Amazon wants you to know it cares about the environment. “Sustainability is incorporated into every part of our business worldwide,” an executive stated in a recent interview published on its corporate blog. Amazon faces challenges in many areas, from worker Read more
Ruby Lane has some good news and some bad news about surprise fees that it had announced last month. Ultimately, however: sellers will end up paying more fees. Ruby Lane had announced in November it would impose a new service Read more
eBay released a list of the top-20 highest-priced items sold in 2019. Making it onto the annual list of “Most Interesting and Expensive Purchases” of the year were rare sports memorabilia, “supercars,” and luxury timepieces. The single most expensive item Read more
PayPal expanded its international reach through a new agreement with MercadoLibre, one of the largest online commerce and payments ecosystems in Latin America. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman made the announcement in a post on LinkedIn on Monday, stating in part Read more
Amazon sellers have until January 13, 2020, to make changes to Advertising Promotions if they offer free shipping promotions in their ads, which they use to encourage shoppers to purchase more items to reach a free-shipping threshold. Some sellers expressed Read more
Amazon will open another fulfillment center in Florida. The 1-million square foot facility in Deltona will be used to fulfill large items, such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles, and larger household goods. In the Read more
eBay launched a new Promoted Listing policy in the US in September and is extending it to Canada this month. Here’s the policy eBay announced in the US as part of the Fall Seller Update: Removal of duplicated promoted and Read more
Amazon had cities in North America scrambling last year to submit bids to become host of its second headquarters, known as HQ2. In a blog post today, the company touted all the benefits the winning city – Arlington, Virginia – Read more
A record number of post-holiday ecommerce returns are expected, with UPS expecting to process 1.9 million returns on January 2 alone. That’s up 26% from last year’s holiday season returns. UPS noted it will mark a seventh consecutive record, illustrating Read more
Amazon said unit sales by third-party sellers worldwide grew by double digits this holiday season, calling it record-breaking. Sales by independent third-party sellers – mostly small and medium-sized businesses surpassed a billion items sold in Amazon’s Stores. And despite reports Read more
