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
Etsy offered advice to sellers on dealing with tariffs and told them that buyers may be required to pay tariffs and fees on packages that are shipped internationally. The marketplace explained that in certain cases, it would protect sellers if Read more
Amazon is not alone in placing products closer to the customer “to ensure that we have the right inventory, in the right places, at the right time,” but some Chinese distributors may be abandoning their strategy of storing goods in Read more
The USPS is temporarily suspending package acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Letters and flats will not be impacted. (See update below.) Because the language states the US Postal Service is suspending “acceptance” of Read more
New tariffs and other changes could impact online sellers in the months and years ahead. Marianne Rowden is CEO of E-Merchants Trade Council, a global trade association for ecommerce entrepreneurs to support simplification of trade, tax and transportation policies. In Read more
A new survey of nearly 31,000 consumers found half of Americans will change their shopping habits due to impending tariffs on consumer goods. Shopkick, a mobile shopping-rewards app, found that 44% of respondents would reduce their shopping, while 25% said Read more
