Walmart Marketplace warned sellers to expect higher return volume throughout the year related to COVID, and it made some adjustments to its policies as a result. “eCommerce volumes have seen an unprecedented spike and now retail is anticipating another less Read more
Walmart updated its Marketplace seller APIs and added a 3-day delivery option to help sellers boost conversion rates. (APIs provide a way for third-party sellers to interact with the Walmart marketplace and manage tasks automatically.) In its announcement to sellers, Read more
Walmart is opening its marketplace to third-party sellers who use Shopify to host their online stores. The new integration will allow approved Shopify sellers to seamlessly list their items on Walmart.com. However, Walmart will be selective about which sellers it Read more
Walmart is subsidizing lower prices on its site to help it compete with Amazon, according to a report in Bloomberg. The beneficiaries are Walmart shoppers – and an unknown number of third-party sellers on Walmart. The new program will temporarily Read more
Walmart reported 2nd quarter fiscal-year earnings today. Its ecommerce division, Walmart U.S. eCommerce, grew sales 37% in the quarter, which the company said included strong growth in online grocery. It originally provided guidance of 35% growth for its ecommerce business Read more
Walmart revised its returns policy on its Marketplace, and a seller told us that what concerns him the most is the following: “No Restocking fees may be applied.” Previously sellers could charge a restocking fee for any reason, not to Read more
Walmart is giving a boost to marketplace sellers beginning in November. Scott Hilton, Chief Revenue Officer for Walmart eCommerce US, announced the news on the Walmart blog this morning. “We’re working with our marketplace sellers to make millions of items Read more
Walmart came in 10th place in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards. This is the first year Walmart cracked the top-ten nominated marketplaces after it opened its platform to third-party sellers in 2009 on a very limited basis (3 merchants were Read more
As Walmart opens up its Marketplace to increasing numbers of third-party merchants, more ecommerce service providers have been announcing support for the channel. For example, multi-channel shipping solution ShipRush and distributed commerce network CommerceHub have both recently announced their integrations with the retail giant’s Read more
