Sellers will have to honor Walmart’s extended returns policy during the holidays. Walmart shoppers who purchase items between October 1 and December 31, 2023 will have until January 31, 2024 to return their purchases. Only a few categories are excluded Read more
Halloween is a time when people let down their hair when they dress up in costumes, but retailers can catch flack for accommodating shoppers’ proclivities. Walmart recently issued a reminder to sellers to avoid listing Halloween items that are in Read more
Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Alibaba are holding virtual and in-person events this month, giving sellers a full slate of options from which to choose. Amazon will host sellers at its annual in-person Amazon Accelerate conference in Seattle, Washington on September Read more
Walmart hosted merchants in Last Vegas on Wednesday at its first-ever Let’s Grow! Marketplace Seller Summit where it announced several new tools and services to help them grow on its marketplace. Like Amazon, Walmart offers fulfillment services (called WFS), and Read more
Walmart is introducing a new “Pro Seller Badge” for top-performing Marketplace sellers. The retailer said standing out among thousands of sellers on Walmart Marketplace as a “reliable choice” was important. (See update below.) Offers with a Pro Seller Badge are Read more
Walmart invited Marketplace sellers to apply for a chance to sell their items in Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs through its 10th annual Open Call event. Sellers can pitch their products through the program for a chance to be featured Read more
Walmart is adopting new measures designed to reduce the amount of packaging waste for online orders. One new feature is giving customers the ability to request consolidation of multiple items into fewer boxes, reducing waste as well as the number Read more
Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders. The feature is standard on other major marketplaces, offering sellers reduced shipping rates Read more
Walmart Marketplace automatically cancels orders and refunds customers in cases where third-party sellers have failed to provide valid tracking information. The company is shortening the time it gives sellers to upload valid tracking. Walmart’s Auto-Cancelled Orders policy currently states in Read more
Walmart opened a new “high tech” fulfillment center at one of its stores, highlighting how the brick-and-mortar retailer differentiates itself from online-only marketplaces. Walmart Market Fulfillment Centers (MFC) are “modular warehouses built within, or added to, a store.” The new Read more
