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Amazon has started flagging up "frequently returned" products on its marketplace. The label is being rolled out to encourage consumers to carefully check item descriptions and product reviews before purchasing. In addition to reducing returns, the move will help consumers identify misleading product descriptions and poor-quality products. Amazon has a [...]

eBay UK has reminded sellers that its UK shop fees will increase on April 1, 2023. The online marketplace has stated that the additional charges reflect eBay's continued investment in its "vibrant and trusted marketplace." The new charges as of April 1, 2023, will see: Basic Shops increasing from £25 [...]

Shoppers have reacted negatively to eCommerce stores charging for returns. According to a recent report published by SAP Emarsys, 26% of shoppers have stopped buying from specific retailers due to paid eCommerce returns policies. The report suggests that 18% of consumers questioned view paid returns as "unfair." In addition, 13% [...]

eBay has announced the launch of dynamic ad rates for its eBay Promoted Listings Standard (PLS) advertising platform. Dynamic ad rates helps sellers stay competitive by automatically adjusting ad rates to match eBay's daily suggestions. The move is designed to help eBay sellers save time and effort by removing the [...]

eBay has extended the partnership it first announced in June 2022 with British Superbikes. The Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom. It is still acknowledged to be the world's premier domestic superbike racing series. Under the extended partnership, eBay will: [...]

A picture might be worth a thousand words in any other industry, but in the fashion industry, those images are priceless. Nothing will sell a garment faster than a good image. However, in the world of pre-loved fashion, those images aren't just about selling a look. Instead, they are about [...]

For a business initially built on the back of Beanie Babies and Pokémon cards, it would be fair to say that eBay has long found its niche in the sale of collectables. However, according to research conducted by eBay Australia, the collectables business has changed a lot in recent years. [...]

Here are our tips for selling on eBay from professional sellers and experts - dive in. eBay's Cassini search engine uses an algorithm to decide which products to display first when a buyer searches for a product on eBay. That algorithm looks at listing titles and descriptions but also takes [...]

eBay UK is reporting that searches for pre-loved fashion items on the online marketplace surged by more than 1,400% during the latest run of the reality TV show Love Island. Alongside big brands like Ralph Lauren and Levi's, eBay is also seeing a lot of searches for "fashion forward" brands, [...]

Don't waste all the hard work that you've put into sourcing an excellent product, providing clear and attractive pictures, crafting the perfect title, and putting in place good and fast shipping policies and fair return policies by then falling at the final hurdle with eBay descriptions that don’t quite hit [...]

eBay product research has always been a bit tricky. There are lots of tools for Amazon sellers that can show them how many of something sells in an average week or month but there hasn't been a reliable research tool for eBay.  There is now, as you'll find out further [...]

Leading eCommerce platform BigCommerce has announced the launch of a new Click & Collect feature, giving enterprise merchants more options to meet shoppers where they are and provide frictionless shopping experiences. According to BigCommerce, Shoppers increasingly expect flexible fulfilment options, including the growing segment of shoppers who don't want to [...]

eBay has announced via an email to its business sellers that it is making changes to its Promoted Listings program. The changes reflect how eBay defines a click, reports sales, and charges for your Promoted Listings campaigns. What's Changing? eBay’s email highlighted the following changes: As we continue working to [...]

eBay Germany has announced that selling on the online marketplace will be free of charge for private sellers as of March 1, 2023. The following announcement (translated by Google) appeared on the online marketplace's community board: Dear sellers, Selling items on eBay.de will be free for private sellers from March [...]

If your target market is the lucrative Gen Z demographic (18 to 25-year-old shoppers), TikTok Shopping should be high on your list of priorities for eCommerce channels to explore right now. But how seriously should you take the social shopping opportunity, and what are the challenges and opportunities of this [...]

Drop shipping is a popular eCommerce strategy many new and more established businesses use to list and sell products on online marketplaces like eBay and Amazon and their own BigCommerce or Shopify web stores without first taking items into stock. Often seen as a low-risk strategy, with little or no [...]

When it comes to eBay optimisation, many online retailers will do well to remember the old English proverb - A penny saved is a penny earned. eBay optimisation isn’t just about creating opportunities to maximise your sales. Your optimisation strategy also has the potential to look after multiple areas of [...]

eBay Motors has announced the launch of eBay Guaranteed Fit, a program designed to give users greater confidence when buying and selling auto spares and accessories on the marketplace. Buyers can now look for the green 'Fits' compatibility checkmark on selected parts and accessories listings to understand whether the part [...]

In the 25+ years I've worked in the eCommerce industry, I've met many busy fools. In the past, many of these sellers were burned by careless spending on paid search campaigns, mistaking the massive sales volume and associated turnover it generated for profit. It wasn't until the end of the [...]

eBay has announced that it has acquired 3PM Shield, a provider of advanced AI-based marketplace compliance solutions, to enhance the online marketplace’s monitoring solutions which prevent the sale of counterfeit items, unsafe products, and illegal goods. The announcement is part of eBay's ongoing commitment to providing sellers and buyers with [...]