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Seller Eviscerates New Etsy Top Seller Program
Sellers are taking to the Etsy forums to express their concerns about a new top seller program c ...
Wednesday July 28, 2021
Is Etsy's Star Seller Program an eBay Copycat?
Etsy launched a Star Sellers program today that some are calling an eBay Top Rated Seller copycat. ...
Monday July 26, 2021
eBay Launches Offsite Ad Program - No Extra Cost for Now
eBay launched an offsite ad program tied to Promoted Listings, similar to Etsy's program. In today ...
Saturday July 24, 2021
Game of Ecommerce Chess: Who Should Acquire Whom?
There's often speculation about which companies tech giants should acquire. An article in Marker ...
Friday July 23, 2021
USPS Mailing Tubes Are Becoming a Box Office Bomb
Move posters sent USPS are a flop, say sellers. Bruce Hershenson, proprietor of a million-dollar b ...
Monday July 19, 2021
Anxious Buyers Looking out Their Windows for Packages
Some online shoppers take their orders very, very seriously to the point they look out their windo ...
Sunday July 18, 2021
Amazon Suddenly 'Finds' a Bunch of Lost Inventory
Many sellers were puzzled on Wednesday after Amazon informed them it would be adding inventory ...
Thursday July 15, 2021
Etsy's New TV Commercial Celebrates Creatives
What comes across clearly in Etsy's new television ad is that creative people face challenges but ...
Monday July 12, 2021
Etsy Imposes New Shipping Requirements on Sellers
Last month we reported that Etsy would be imposing new shipping requirements, and today, Etsy anno ...
Sunday July 11, 2021
USPS Monetizes Basic Services: What Next?
USPS seems to be on a mission to monetize basic services. One example was its premium tracking s ...
Friday July 9, 2021
Do Porch Package Thefts Warrant Long Jail Times?
Stealing packages from people's porches or mailboxes is now a felony in the state of Georgia. ...
Wednesday July 7, 2021
What Do You Think of the New eBay Store Changes?
eBay began tinkering with its Store offering on Tuesday, leaving sellers scrambling to figur ...
Tuesday July 6, 2021
Employees Begin Returning to eBay HQ: Any Impact on Sellers?
eBay reopened its San Jose, California headquarters on Tuesday after being shut down due to the pa ...
Sunday July 4, 2021
eBay Sellers Report Little Defense against Chargebacks
Now that eBay has taken over payment processing from PayPal for a majority of US sellers, it's r ...