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Etsy Advice to Sellers on Dealing with a Negative Review
Etsy shared some advice for sellers in a post on Monday titled, "What to do when you receive a neg ...
Monday November 25, 2019
Beware Amazon Impersonators Targeting Sellers
Fraudsters are targeting sellers in various emails purporting to be from Amazon or its suppo ...
Friday November 22, 2019
Etsy Seller Spots Listing Dropouts in Search
Etsy is omitting a small number of listings from some search results, according to a seller who ...
Wednesday November 20, 2019
Amazon Admits to Exploiting Seller Sales Data
Amazon uses aggregated seller data when making decisions about its own product strategy, according ...
Privacy Concerns as Etsy Reveals Buyers Spending Info
Users are concerned after Etsy began sharing information about buyers' spending in emails to sel ...
Sunday November 17, 2019
Etsy Seller Standards ODR Warning Causes Uproar
Some sellers are in an uproar over Etsy's "Order Dissatisfaction Rate" (ODR), part of its Sell ...
Saturday November 16, 2019
eBay Riles but Etsy Allies with Google
Josh Silverman took a different approach to Google than his former employer eBay when he took the ...
Wednesday November 13, 2019
Is Etsy Cyber Week Sale Too Rich for Sellers?
Etsy invited sellers to participate in its Cyber Week Sales Event promotion. It's the first ho ...
Monday November 11, 2019
Expert Warns Amazon Sellers about Package Inserts
Branding is important in business, and many sellers include inserts in their online orders. Online ...
Sunday November 10, 2019
Amazon Denies It Pressures Sellers to Use Its Logistics
Sellers often complain that Amazon forces a "race to the bottom" on prices. But according to Bloom ...
Wednesday November 6, 2019
Etsy Technical Bug Leaves Sellers in the Dark about Traffic
Sellers are unable to view up-to-date data about traffic to their shops, leaving many of them frus ...
Tuesday November 5, 2019
Amazon Seller Faces Million Dollar Sales Tax Liability
Amazon sellers are buzzing about an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer today about ...
Sunday November 3, 2019
Is Amazon Cracking Down on Handmade Goods?
Amazon Handmade sent an email to artisan sellers recently requesting information about the product ...
Expect More PayPal Price Changes Ahead
PayPal executives revealed there are more price changes coming in 2020 after rolling out a contr ...