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Amazon May Add SmileCodes to Shipping Boxes
Amazon may add new "SmileCodes" to its shipping boxes, according to TechCrunch. It explained today ...
Why AI Is the Holy Grail of Ecommerce
"Trust me, the machine will know you better than you know yourself," Alibaba founder Jack Ma ...
Sunday January 28, 2018
Etsy Tests How It Displays Reviews in Search
Etsy launched a new test to measure how buyers interact with reviews to make a purchase decision ...
eBay Makes Unannounced Changes to Item Page
Without any warning, eBay has made two significant changes to the View Item page that could nega ...
Thursday January 25, 2018
Amazon Launches Valentine's Day Gift Shop for Handmade Goods
Amazon Handmade launched a Valentine's Day Gift Shop to promote handmade and artisan goods popular ...
Tuesday January 23, 2018
Amazon to Divulge Seller Names to Massachusetts Tax Agency
Sellers who use Amazon's FBA service to store their inventory and fulfill orders are worried ...
Monday January 22, 2018
Etsy Sellers Live on the Financial Edge?
Financial security and income volatility are top challenges for Etsy sellers, the company said as ...
Saturday January 20, 2018
PayPal Raises Fees for Certain Sellers
A reader forwarded an email from PayPal that notified her that on February 15, 2018, their rates w ...
Thursday January 18, 2018
Amazon Raises Seller Fees in Fashion
Amazon is raising fees in certain fashion categories while temporarily reducing fees for high-pric ...
Wednesday January 17, 2018
Leave Marketplaces Out of Your Social Marketing Strategy?
Sharing links to your product listings on social networking sites can help you generate traffic, i ...
Monday January 15, 2018
Reader Warns eBay Sellers to Double Check Their Fees
Sellers are reporting an intermittent glitch in which eBay is erroneously charging them a $2 fee f ...
Sunday January 14, 2018
As Top 10 Marketplaces Voting Begins, What About the Others?
Last week, as the Sellers Choice nominations process was winding down, an interesting comment appe ...
Friday January 12, 2018
Supreme Court to Hear Online Sales Tax Argument
The Supreme Court granted cert in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. today, paving the way for a po ...
Thursday January 11, 2018
Costco Accepts Return of Dead Christmas Tree
Retailers like Costco are setting the bar low when it comes to buyer behavior. This article ...
Tuesday January 9, 2018
Is USPS Automated Package Verification on Track?
In August, the US Postal Service rolled out a new program called Automated Package Verification (A ...
Beware Invitations to Test Amazon Delivery Drones
Scammers are getting creative in how they lure would-be victims. There's nothing new about phish ...
Saturday January 6, 2018
A New Years Message for EcommerceBytes Readers
The start of a new year seems to be a good time to take a minute and update our readers about what ...
Friday January 5, 2018
Etsy Springs Sales Tax Surprise on Sellers
As we reported, Amazon began collecting Washington sales tax on behalf of third-party merchants ...
Tuesday January 2, 2018
Etsy Closes Free Listing Loophole
Yesterday we wrote about a promotion in which Etsy sellers could enter the code "MYSMALLBUSINESS o ...