Facebook will no longer allow listings for cars and real estate/rental listings using a Facebook Business Page, though it will allow individuals to create person-to-person listings on Marketplace. Instead, it’s pushing businesses to use advertising solutions. In an email this Read more
Three months ago, Etsy surveyed sellers about ways it could highlight the sustainability of their products. It asked how likely sellers would be to identify their products using nine sustainability terms: Recycled content (i.e. metal, paper, polyester, nylon) Reusable Plastic Read more
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts issued a press release on Thursday regarding the sentencing of two former eBay executives. The Department of Justice press release follows: Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of MassachusettsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September Read more
Etsy is increasing fees for sellers who sell through its online marketplace Reverb. Instead of paying the current rate of 2.7% + 25 cents per transaction, sellers will pay 3.19% plus 49 cents per transaction. On a $25 sale (the Read more
eBay will charge buyers a flat $14.95 shipping fee for sneakers sold through its Authenticity Guarantee program, and sellers will have 3 days to ship the items to the eBay authentication hub. It’s also increasing fees for certain sneaker sales. Read more
Etsy is funding a new marketing campaign to encourage customers to return to the site and make another purchase. This week, it will give a subset of buyers coupons that are good for 20% off their next purchase. Etsy ran Read more
Amazon will hold a second 2-day shopping event this year to give Prime members early access to holiday deals, which will kick off on Tuesday, October 11th. In officially announcing “Prime Early Access Sale” on Monday, Amazon also released holiday Read more
It may have been hard for sellers to keep track of the new features eBay announced at last week’s eBay Open virtual event; various executives discussed them in keynote sessions over the course of the 3-day conference, with no accompanying Read more
Amazon had given sellers until September 1st to adapt to a new “Send to Amazon” workflow for sending inventory to its Fulfillment Centers. It’s now giving sellers more breathing room as it addresses some of the problems sellers have pointed Read more
The Auction Professor is back with an update about using a “sell similar” strategy to fight declining sales on eBay. Numerous times, each year eBay releases an update announcing changes they are making to the platform. Sometimes they are simple Read more
