Amazon reached a settlement with two defendants in a lawsuit it had filed in November against two social media influencers and numerous sellers, announcing today that the scheme had promoted counterfeit luxury brand products on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook by Read more
The USPS wants to slowdown First Class Package service. The PRC issued a non-binding opinion today that raises concerns about the timing and implementation of the plan and found the proposed changes would not substantially affect the Postal Service’s overall Read more
Earlier this year, we heard eBay reference “priority listings,” and now it’s referencing a class of sellers who are “preferred,” although it isn’t clear which sellers qualify for that distinction. eBay is seeking an “eBay Category Trading Advisor” in its Read more
Etsy sellers have until October 4th to submit their listings of home goods for a chance to be featured in a joint “Hosting Essentials” marketing campaign with home-rental marketplace Airbnb. Etsy is also encouraging sellers to become Airbnb hosts themselves. Read more
eBay is focused on providing sellers with merchandising capabilities. That’s the takeaway from a message to sellers from eBay’s Chief Product Officer Pete Thompson on Tuesday. “Sellers can build their own brand and voice while having access to a huge Read more
eBay launched a new loyalty program by invitation only available in the US in the Watches and Sneakers categories. eBay began quietly rolling it out May, and while it has a landing page where sellers can request an invitation, eBay Read more
Etsy will survive a consolidation in commerce, predicted CEO Josh Silverman, who painted a picture of the ecommerce landscape ahead. Silverman was speaking at a Wall Street conference last week and said there were hundreds of billions of dollars invested Read more
Amazon expanded its “faster” Same-Day Delivery service to the metro areas of Miami, Minneapolis, and Atlanta, and to additional neighborhoods within Chicago, it announced today. In order to fulfill the orders, Amazon uses mini-fulfillment centers, which at 100,000 square feet, Read more
Mercari is giving sellers more room to describe their item in the listing title, it announced this week. That’s one of three new features it recently added for buyers and sellers on its platform. Listing titles can now have up Read more
Amazon announced a joint pilot program with Lendistry called Amazon Community Lending for small and medium-sized sellers. The new program will provide loans to help fund sellers’ strategic business needs, such as inventory expansion, brand building, and customer acquisition. Lendistry Read more
