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eBay is hosting special holiday auctions on its live-streaming platform kicking off today (Black Friday) and running through December 20th. The live auctions will focus on used luxury goods and collectibles.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Amazon is giving sellers more flexibility around days when they choose not to ship FBM orders, but unlike Vacation mode, the new Seller-Set Holidays feature maintains visibility of their products.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some seller inventory is stuck in an Amazon warehouse in Arkansas at the worst possible time of year. Amazon closed the warehouse last month because significant structural repairs are needed.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
eBay eliminated an important resource sellers had used to find known technical issues and must now hunt around to see if others are experiencing the same problem or if it's an eBay glitch.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Sellers who are irked by eBay emails advising them to lower prices of listings that haven't sold in 90 days say they can't get eBay to stop sending them. Are the frequency and types of such emails changing, and can you get them to stop if you don't find them helpful?
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November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Something doesn't smell right when it comes to eBay policy enforcement of highly collectible perfume bottles, says an EcommerceBytes reader, who said the policy unwittingly encourages more fraud, not less.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
USPS has been giving special access to a few high-volume shippers like Amazon. The new Postmaster General wants to end that practice and open up prized services to shippers large and small.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Etsy now offers UK sellers the ability to send orders bound for the US via Royal Mail PDDP, meaning duties are paid when postage is purchased on Etsy. It's an effort to make sure US buyers don't get surprised by duties when their packages arrive.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Amazon expanded FBA Grade and Resell to 5 additional categories. Sellers can use the service to resell returns as used goods.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Former eBay CEO Devin Wenig's attorney Abbe Lowell convinced a Judge to delay the eBay stalking trial until March.
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Wenig Attorney Gets eBay Stalking Trial Delay
If you believe you can fight a fair fight against a corporation, or people of extreme wealth, you had better be ...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
An eBay buyer figured out a way to shift the burden of return shipping to the seller. Is this happening to you?
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November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Etsy de-indexed some sellers' listings in search in early November leading to reports of plummeting sales. Etsy said it is investigating.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
USPS is adding a service in response to reciprocal tariffs and the end of de minimis. Shippers sending packages abroad will soon be able to use USPS DDP to reduce the risk that buyers reject items at the time of delivery.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
USPS will raise shipping rates in January, including Priority Mail and Ground Advantage, but will leave First Class Mail alone. It also wants to lift the regulatory price limits imposed by Congress and administrated by the PRC.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Facebook Marketplace is making it easier for shoppers to ask sellers questions (is that something sellers really want?) and it added features to make shopping more social.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A Fragile Myth: You should assume your packages will be treated roughly once they enter the system and should package them accordingly. Today's letter to the editor.
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Package Items Like Their Lives Depended on It
Dear Ina, As the holiday shipping rush approaches, I want to share an important, and for me, eye-opening perspective, ...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Is eBay considering eliminating the popular Sell Similar feature in advance of rolling out its controversial ad attribution policy in January?
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November 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
eBay and Google recently shared the stage to discuss ways sellers could increase visibility on and off eBay. In this week's update from eBay on peak-season questions, it tackles this issue and describes best practices.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Amazon announced a new returns dashboard to give sellers clearer insight into returns ahead of the holiday returns season. (Amazon requires sellers to accept returns until the end of January 2026 for items purchased between Nov. 1 and Dec 31.)
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Amazon Announces New Dashboard ahead of Expected January Returns Tsunami
Amazon announced a new returns dashboard to give sellers clear insight into returns ahead of the holiday returns season
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
eBay's cancellation policy is unlike most retailers', which sometimes leads to confusion and even antagonism between buyers and sellers. Here's a case where a seller antagonized a buyer, and what eBay had to say about it.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A seller contrasts allegations that Facebook earns a fortune from scam ads with the abysmal support they say sellers receive on FB Marketplace - in today's letter to the editor.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
USPS will likely announce 2026 shipping (Competitive) rates next week that will take effect on January 19th. But the price of a stamp will remain at 78 cents.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Amazon surveyed shoppers about sponsored listings showing up in search. Sellers may ponder: if the #1 spot in organic search results is a sponsored listing that is also highly relevant, then why not put the listing there and not charge the seller for "extra" visibility?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
eBay added a "curated finds" section to Stores and also changed the way it runs eBay Store ads - here's what to know.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just as Amazon lets eligible sellers who self-fulfill use its Prime-eligible free-shipping badge on their listings, Walmart is now doing the same for sellers through its Walmart+ free-shipping subscription program.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM