Walmart Counters October Prime Promo with Deals of Its Own

September 23, 2025

Walmart will run a sale the same week Amazon is running its Prime Big Deal Days. Unlike Amazon, Walmart’s sale is not limited to its Plus members, writing in its …

eBay to Acquire Nordic C2C Social Marketplace

September 22, 2025

Following eBay’s acquisition of Caramel in February, “an end-to-end online automotive transaction solution provider,” eBay will acquire consumer-to-consumer social marketplace Tise, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It did not not disclose …

Google Thinks PayPal Can Help It Dominate Agentic Shopping

September 21, 2025

Two powerhouses in ecommerce will join forces as tech companies race to build AI agentic services, which some say will replace search engines as the starting point of shoppers’ journeys …

Holiday Season Brings Peak Fees for Online Sellers

September 20, 2025

Online sellers will be squeezed between holiday shoppers looking for deals and discounts, and shipping carriers who are instituting peak-season fees, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx – as well as …

eBay and Etsy Update Legal Agreements

September 19, 2025

eBay and Etsy are making changes to some of their legal agreements. eBay updated its API License Agreement for third-party developers, including adding restrictions to the use of AI content …

Amazon AI Agent Can Reason, Plan, and Help Sellers Take Action

September 17, 2025

Amazon’s agentic AI-powered Seller Assistant tool that it introduced last year can now reason, plan, and help sellers take action, the company planned to announce today at its Accelerate seller …

Amazon Runs 1st Prime-Exclusive Sale Since Crackdown

September 16, 2025

Amazon announced the date of its 4th annual Prime Big Deal Days, boasting it would include “millions of early deals exclusively for Prime members” in Monday’s announcement. It’s Amazon’s first …

eBay Runs Half-Off Sale on Express Payouts

September 15, 2025

eBay is promoting its Express Payouts with a promotion giving a 50% discount to sellers who sign up – but only for their first 5 express payouts (a feature that …

PRC Approves USPS Rate Hike Hitting Holiday Shoppers

September 11, 2025

As if there had been any doubt, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the USPS’s holiday season rate hike requested last month. But in its filing on Thursday, the PRC …

Amazon Uses Machine Learning to Tell Sellers if FBA Is a Good Fit

September 11, 2025

Amazon uses Machine Learning technology to advise sellers which of the products they sell would be a good fit for its fulfillment service through a feature called Amazon FBA Enrollment …

USPS Offers Free Ground-Advantage Shipping Boxes, with a Catch

September 10, 2025

USPS is offering free shipping boxes for sellers using Ground Advantage – but only to sellers using them to fulfill orders on Poshmark. For decades, many small online sellers relied …

Walmart Launches ‘Collector’s Night’ Live-Shopping Series

September 7, 2025

eBay lost General Manager of Collectibles Mayank Hajela to Walmart last year as the latter company expands its collectibles category. On Thursday, Walmart live-streamed its first episode of “Collector’s Night,” …

Copying Styles Just Became Easier with Amazon Lens Live

September 7, 2025

When Amazon wrote about its shopping app’s image-search feature last year, it demonstrated how Amazon Lens could help you find an item you see in real life “such as your …

Etsy Consolidates C-Suite with Departure of Chief Product Officer

September 4, 2025

Etsy announced the departure of Chief Product Officer Nick Daniel on September 5, 2025. Rather than replace him, the company will expand the role of its current CTO Rafe Colburn, …

PayPal Launches New Hub to Track Recurring Subscriptions

September 3, 2025

PayPal launched a new subscriptions hub that gives customers a single place to track, manage, and update recurring subscription payments. To link a subscription to PayPal means saving it as …

eBay Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Marketing Campaign

September 3, 2025

eBay kicked off a campaign promoting the anniversary of its founding 30 years ago with the launch of an “eBay’s ’95 Shop” online and a pop-up shop in New York …

USPS Requires HS Codes for Foreign-Bound Shipments

September 1, 2025

The USPS has a new mandate for foreign-bound shipments that, while helpful to tariff collections in destination countries, is not directly related to this year’s tumultuous tariff changes: As of …

Leveraging Online Subscriptions to Commit Amazon and eBay Fraud

August 31, 2025

Federal prosecutors described an unusual scheme that involved leveraging a company’s subscription program to allegedly commit fraud on Amazon and eBay. Two brothers were charged with fraud involving the online …

eBay Publishes New Regulatory Guide for Sellers

August 29, 2025

eBay launched a new regulatory guide designed to be sellers’ go-to resource for laws and regulations. It told sellers that noncompliance with government regulations could result in eBay restricting their …

Amazon to Hold Its 1st Shopping Event for Used Goods

August 29, 2025

Amazon is holding a shopping event in Germany (and possibly elsewhere) in early September called “Second Chance Deal Days” to promote used goods. The event will precede its 4th annual …

Walmart Unveils AI Tools, Incentives, and Advisors Program at This Week’s Seller Summit

August 26, 2025

Walmart unveiled new AI-powered tools and incentives for sellers at its Let’s Grow! Marketplace Seller Summit in San Diego this week. It also announced news related to fulfillment and brand …

eBay Expands International Shipping Program for Canadian Sellers

August 26, 2025

eBay announced on Monday it will launch its International Shipping program in Canada to help sellers there more easily transact with buyers outside of Canada. However, it won’t become available …