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USPS Raises Package Rates for Marketplaces Sellers
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (358+ words) Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book,…...
Senate Probes Possible China Manipulation in Ecommerce
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (153+ words) Online seller Jack Nekhala told Bloomberg reporter Spencer Soper he had been approached by someone selling a service to unfreeze his suspended Amazon account by bribing an employee, according to an article published last month. Nekhala thanked Soper in a…...
Amazon Holds B2B Conference as It Leans on Sellers to Appeal to Business Buyers
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (298+ words) Amazon will hold its 5th annual conference for business buyers this fall, and Amazon is expanding features that appeal to B2B customers by opening them up to third-party sellers. Amazon Business Reshape will take place in Nashville in October, a conference “designed…...
eBay Pays Etsy $1.2 Billion to Expand Its Focus on Fashion
1+ week, 1+ day ago (243+ words) As announced in February, eBay will pay $1.2 billion to buy C2C fashion marketplace Depop from Etsy. UK regulators just cleared the deal, which is now expected to close on July 30, 2026. Etsy had paid $1.625 billion for Depop 5 years ago – so sellers may…...
eBay Publicly Exposes Second Chance Offers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) EcommerceBytes eBay Publicly Exposes Second Chance Offers Sellers are appalled that the special offers they make privately to bidders who didn't win their auctions are being displayed publicly. "A Second Chance Offer gives you the opportunity to make a sale…...
eBay Outage Hits Tuesday Evening, July 14th
1+ week, 3+ day ago (193+ words) EcommerceBytes eBay Outage Hits Tuesday Evening, July 14th eBay buyers and sellers were unable to access the homepage for a short time on Tuesday evening, July 14, 2026, and had difficulty buying and selling. Reports of problems started coming in after 8:00 pm Eastern,…...
PayPal Sunsets Seller Profiles, Changes UA, Dispute Resolution Terms
2+ week, 1+ day ago (206+ words) PayPal is making a lot of changes to policies this summer. It is eliminating Seller Profiles on July 30, 2026; it’s replacing its UA “Agreement to Arbitrate” section with a new Dispute Resolution section on September 1; and it’s updating its User Agreement…...
Amazon Opens Holiday Deal Submissions on July 8
2+ week, 3+ day ago (395+ words) Amazon sellers can begin submitting holiday deals as early as July 8, 2026, and the company provided information about eligibility and deadlines, which will be earlier this year. It also announced holiday peak fulfillment fees. Amazon told sellers its fifth annual Prime…...
New USPS Noncompliance Fee Could Take Sellers by Surprise
2+ week, 6+ day ago (204+ words) A surprising number of household goods are considered hazardous materials (hazmat), and new USPS fees taking effect next week could blindside some sellers. Essential oils, nail polish (and nail polish remover), perfumes and colognes, hand sanitizer, inks, stains and varnishes,…...
eBay Responds to Whistleblower Claim
3+ week, 1+ day ago (404+ words) EcommerceBytes eBay Responds to Whistleblower Claim eBay argued this week that a whistleblower claim made by a former employee should be stayed pending arbitration. In its motion filed in federal court on July 2, 2026, eBay alleged plaintiff Paige Williams signed a…...