Amazon grew North American sales 12% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024 and grew international sales by 10% (or by 11% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). North America comprised 60% of the net sales mix, and International 22%. Read more
The head of Amazon Stores Worldwide went on camera to deliver good news about Prime order delivery speed and selection. In a blog post, Doug Herrington said Amazon sent over 2 billion items in Q1 (the first three months of Read more
Walmart is holding a sale exclusively for members of its Walmart+ program to give them early access to limited-edition items. “Members love the thrill of getting ‘first dibs’ on special product releases and having an array of exclusive and limited-edition Read more
Etsy began funding promotions in the fall of 2023, and it just kicked off a £5-off sale in the UK through Tuesday. Etsy told Wall Street in November that it was implementing the new marketing strategy because it was experiencing Read more
Amazon confirmed it will hold its annual Prime Day sale in July this year, although it did not provide the actual dates of the shopping extravaganza in Friday’s announcement. It also began promoting the event on social media today. As Read more
Bonanza is running its annual seller-funded Spring Sale and invited sellers to participate. Sellers can choose how much of a discount to offer and must set up a coupon with the code “SpringSale2024.” Buyers will be able to use the Read more
eBay confirmed it’s making another change to Feedback, this time by requesting buyers rate the product for which they are leaving the seller feedback. As we noted on the EcommerceBytes Blog this morning, however, there are reports that buyers who’ve Read more
Temu is the dollar store of online platforms, and it has marketplaces like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy on the run. That means sellers should also be paying attention to the platform, because it could have a direct impact on their Read more
eBay notified sellers it had provided them with wrong addresses to send their orders. Incredibly, it had done so for nearly 2 weeks, going back to April 7th – and it was unable to tell sellers which orders they had Read more
eBay sellers have inundated EcommerceBytes with emails sharing their reaction to eBay’s new shipping policy that will become the default policy on May 15, 2024. Instead of allowing sellers to enjoy a discount on shipping costs offered through Calculated Shipping, Read more
