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eBay Worried about Off-Site Sales?
It looks like eBay is concerned about sellers taking transactions off of eBay, but it offended some ...
Tuesday September 27, 2016
Etsy Wants a Social Safety Net for Sellers
Etsy wants to ensure its sellers have economic security and is advocating for a federal government ...
Monday September 26, 2016
eBay Wants Sellers to Police Its New Catalog
eBay wants sellers to help it police its new product catalog. On Monday, it issued a request to sel ...
Friday September 23, 2016
Should You Worry About Old Accounts?
After revelations that at least 500 million Yahoo accounts were hacked , the Wall Street advi ...
Wednesday September 21, 2016
Etsy Retires Treasuries over the Objection of Sellers
Etsy is retiring a much beloved feature called Treasuries after removing it from the home page in t ...
Saturday September 17, 2016
UPS Hiring a Reminder that Shipping Isn't Free
Big retailers have convinced online shoppers that there is something called "free shipping," but a ...
Thursday September 15, 2016
eBay Tries to Be One of the Cool Kids
As eBay tries to find traffic to make up for its fall in Google search, it has increasingly turned ...
Tuesday September 13, 2016
eBay Offers Advice on Dealing with Fraudulent Returns
eBay offered advice to a seller asking about fraudulent returns - incidents where a buyer either: ...
Monday September 12, 2016
Retailers Applaud Amazon Crackdown on 3P Merchants
It's no surprise that brands, manufacturers, and retail chains would applaud any move to make it mo ...
Friday September 9, 2016
Amazon Opens Pop Up Stores
Oh, the irony - Amazon is opening pop-up stores in shopping malls around the country. But according ...
Tuesday September 6, 2016
Amazon Hits Sellers with New Tracking Policy
Sellers who list items on Amazon that can be shipped in small envelopes are struggling with a polic ...
Thursday September 1, 2016
Could 'My Pillow' Nightmare Happen to Other Online Sellers?
My Pillow promises customers a good night's sleep, but a recent development involving the pillow re ...