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Facebook Marketplace - Now without the Meetups
Facebook is launching checkout on its Marketplace so sellers can reach buyers outside their local ...
eBay and Etsy CEOs Insist: We Are Different from Amazon
As frustrating as it must be to always be compared to your rival, eBay and Etsy's CEOs were both a ...
Monday April 29, 2019
Packing Slip or Stripped? Tell Us How You Send Your Orders
Packing slip or stripped? Consider this an unofficial poll - should sellers include packing slips ...
Saturday April 27, 2019
Etsy Battles Spammers in the Forums
Etsy suffered a spam attack in its forums on Friday evening and again on Saturday, and users wer ...
Thursday April 25, 2019
Returns Are the Hottest Thing in Ecommerce
Companies are falling all over themselves to make it easier for buyers to return things - PayPal ...
Monday April 22, 2019
If an Item Is Posted to Etsy, Does It Get Seen?
It may seem like a philosophical riddle, like the famous, "If a tree falls in the forest and no on ...
Friday April 19, 2019
Where Are Etsy Teams Headed?
Etsy moved its forums to a new platform in January, a transition that sellers have reported has ...
Monday April 15, 2019
Amazon Confirms Pesticide Crackdown Was Overreaching
Amazon sellers who were swept up in a crackdown on pesticides were given the all-clear by the ...
Etsy Investigates Major Search Glitch
Etsy is investigating a major problem with its site today. Just before noon, it tweeted ...
Thursday April 11, 2019
Jeff Bezos Basically Just Said Amazon Kicks eBay's Ass
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called out eBay in a letter to shareholders, with a "my site's b ...
Tuesday April 9, 2019
Amazon Stealth Shipping Service Offers Seller Protection
In February, we wrote about Amazon Shipping in which the marketplace acts as a shipp ...
Saturday April 6, 2019
Is Marketplace Messaging Spam a Growing Problem?
As if it weren't bad enough that spammers target sellers through email and by phone, they're als ...
Friday April 5, 2019
No Sabbatical for Online Sellers
It's difficult for many online sellers to imagine taking a true vacation away from work - many sma ...
Tuesday April 2, 2019
Etsy Scares Sellers with Bill Payment Email Glitch
Sellers were alarmed when Etsy sent them an email on April 1st saying it had charged their credit ...
Amazon Hits on Way to Offer Faster and Cheaper Fulfillment
When you are the retailer and the delivery company, you can do some really interesting thin ...
Monday April 1, 2019
States Fawn over Amazon But Make Small Sellers Cry
States around the country are devoting considerable resources to figuring out how to get small b ...