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Mission: Rate New Etsy Holiday Shopping Ads
Etsy is previewing its new holiday shopping TV campaign to sellers today - the ads will star ...
Amazon All but Invites Shoppers to Return Halloween Costumes
Sellers are always leery of people purchasing items with the intention of using and then retur ...
Saturday October 28, 2023
Bonanza CEO Cites Amazon in Defending New Shipping Policy
Bonanza announced a new shipping policy that will force many sellers to purchase sh ...
Thursday October 26, 2023
Amazon Grew Sales 11 Percent in the 3rd Quarter 2023
Amazon grew sales 11% in the third quarter (July, August, September). Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called ...
Monday October 23, 2023
Free Shipping No Longer Entices Buyers Says Etsy Subsidiary
Online marketplaces have shoved "free shipping" down sellers' throats for well over a decade, bu ...
Saturday October 21, 2023
Will Amazon Make Sellers Whole after Credit Card Glitch?
We asked Amazon in September about a seller who reported on the discussion boards that the ...
Forget the eBay Drama and Get Ready for the 4th Quarter
The Auction Professor has some advice for online sellers in his latest YouTube segment, " We Need ...
Wednesday October 18, 2023
Amazon Rolls Out Changes as Holiday Season Ramps Up
Amazon is making changes to optional and required product attributes in the coming weeks, and se ...
Tuesday October 17, 2023
Amazon Shortens Holiday Returns Window to Pre-pandemic Level
Amazon is reverting back to its old holiday-returns policy that starts November 1st. For 3 consecu ...
Sunday October 15, 2023
Should Amazon Allow Sellers to Block Bad Buyers?
eBay lets sellers block bad buyers, should Amazon too? The question came up in a conversation on t ...
No Holiday-Themed Shipping Supplies from eBay This Year
eBay encourages sellers to purchase eBay-branded shipping supplies to package their orders, but do ...
Tuesday October 10, 2023
Fight over IRS Form 1099K Threshold to Resume
Online sellers received an eleventh hour reprieve in January when the IRS delayed implem ...
Friday October 6, 2023
USPS to Raise Rates in January 2024
The USPS will raise rates on January 21, 2024, citing inflation. I ...
Monday October 2, 2023
No Relaxing for Etsy Sellers Forced into Vacation Mode
In April, there was an outcry from sellers after Etsy placed a reserve on the acco ...
Sunday October 1, 2023
Etsy Cracks Down on Shipping Options, Fumbles Message
Etsy sellers were left scrambling after the marketplace made an unannounced change on Thursday ...