USPS is adding Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) to address recent challenges mailers have faced related to foreign-country tariffs that apply to certain outbound international items as well as the end of de minimis, it revealed in filings with the Postal Read more
Marketplaces generally frown upon sellers setting different prices based on the location of the buyer. But with American tariffs taking a toll on foreign sellers, Etsy is making an exception. Last week, Etsy announced it had rolled out the ability Read more
First consumers were hit by surprise tariffs this year. Now they’re learning that in some cases, shipping carriers are destroying packages coming from overseas sellers and suppliers. NBC News’s article, “UPS is ‘disposing of’ U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems,” Read more
Sellers are facing difficulties trying to mail orders to certain customers due to how eBay is handling US tariffs and a Canadian postal strike. Sellers based in Canada, and sellers outside the country who ship to Canadian customers, are facing Read more
The White House announced on Monday that the US and China will each lower tariffs by 115% while retaining an additional 10% tariff as part of a 90-day suspension. Other US measures will remain in place – including the removal Read more
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman talked tariffs at Semafor’s 2025 World Economy Summit last week, saying sellers on Etsy could become collateral damage. Advocating for sellers was one of his jobs, Silverman said, for which he received nearly $18 million in Read more
An Amazon spokesperson told Reuters that it is having a “strong response from selling partners to Prime Day 2025.” But the Reuters reporters, who spoke to four merchants and six consultants who collectively advice hundreds of Amazon sellers, said merchants Read more
The UK is helping businesses hit by tariffs and is working with other countries on trade deals that “will give businesses more opportunities than ever before to expand into new market.” It’s also soliciting advice on how it should respond Read more
eBay informed international sellers this month that it would offer certain protections in the event that tariffs impacted their shipments to buyers located in the US. The marketplace posted information for Canadian, UK, and Australian sellers. Package delays into the Read more
Shipping carriers are instituting new international inbound fees and, in one case, terminating package delivery to US consumers. The firms cite delays in getting packages through US Customs, which processes and collects tariffs that are undergoing frequent changes by the Read more
