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Does it Matter Where You Place Your Shipping Label?
Have you been placing shipping labels in the wrong place on your packages all this time? ...
Monday May 29, 2023
Tech Reporter Used AI to Launch an Etsy Shop from Scratch
Marketplace sellers have something new to worry about: sellers wielding "bots" that can automate m ...
Saturday May 27, 2023
Some eBay Sellers Battle Tech Issues This Holiday Weekend
A check of the eBay Technical Issues board reveals sellers are battling some maj ...
Friday May 26, 2023
Glitches Plague Amazon Verification Sowing Panic Among Sellers
Remember that glitch on Amazon last week in which it informed sellers they had to ...
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Etsy Sellers Report Missing Pages, Harming Visibility
Etsy sellers say pages of their paid listings were not showing on the marketplace - one reader e ...
Sunday May 21, 2023
Etsy Recommended Use of Bot Trigger Word 'Amber'
Etsy sellers who include the word "amber" in their listings say the marketplace temporarily deac ...
Thursday May 18, 2023
Amazon Asks Sellers to Re-verify Accounts AGAIN
Amazon sellers who re-verified their accounts in late April were asked this week to re-verify thei ...
Monday May 15, 2023
Enlisting an Amazon Employee to Conduct Returns Fraud?
In a twist on returns fraud, police arrested an employee who worked at an Amazon fulfillment cente ...
Saturday May 13, 2023
Customers Say Amazon Cancelled Their Gift Card Balances
Two people reached out to us after Amazon notified them it had cancelled their gift-card balances ...
eBay Changed the Sale Date of a UPI, Delaying Refund
An item that sold on May 7th but was never paid for is showing as having sold on May 10 on the sel ...
Monday May 8, 2023
Sellers Fear Etsy Is Unnecessarily Discounting Their Items
The point of "Abandoned Cart" discounts on Etsy is to nudge shoppers to buy an item that is langui ...
Saturday May 6, 2023
Are Certain Packages an Invitation to Steal?
A seller shipped a very valuable item in March using USPS Priority Mail with "Adult Signature Requ ...
Wednesday May 3, 2023
Is Retail Arbitrage on Amazon as 'Wicked Easy' as It Seems?
A Boston area couple who sell on Amazon were featured on a Boston TV station Channel 25 on Wednesd ...
Tuesday May 2, 2023
Amazon Sellers Become Vulnerable to an Imposter on Twitter
Someone spoofed an Amazon Twitter account in what appears to have been an effort to deceive seller ...