Sellers on online marketplaces like eBay and Amazon typically follow the "stack them high, sell them cheap" business strategy first coined by Sir Jack Cohen, founder of British supermarket chain Tesco. Flying in the face of this logic, luxury goods re-seller, What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA), has recently opened [...]

With the festive season primed to start a little earlier this year, Amazon has announced its Top 10 Toy list for Christmas 2022. As you might expect, the list features a number of big-name brands, including Lego, Playmobil, and Crayola. However, the list also features several apparently random toys, including [...]

When sourcing new products to sell, it's important to consider current consumer trends. Buying habits have shifted dramatically in response to rising fuel costs and ongoing economic uncertainty, according to a recent report by the UK-based online marketplace OnBuy. The report suggests that the British buying public is making shrewd [...]

With Black Friday just around the corner, many online retailers will be focused on creating marketing campaigns to help them win a share of what could be a $10bn sales opportunity. As a low-cost, high-return marketing channel, email marketing should play a significant role in this strategy. However, with so [...]

eBay UK is partnering with the British Fashion Council to launch a £100,000 Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund. The fund is designed to help small businesses in the circular fashion industry access new technology and deliver innovative solutions. eBay has long been championing the circular economy and has committed to maintaining [...]

The days of free online returns may be numbered according to a recent report published by the post-purchase and customer experience company ParcelLab. The report suggests that 25% of the UK's biggest online retail brands are now charging customers for returns. This figure represents a 14% increase from the previous [...]

When it is critical that products land on time, air freight offers a more convenient and expedited route to market than shipping by sea. But isn't air freight prohibitively expensive? Amazon Global Logistics wants to change this perception. With the holidays fast approaching, the last thing a retailer needs is [...]

Like many other eBay and Amazon sellers, Vanessa McDowell's online business can best be described as a side hustle. But what make's Vanessa's story so fascinating is her adoption of sophisticated sales tools. She's also unafraid of the kind of hustle small and large sellers need to commit to stay [...]

It’s been just over a year since I returned to the world of online marketplaces as the head of marketing for Frooition, an eCommerce design and optimisation agency with its roots firmly bedded in the eBay ecosystem. My first day "back in the office" was spent at the eBay Open [...]

eBay has announced a partnership with FedEx to simplify the process of selling authenticated sneakers on its US marketplace. Starting in October, eBay will enable sneaker sellers using the sneaker authentication service to print a FedEx shipping label to ship their sneakers to authentication centres free of charge. When sneaker [...]