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EcommerceBytes
13h ago
Etsy began funding promotions in the fall of 2023, and it just kicked off a £5-off sale in the UK through Tuesday. Etsy told Wall Street in November that it was implementing the new marketing strategy because it was experiencing an increasingly competitive retail environment with a very heavy emphasis on deep discounting. Etsy told ..read more
EcommerceBytes
2d ago
Amazon confirmed it will hold its annual Prime Day sale in July this year, although it did not provide the actual dates of the shopping extravaganza in Friday’s announcement. It also began promoting the event on social media today. As we reported last month, sellers have until May 17, 2024, to submit recommended deals for ..read more
EcommerceBytes
5d ago
Sellers may encounter more cases of shipping surcharges, according to Refund Retriever, which reported that FedEx and UPS added 82 new delivery area surcharge ZIP codes to the existing Delivery Area Surcharge (DAS) list this month. The delivery area surcharges range from $3.95 to $5.85, depending on the service and delivery location. And to make ..read more
EcommerceBytes
5d ago
Bonanza is running its annual seller-funded Spring Sale and invited sellers to participate. Sellers can choose how much of a discount to offer and must set up a coupon with the code “SpringSale2024.” Buyers will be able to use the coupon code on purchases throughout the site, with the discount being unique to each seller ..read more
EcommerceBytes
5d ago
eBay confirmed it’s making another change to Feedback, this time by requesting buyers rate the product for which they are leaving the seller feedback. As we noted on the EcommerceBytes Blog this morning, however, there are reports that buyers who’ve been exposed to the new feature this month (presumably as part of testing) found they ..read more
EcommerceBytes
1w ago
Temu is the dollar store of online platforms, and it has marketplaces like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy on the run. That means sellers should also be paying attention to the platform, because it could have a direct impact on their sales, if it hasn’t already had a negative impact. Digital Commerce 360 published a video ..read more
EcommerceBytes
1w ago
eBay notified sellers it had provided them with wrong addresses to send their orders. Incredibly, it had done so for nearly 2 weeks, going back to April 7th – and it was unable to tell sellers which orders they had sent (or had yet to send) that had bad addresses. An eBay moderator acknowledged the ..read more
EcommerceBytes
1w ago
eBay sellers have inundated EcommerceBytes with emails sharing their reaction to eBay’s new shipping policy that will become the default policy on May 15, 2024. Instead of allowing sellers to enjoy a discount on shipping costs offered through Calculated Shipping, eBay will pass the discount on to the buyer. As we noted in our coverage ..read more
EcommerceBytes
1w ago
Etsy sellers received disbursements on Monday for sales they had made but the deposits were quickly reversed, unaccountably. The timing was bad, as April 15 was also the deadline for sellers to file taxes. Compounding the problem was that some Etsy customer service representatives told sellers the problem was due to the sellers’ banks, when ..read more
EcommerceBytes
1w ago
eBay expanded its Authenticity Guarantee program in Australia with the addition of two new brands and numerous items, including keychains, hats, organizers, and day planners. Items in any of the new categories that sell for $350 or more will be sent to eBay’s authenticators and forwarded on to the buyer from there. The two new ..read more