eBay is expanding its Global Shipping Program yet again, this time to nine additional countries including some located in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. eBay is pushing sellers to use the Global Shipping Program (GSP) to make their items Read more
PayPal made changes to its user agreement, PayPal Here agreement, and privacy policy that will go into effect in May. It also made changes to its user agreement that went into effect this week. Previously if you sent a personal Read more
Amazon is raising fees for low-priced items by placing new minimum referral fees in many categories, and sellers affected by the change call it a significant increase – depending on the category, fees on a $5 item could rise anywhere Read more
Etsy is kicking off “experiments” in which it will test changes to the design and organization of its site navigation. The news comes on the heels of another announcement in which Etsy said it would begin testing personalization features on its home Read more
Amazon is introducing booklovers who embraced its Kindle ebook reader to the boob tube. It’s widely believed the company will announce a TV set box top akin to Roku but looking like Google’s Chromecast USB device, possibly at a press Read more
eBay Enterprise will open a new fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada in the second quarter of this year, bringing the total number of warehouses to eight. The company currently has five fulfillment centers in the U.S., one in Canada, and Read more
eBay’s battle to fend off Carl Icahn is benefitting other tech firms, from Twitter to Google. Aside from the fodder the proxy battleprovides tech reporters (CNBC has been on a roll with its coverage), there are now “dualing hashtags” on Twitter, Read more
Responsible email marketers have for years provided methods within their messages for recipients to unsubscribe from future mailings. But Google made a change recently to its Gmail service that puts an unsubscribe button at the top of all emails it Read more
Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more
eBay sellers in Australia are getting some bad news: eBay will extend its commission to include shipping costs, meaning higher selling fees. eBay has already rolled out the policy change in the U.S. in 2011 and in the UK last Read more
