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Are You Seeing Delays in Etsy Seller Disbursements?
Some sellers are unable to get the money owed to them by Etsy, and a response from a moderator o ...
Monday November 26, 2018
Etsy Sellers Describe Nightmare Reconciling New Billing
Etsy recently changed its billing system, and some international sellers describe a nightmare ...
Wednesday November 21, 2018
Amazon Appears to Notify Customers of Data Breach
Update 11/21/18 : Amazon provided us with the following statement. "We have fixed the issue ...
Monday November 19, 2018
Etsy Takes Pulse of Sellers with New Survey
Etsy is surveying sellers, and the type of questions is telling. Josh Silverman, Etsy's CEO, is ve ...
Friday November 16, 2018
Etsy Considers Prime Like Shipping Program?
Etsy may be considering a shipping program similar to Amazon Prime. An Etsy seller reported last m ...
Wednesday November 14, 2018
eBay Blames Deals Sites for Payments Confusion
eBay shoppers are getting confused over the coupons eBay has been offering as a rewa ...
Monday November 12, 2018
Seller Boycott Against Amazon Unit Succeeds
Antiquarian booksellers banded together to protest a decision by Amazon's AbeBooks marketplace, a ...
Sunday November 11, 2018
eBay Extremely Delighted by Managed Payments Results
eBay is "extremely delighted" by the results of its managed payments rollout which is in its initi ...
Thursday November 8, 2018
Etsy Move to New Billing Proves Painful for Sellers
Etsy transitioned another batch of sellers to its new billing system on November 8th, and it's ...
Tuesday November 6, 2018
Etsy Takes New TV Commercial to National Airwaves
Etsy is taking its TV commercial national - which may give sellers hope for a more prosperous ho ...
Are You Tired of Being Reminded to Go Vote?
Ads on TV, phone calls during dinner, and now, even the Google doodle is reminding ...
Monday November 5, 2018
Amazon to Send Its Own Employees to Deliver Packages
Buyers may come face-to-face with Amazon employees for the first time as the company confirmed Mon ...
Saturday November 3, 2018
Is eBay Feedback Still Relevant?
Many of us still remember when you could leave an eBay user feedback even if you weren't involved ...