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Amazon Change Hurts Small Sellers
Amazon removed an important feature without warning that has small sellers asking, what happened ...
Thursday April 26, 2018
Amazon Raises Annual Prime Membership Fee to $119
Amazon is raising the cost of an annual Prime membership in the US from $99 to $119 effective Ma ...
Wednesday April 25, 2018
Amazon Sellers Continue to Deal with Technical Issues
Amazon Seller Central was down for several hours on Monday, and sellers continued to have problems ...
Monday April 23, 2018
eBay Alternative Addoway to Shut Down in May
Another alternative to eBay is closing. Addoway is an online marketplace launched by two college s ...
Saturday April 21, 2018
SmugMug Buys Yahoo's Flickr Image Hosting Site
Numerous times we've written about photo-hosting sites making radical changes or closing down to t ...
Tuesday April 17, 2018
Sellers Fume over Etsy Billing Changes
Some sellers are fuming over changes Etsy will make in how it collects fees. Beginning ...
Thursday April 12, 2018
Reports eBay Is Forcing Buyer Remorse Returns
Pointing to this thread on the eBay discussion boards, readers said eBay is running a ...
Tuesday April 10, 2018
South Dakota Refers to Small Sellers as Pint Sized
South Dakota came out swinging against Wayfair, Overstock.com, and Newegg in its reply brief to ...
Sunday April 8, 2018
Etsy Tests Limited Time Offers to New Buyers
Etsy is running a test to see if offering new buyers limited-time offers will help increase sales ...
Thursday April 5, 2018
Amazon Gains Entry into Your Home
Remember when you had to put a physical piece of metal (otherwise known as a key) into your car-do ...
Tuesday April 3, 2018
eBay Hampers Negotiations of Luxury Goods
When you're shopping for items that cost tens of thousands of dollars, you expect to be able to co ...
Sunday April 1, 2018
Amazon Customers Vent Online over Account Closures
The internet is filling up with reports that Amazon has closed accounts of customers. Initially we ...
Are You Checking Your eBay Fees?
We received yet another report about eBay incorrectly assessing selling fees. The latest report: ...