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Chad Dickerson Discusses Being Fired from Etsy
In a world filled with corporate-speak and euphemisms, former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson was having n ...
Amazon Ready to Scale Its Shipping Service for Merchants
Amazon Shipping launched in the UK in March of 2016 and is now building a team to scale the beta s ...
Tuesday June 25, 2019
Etsy Makes All Listings Auto Renew - Sound Familiar?
Etsy is making all listings auto renew beginning next month. A spokesperson confirmed that aft ...
Monday June 24, 2019
Amazon Reacts to Reports of FedEx Price Slashing
Amazon played it cool when word leaked out 2 weeks ago that FedEx would not be renewing its contra ...
Saturday June 22, 2019
Would Life Be Grim without Postal Shipping?
What would happen if the USPS raised prices for shipping packages, or was forced to stop deliv ...
Wednesday June 19, 2019
Wealthy Technocrats Want to Control Movement of Money
Some super wealthy people who control large corporations came up with a system independent of gove ...
Tuesday June 18, 2019
Amazon Cracks Down on Product Titles
Amazon is cracking down on products (ASINs) with non-complying titles beginning next month. Ac ...
Friday June 14, 2019
Selling Ethics: The Case of the Stained Blouse
You're on your regularly scheduled scouting mission (thrift store, yard sale, fill-in-the-blank) w ...
Thursday June 13, 2019
Sellers Fear Publishers Use Etsy Listings as Click Bait
Etsy sellers asked us to look into reports that their listings were showing up on third-party we ...
Tuesday June 11, 2019
Should Etsy Consider a Return Guarantee?
Etsy is considering offering buyers a return guarantee, Etsy CFO Rachel Glaser indicated during an ...
Sunday June 9, 2019
Hands Off Seller Inventory at Amazon Fulfillment Centers
The day may come when human hands never touch sellers' inventory at Amazon fulfillment centers. La ...
Friday June 7, 2019
Is Amazon Behind FedEx Deeper Push into Ecommerce?
Everyone seems to assume FedEx's decision to end its Express air contract with Amazon is a sign of ...
Tuesday June 4, 2019
Look Out eBay and Etsy, Poshmark to Launch Home Goods
Sellers are buzzing about Poshmark's launch of a Home Goods category. The popular mobile selling a ...
eBay Promoted Listing Ads Appear in Completed Item Searches
"Looks like eBay has found another place to advertise," a seller alerted us after noticing Promote ...
Saturday June 1, 2019
More States Hop on Online Sales Tax Bandwagon
It's been almost a year since the Supreme Court threw the ecommerce industry into chaos by overt ...