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Are You Having Issues with eBay Fee Deferrals?
eBay offered to defer certain selling fees for eBay Store subscribers due to the coronavirus outbr ...
Friday March 27, 2020
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Earned 58 Times Employees in 2019
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos earned $1.68 million in total compensation in 2019 - exactly t ...
Tuesday March 24, 2020
False Positives and Legal Consequences of Price Gouging
Ecommerce platforms are under scrutiny for their listings of high-demand items at exorbitant price ...
Saturday March 21, 2020
Today's Amazon COVID-19 Response Gets Panned by Sellers
Amazon announced plans today to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on sellers' account health by re ...
Friday March 20, 2020
Amazon Sellers Face Unique Challenges amid Outbreak
Amazon sellers face some unique challenges as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, such as th ...
Wednesday March 18, 2020
eBay Sellers Exhibit Anxiety and Concern in Uncertain Times
Today's eBay weekly chat session provides insight into sellers' concerns at a time of great unce ...
Tuesday March 17, 2020
Amazon FBA Halts Most Shipments from Third-Party Sellers
Due to customer demand for household staples and medical supplies, Amazon will no longer accept in ...
Monday March 16, 2020
USPS Premium Tracking: What You Get for Your Money
For an extra fee, you can now purchase "premium" tracking from the US Postal Service that remain ...
Sunday March 15, 2020
A Solution to Package Porch Theft?
In 2013, we wrote about the rise of "Front Porch Shopping." Seven years later, it's still a big ...
Wednesday March 11, 2020
New York Governor Threatens Mr. Amazon and Mr. eBay
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told eBay and Amazon to "stop price gouging" during a theatrical ...
Thursday March 5, 2020
PayPal Proposes Direct Deposit for eBay and Etsy Sellers
eBay is becoming a payments intermediary just as Etsy had, meaning instead of paying sellers, bu ...
Wednesday March 4, 2020
Etsy Changes Layout with More Changes on the Way
Etsy made changes to the design of listing pages and advised sellers more changes were on the wa ...
Tuesday March 3, 2020
Barnes & Noble Is Closing Its Third Party Seller Marketplace
Barnes & Noble is closing down its Marketplace program that allowed third-party merchants to s ...
Monday March 2, 2020
Overstock Founder Says Wayfair Tricked Google Search Bots
Founder and former CEO of Overstock.com Patrick Byrne is provocative and is one of the most intere ...
Sunday March 1, 2020
Returns Become More Costly for Sellers Using Stripe
Stripe sent a letter to numerous readers last week informing them they would no longer be immu ...