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Amazon Glitches Impacted Seller Operations
At 5:36 am on Friday, Amazon announced that the technical issues that had hit its platform on Wedn ...
Tuesday November 24, 2020
USPS Predicts Peak Holiday Shipping Period
Retailers have been running Black Friday deals since the beginning of November. The National R ...
Monday November 23, 2020
Amazon Sellers Wary of Addition of New Product Types
Amazon made what seemed like an innocuous announcement about the addition of over 100 new prod ...
Saturday November 21, 2020
The eBay Managed Payment Issues Plaguing Sellers
eBay said it had placed 340,000 sellers into its Managed Payments program as of the end of Septe ...
Wednesday November 18, 2020
eBay Seller Told Inability to End Some Listings Is Known Bug
A couple of eBay sellers reported an issue in which they're unable to end some listings. "eBay has ...
Monday November 16, 2020
USPS Announces 2021 Rate Hike and New $100 Surcharge
This is the sound of the other shoe dropping, and it's not a pleasant sound for online sellers ...
Sunday November 15, 2020
Etsy Tinkers with Search to Serve Targeted Results
Be careful what you "search" for on Etsy: the marketplace now uses your shopping behavior to ...
Wednesday November 11, 2020
eBay Bills Sellers for Its FedEx Label Malfunction
eBay told sellers today it undercharged them for FedEx labels purchased through its system 5+ mont ...
Saturday November 7, 2020
Would You Hire a Freelancer to Boost Online Sales?
Owners can be bad at promoting their own businesses for a variety of reasons. They may not be savv ...
Wednesday November 4, 2020
eBay to Launch New 75-Cent Shipping Option
eBay accidentally published information about a new shipping option it will roll out called eBay ...