Amazon Marketing Services is now available for brands on Amazon.ca. That means brands can open Amazon Stores and can use Amazon’s self-service portal to run pay-per-click ads to increase product discovery and brand awareness in […]
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Amazon and eBay have made similar changes to their advertising programs for third-parties. EcommerceBytes checked in with Merkle to learn more about the approaches of the two marketplaces. Andy Taylor, Merkle’s Associate Director of Research, […]
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Online sellers are busy with Christmas only 6 weeks away. Typically marketplaces put a moratorium on changes and tests during the holiday shopping season, but not this year. Whether announced or unannounced, changes are impacting […]
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Amazon said small businesses achieved tens of millions of pounds in sales during Amazon UK’s Black Friday Sale last year. It’s touting the importance of third-party sellers to its marketplace by publishing a dedicated page […]
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Canadians can add cash to their Amazon balance at the post office. Canadian payments provider Payment Source added Amazon Cash to its Loadhub pay-in-person solution, available at Canada Post retail locations. Company CEO Trevor Cook […]
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Amazon has considered putting delivery lockers on wheels to bring them closer to customers. Amazon lockers are an option for customers who wish to avoid the risk of front-porch theft and are located at convenience […]
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Even with its Kindles, Echos, and Fire Sticks, one doesn’t think of Amazon as a hardware company. But over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend extending into Cyber Monday, its Echo Dot and Amazon Fire TV Stick […]
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Amazon is offering Prime members a new perk: they can buy tickets for an early showing of a new holiday movie 12 days before its release. Prime members can purchase up to 10 tickets to […]
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Amazon said customers ordered 140 million items from small businesses on its marketplaces worldwide over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It also announced that Cyber Monday was the single biggest shopping day worldwide in the company’s […]
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Amazon is sending its Treasure Truck to the UK where it will tour select cities as part of a marketing campaign to generate excitement and present exclusive offers for sale. The Treasure Truck will feature […]
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Fashion brand Birkenstock will no longer sell through Amazon in Europe citing counterfeits, it announced Monday. The shoemaker already exited Amazon’s US marketplace over similar concerns. The timing may be related to regulations: in Germany, […]
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Amazon released its annual UK trends report this week, recapping some of its initiatives in 2017. It also revealed some bestselling products in a wide range of categories, bringing home just how diverse its offerings […]
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Amazon issued an after-Christmas press release – as always, it talked a lot about its services but was shy on details. Regarding third-party merchants and small businesses, Amazon revealed the following: “Customers shopped from hundreds […]
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Amazon is holding a major sale on digital content on Friday, December 29, 2017, as part of its Second Annual Digital Day. Last year, the 24-hour event was held on Friday, December 30, 2015, when […]
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Amazon won’t release the number of customers who pay for a Prime subscription, but today it revealed that in 2017, it shipped over 5 billion items through the free 2-day shipping program. It also said […]
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Amazon said over 300,000 US-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) joined its Marketplace in 2017, and it said those businesses sold “billions” of items to Amazon customers around the world. Amazon previously reported that third-party […]
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An online seller was indicted for fraud involving shipping insurance claims and was arrested. According to the US Attorney’s Office, the indictment alleges that the man filed false insurance claims with the Parcel Insurance Plan […]
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Amazon may have a workaround as Product Reviews are increasingly being gamed by merchants looking to boost their exposure and harm their competitors. (See this post on the EcommerceBytes Blog to see how bad it’s […]
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After reducing royalties this week, Amazon launched a new application process for its Merch by Amazon program and is requiring sellers who have been on the waiting list to reapply. Merch By Amazon lets people […]
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Amazon announced 20 finalists in its search for a second North American headquarters, which it is calling “HQ2.” The company has had cities scrambling to submit proposals after it first revealed its search for a […]
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