail service in Canada due to a dispute between Canada Post Read more
Online sellers were facing a possible mail disruption in Canada due to a labor dispute between Canada Post and the CUPW union as early as today (Friday), but now the earliest date for a possible disruption has been pushed to Read more
UPS is expanding its Access Point Locker program, saying the lockers can help online merchants boost sales. The program can be integrated into sellers’ online checkout process so that shoppers without front-door delivery can pick up their orders nearby. There Read more
