PIP the Cure for eBay Standard Envelope Headaches?
by Ina Steiner on January 28, 2026 at 10:46 am
Since its launch, eBay Standard Envelope has had mixed reviews. Is a lack of awareness about PIP claims a contributing factor?
Remember When eBay Promised Sellers Healthcare?
by Ina Steiner on January 25, 2026 at 12:12 am
eBay recognized the importance of health insurance for sellers 24 years ago. Would a new bill promising benefits for gig-workers fill the gap?

Facebook Founder Sees Agentic Shopping as an Ecommerce Opportunity

January 29, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent Meta, said this week he sees agentic shopping as an opportunity, but there was no indication Facebook will morph into an Amazon or eBay, …

Would You Trust Amazon with Your QuickBooks?

January 27, 2026

Amazon is inviting sellers to use QuickBooks accounting in Seller Central, something it had promised to do last year. It’s a somewhat surprising move since sellers have long been suspicious …

How to Turn off eBay Live Notifications

January 26, 2026

Notifications on mobile phones can be helpful, but sometimes they can verge on the annoying or can cause technical issues. Case in point: today, someone asked on the eBay discussion …

Tariffs Changed How Buyers Shop, with Some Advice for Online Sellers

January 26, 2026

The number of Americans who support tariffs are up from last year, according to a new survey by Omnisend. That’s despite the fact that 56% of respondents said they believed …

Walmart Marketplace Opens Curated ‘Premium’ Musical Instruments Shop

January 24, 2026

Walmart Marketplace has expanded into “premium” musical instruments – both new and used – as part of its focus on broadening selection, a strategy that has helped Amazon enormously and …

Amazon Narrows SAFE-T Claims Window for Sellers to 30 Days

January 24, 2026

Amazon is making an unpopular change to a program that already receives criticism for what some sellers feel is a failure to protect them. Amazon announced on Wednesday, January 21, …

USPS Warns of Disruptions Due to Weekend Storm

January 22, 2026

USPS said it is suspending its service guarantee for all Priority Mail Express shipments citing major winter weather impacts across the country. The Priority Mail Express service guarantee will temporarily …

eBay Bans AI Shopping Agents, Updates Arbitration Provision

January 21, 2026

eBay has long tried to stop other companies from scraping its site, and in the fall, it quietly added “buy for me” AI agents to the list of prohibited crawlers …

Amazon Executive Shares AI Hack: Get Price-Drop Alerts

January 20, 2026

On Tuesday we published an article about eBay executives’ thoughts on AI and agentic shopping, including three of the ways they said AI would impact ecommerce. But Amazon executives also …

USPS Loosens Amazon’s Grip on Its Last-Mile Delivery

January 20, 2026

USPS has been negotiating with a very small number of large businesses – including Amazon – to deliver their packages to the 170 million addresses the USPS serves. But what …

eBay Identifies 3 Ways AI Will Impact Ecommerce

January 18, 2026

eBay executives shared their thoughts about AI and agentic shopping in a post on the eBay corporate blog on January 16th. The post comes amid a busy month of AI-related …

Ruby Lane Blames USPS for Upcoming Errors in Shipping Prices

January 17, 2026

Sellers can no longer rely on Ruby Lane shipping calculations beginning January 26. The vintage-and-antiques platform blamed changes USPS is making to its APIs – something the USPS has been …

USPS to Enforce Stricter Requirements on Military Mail in March

January 15, 2026

USPS announced it will begin enforcing stricter requirements for mail going to and coming from members of the military stationed abroad. Sellers should familiarize themselves with the customs requirements since …

Amazon Removes Safeguard for Sellers of High-Value Items

January 14, 2026

Amazon is removing a safeguard for sellers of high-value items next month, a decision sellers are denouncing as untenable. On Friday, Amazon announced the following policy change: “Effective February 8, …

eBay Shares Climate Transition Plan for ‘Sustainable Commerce’

January 14, 2026

Companies put a lot of adjectives in front of the word “commerce” (mobile, social, agentic, etc.) to show they are hip to the latest trends (and to signal they are …

USPS Is Already Planning July 2026 Changes

January 13, 2026

January 2026 postal rates haven’t even taken effect yet and USPS is already planning changes for July. The new 2026 rates go into effect on Monday (January 19, which is …

Will Sellers Pay for the AI Agentic-Shopping Gold Rush?

January 11, 2026

In the space of 4 days, Etsy announced it would make sellers’ items available for purchase directly on Microsoft Copilot Checkout and in Google Search AI Mode, coming just 3 …

USPS to Restrict Access to Package Tracking

January 9, 2026

In an effort to make mail more secure, the USPS will restrict access to tracking information for packages. Currently, anyone who has a tracking number (not just the shipper or …

Amazon Hypes Ambient AI: Always on in the Background

January 9, 2026

Like other companies, Amazon is attempting to show it is winning when it comes to AI, as evidenced by several press releases this week. On Tuesday, it said it was …

Amazon Limits Reviews for Product Variations

January 7, 2026

Amazon currently displays reviews left for products across all of their variations, even when the variations have significant differences in features or specifications. Beginning February 12th, it will no longer …

Consumers Set New Ecommerce Spending Record for 2025 Holiday Season

January 7, 2026

Adobe said consumers spent a record $257.8 billion online during the holiday season ( from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025), up 6.8% year-over-year (YoY) and setting a new record …

Amazon Scrapes Listings, Places Orders on Indie Seller Stores

January 6, 2026

Sellers who don’t sell on Amazon were shocked to see their store listings appear in its shopping app under Shop Direct and Buy for Me features. They learned that Amazon …