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Etsy Sellers Buzz about Amazon Handmade Fee Waiver
Amazon is extending the waiver on the monthly subscription fee required to list on its Am ...
Tuesday August 27, 2019
Would You Pay Google to Drive Traffic to Etsy?
Etsy launched a new platform to encourage sellers to advertise not only through ...
Amazon Faces Challenges Long Familiar to eBay
Sellers have long noted the "amazonification" of eBay, where the marketplace tried to attract bran ...
Sunday August 25, 2019
Beware Tax Consequences of Amazon FBA Donation Program
Amazon sellers who participate in Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) currently pay fees to have the mar ...
Friday August 23, 2019
Etsy Wants to Pick Your Brain
Etsy invited sellers to join its online research group to share ideas on how to make the marketpla ...
Sunday August 18, 2019
Online Sellers Push to Make Amazon More Accountable
There's a movement to band online sellers together to make Amazon more accountable. "In order to g ...
Wednesday August 14, 2019
Etsy Helps UK Sellers Compete in US with New Pricing Tool
Update : The tool that launched this week does not currently offer dual-pricing capabil ...
Tuesday August 13, 2019
Never Too Soon to Talk about Postage Rate Hikes
The USPS is already preparing next year's postage rate increase, according to the Official Mail Gu ...
Thursday August 8, 2019
Amazon SBA Treats Sellers as Suppliers
We're still trying to wrap our heads around a new program from Amazon called SBA (Sold by Amazon). ...
Tuesday August 6, 2019
Amazon Accused of Pressuring Sellers on Price
Facing scrutiny from regulators, Amazon eliminated its price parity requirement in t ...
Sunday August 4, 2019
Sellers Now Pay Double Digit Fees to Online Marketplaces
Sellers are paying more to online marketplaces than many may realize, a fact confirmed by an execu ...
Etsy Wants More Ad Dollars, Integrates with Google Shopping
Etsy is integrating its seller advertising program with Google Shopping. It will launch a new ad p ...