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Amazon Grows Sales 20 Percent in Fourth Quarter 2018
Amazon.com grew fourth quarter sales 20% to $72.4 billion. Among the highlights of its Q4 earn ...
Amazon Seller Receives Threat from Chinese Infringer
A Chinese seller who infringed on another Amazon seller's trademark resorted to intimidation, acco ...
Tuesday January 29, 2019
Etsy Sellers Hit with Promoted Listings Bug on Monday
Etsy sellers were unable to manage their Promoted Listing ads on Monday due to an apparent glitch, ...
Monday January 28, 2019
Amazon Sellers Are Sick of Amazon Sellers
Amazon sellers are sick of Amazon sellers, it seems. Sellers are bemoaning the fact that other ...
Saturday January 26, 2019
New Etsy Forums a Work in Progress
Etsy relaunched its discussion boards on Tuesday after a nearly 2-week hiatus, but there's sti ...
Friday January 25, 2019
PayPal Says Buy Multis and Return the Rest
PayPal is actively encouraging shoppers to buy multiple quantities of an item they want with the ...
Wednesday January 23, 2019
Changes Are Coming to eBay Seller Tools
eBay will retire Turbo Lister in Europe next month, an eBay moderator told sellers in the US dis ...
Your 1099K May Be on the Way
Tax-filing season has begun as companies begin sending and receiving forms as required by the IRS. ...
Monday January 21, 2019
Pummeled with Annoying Questions and Ridiculous Excuses?
A meme has been picking up steam on social media that plays on the annoying questions that people ...
Thursday January 17, 2019
Sellers Who Collect Sales Tax May Face Unexpected Hurdle
Sellers who collect sales tax on transactions from out-of-state buyers may face an unexpected hurd ...
Wednesday January 16, 2019
Is eBay Honoring Its Seller Protection Promises?
eBay had notified sellers it wouldn't penalize them due to postal closures during key holiday da ...
Sunday January 13, 2019
Marie Kondo Craze: Good or Bad for Sellers?
The "tidying up" philosophy of professional organizer Marie Kondo has reached fever pitc ...
Tuesday January 8, 2019
Sellers Urge Etsy to Back Off on Free Shipping
Etsy sellers urged management to reconsider their push for sellers to offer free shipping. The ...
Saturday January 5, 2019
Etsy Transition to New Forums: What You Need to Know
Etsy is launching a new platform for hosting its discussion forums and "Teams." The two biggest po ...
Friday January 4, 2019
eBay Sellers Deal with Sales Tax Monkey Wrench
Online sellers continue to struggle with state sales tax issues, and Minnesota just threw a mo ...
Wednesday January 2, 2019
eBay Defends Practices after Blindsiding Ardent Supporter
eBay didn't have enough listings in key categories in the run-up to the holiday shopping season, ...