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eBay and Etsy Join Rivals to Fight Threats to Small Sellers
eBay, Etsy, Mercari, Poshmark, and OfferUp joined forces to fight what they see as dire threats ...
Thursday March 25, 2021
Amazon Shakes Up Sports Collectibles with New Restrictions
Amazon is implementing new restrictions in sports collectibles, and the reaction from seller ...
Tuesday March 23, 2021
Yahoo Shops: Not to Be Confused with Yahoo Stores
Yahoo is launching a new marketplace called Yahoo Shops that will feature 50 brands including Woo ...
Saturday March 20, 2021
Sellers Say Amazon Reaps Rewards of Business Repricing
Amazon expanded its repricing tool for sellers on Amazon Business. It first launched Au ...
Wednesday March 17, 2021
Etsy Seller Charged 32 Percent Commission
Eye-catching: A seller paid a 32% commission to Etsy UK on a recent sale, or 40 poun ...
Tuesday March 16, 2021
Amazon Announces New Fees Effective June 2021
Amazon announced new seller fulfillment fees that will take effect on June 1, 2021. In December, t ...
Sunday March 14, 2021
USPS to Workers: Guard Contract Info from Lawmakers
The US Postal Service warned employees they should not disclose commercial information to people o ...
Tuesday March 9, 2021
Is eBay Taking Care of Sellers Hit by Texas Storm?
As Texans huddled in the cold when severe winter storms cut power and water to their homes in ...
Sunday March 7, 2021
New Bill Puts Micro Sellers in Crosshairs of the IRS
A provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (aka the COVID relief bill) would put some ...
Monday March 1, 2021
eBay Pulls Key Reward from Bucks Program
Participants in the eBay Bucks loyalty rewards program got some good news, bad news this morning ...
Sellers Want Compensation after eBay Site Meltdown
eBay sellers say they lost money stemming from technical issues that hit the site on Sunday, and s ...