Despite demand from online shoppers, merchants know only too well that there’s no such thing as “free shipping.” The latest sellers to face higher shipping costs are those in the UK and Australia as Royal Mail and Australia Post raise postage. Effective March 31, Read more
This week Etsy informed sellers of changing postal rates, and warned that the postage rate changes at the USPS and Canadian postal service would automatically be reflected on any postage purchased through Etsy Shipping Labels once the rate changes go into effect. Read more
Each January we ask a panel of industry experts to participate in our “Online Selling Trends” series, asking them about the challenges and opportunities they see for online sellers in the New Year. This year, we also talk directly to Read more
Over the holidays, StellaService set out to test merchants when it came to delivering orders in time for Christmas, and ordered a total of 75 packages to be delivered to locations around the country. StellaService is a research firm that studies how Read more
eBay’s shipping calculator is in violation of another company’s patents, according to a lawsuit filed on December 20th. Paid Inc. is suing eBay for patent infringement, claiming it had demonstrated its online shipping calculator to eBay in 2001, over a Read more
