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Ecommerce marketplace seller news week in review

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eBay Q1 2025 earnings & exec shuffle, AI description summaries, Seller Check In; Etsy Q1 2025 earnings; Poshmark listing removal policy; WhatnotCon & more!


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eBay KY sneaker authentication center, Klarna partnership. Summer Seller Check In; Etsy sells Reverb; Poshmark Excessive Listing Removals & more!


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eBay user agreement, AI description summaries, Ambassador program, Simple Delivery insurance; Etsy local, Fedex & UPS China surcharges & more!


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eBay labor troubles continue, AI Magical Listing rolls out, community news; Etsy AI discovery feeds; Bonanza fee increase & more!


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eBay April 2025 update, automatic feedback, AI listing & message responses, UK Simple Delivery; tariffs & de minimis; StockX Verified Seller & more!


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eBay privacy policy changes, cyberstalking case update, auction bid test; Etsy drops PayPal-only shops; Amazon sues CPSC; PMG Dejoy resigns & more!


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eBay cyberstalking case raises governance & compliance concerns; StockX liable for sale of counterfeit Nikes; USPS gen AI tools for Informed Delivery ads & more!


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eBay trading card FVF discount, UK community censorship, eBay Open 2025, app updates & search glitches; US tariffs; Poshmark ads & more!


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eBay Q4 2024 earnings, relisting delays, reversed ban on live fish sales; Etsy AI search consumer harm; Depop Locked In Offers & more!


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eBay cyberstalking & EPA lawsuits, Live Animal Policy updates, UK VAT snafu; Walmart Q4 earnings; FTC Big Tech censorship; PMG DeJoy steps down & more!


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eBay crisis comms, live selling competition, Simple Delivery updates; Facebook Marketplace Partnership expands; Walmart ORC class action, Mercari ads & more!


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eBay UK Buyer Fee fiasco, app update outrage, pre-owned clothing conditions, Top Star program ends; tariff turmoil; Mercari earnings report more!


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eBay discrimination lawsuit, January seller update fee increase, payment updates; Etsy handling cost shuffle; Mercari NFTs & auctions, and more!


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eBay Promoted Listings changes in Germany, top rated policy evolves, OpenAI partnership; Depop new shipping terms, Etsy shipping price snafu & more!


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eBay acquires Caramel, UK delivery speed filters; managed shipping survey; Walmart partners with Rebag; Poshmark fraud; Depop Ambassadors & more!


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eBay Facebook partnership, API changes, 2025 shipping rates; UPS Surepost Ground Saver updates; Poshmark & Loop partner; Whatnot growth & more!


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eBay UK buyer fees, new years sales; UPS Surepost service updates; USPS lightweight NSAs; Mercari fee changes & more!


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eBay UK Account Assurance, new pre-loved fashion conditions; UPS Mail Innovations rate hike plus top stories from 2024 & what's ahead in 2025!


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Recent Comments
Avatar PlaceholdercoachgutYesterday
Can you export to a CSV file? I need a way to organize my inventory in the order I would like to sell them.
Avatar Placeholderfoxxresell2 days ago
Maybe if they didn't blindly ban sellers and provided customer service this would not be happening. I am not sure any humans work at etsy. After I was wrong banned, I had no way of contacting anyone and even sent paper letters (remember those?). They were all returned to me.
AvatarLiz Morton2 days ago
This article was written three months when the GSP rates went up, then back down (but not all the way to where they had been previously) due to a glitch and/or tariff changes at that time.

The rates have now gone back up again because the de minimis exemption for items made in China ended on May 2, 2025 - and it also appears that if the seller didn't specify the Country of Origin, eBay may be defaulting to the assumption that it was made in China for the purposes of calculating the duties for the Global Shipping Program.

https://www.valueaddedresource.net/trump-ends-de-minimis-china-other-countries-to-follow/

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/Sudden-dramatic-increase-in-global-shipping-price-after-winning/m-p/35064987/highlight/true#M520410