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Should Sellers Worry about eBay's New Delivery-Date Messaging?
Sellers are saying eBay is now displaying delivery time prominently in their listings in a way tha ...
Monday November 24, 2014
Do eBay Sellers Really Want to Ship Orders to a Chainstore?
eBay is turning its attention away from same-day delivery and towards in-store pickup. It has al ...
Friday November 21, 2014
eBay Responds to Auto-Relist Complaints
eBay responded to our inquiry about complaints regarding changes it made to its automatic relist fea ...
Wednesday November 19, 2014
Etsy Bans Duplicate Shops, What Do You Think?
Etsy is banning sellers from having duplicate shops. It announced a new Multiple Shops Policy on Wed ...
Saturday November 15, 2014
Online Sales Tax Legislation Appears Off the Table for This Year
Should online retailers be forced to collect sales tax in states where they have no physical presenc ...
Friday November 14, 2014
Will New Postmaster Lead USPS in the Right Direction?
The head of the US Postal Service is retiring early next year, and his replacement has been named. P ...
Wednesday November 12, 2014
Beware Selling Pez Dispensers through Amazon FBA
Pez dispensers sound like a great item to sell online - eBay's creation tale even revolves around ...
Monday November 10, 2014
eBay Experiences Yet Another Outage
Woe to the eBay seller who had auctions ending during a major technical issue that left some users u ...
Thursday November 6, 2014
Amazon Echo - A Stay-at-Home Butler
Amazon launched a new gadget on Thursday that has people talking - and the company didn't even issue ...
Wednesday November 5, 2014
eBay Protects Sellers Part Two
eBay sent emails to sellers on October 27th spelling out the actions it had recently taken to prot ...
Saturday November 1, 2014
The Mother of All eBay Shipping War Stories
Online sellers often share war stories about lost or stolen packages, but this one is a heart-breake ...