Shoppers now earn 1% cashback on eligible purchases made via Shop Pay (Shopify’s payment processing system), but this cash is only redeemable in the Shop app. There is no cost to sellers, as Shopify is funding this cashback.
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Effective Aug. 1, 2022, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will accelerate service for its Retail Ground and Parcel Select Ground products from two to eight days to two to five days within the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
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Germany’s 2019 Packaging Act (VerpackG) requires business sellers to license the packaging for their products and register with the LUCID database when they sell items to customers in Germany.
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On the 17th of June, in London, Walmart in a partnership with Linnworks and Payoneer organized a Walmart UK Global Seller Summit event, promoting the Walmart.com marketplace to the UK-based companies. More merchants joining Walmart.com means a greater selection and variety of products for American customers, but also more competition for the US sellers.
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The company launched a new semi-annual product sprint called Shopify Editions, where twice a year Shopify team shows everything that they have been building. The Summer 2022 list is pretty long. Shopify is working on a lot of exciting projects. Below we present a condensed list of those most interesting features.
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Starting July 28, 2022, for the customers in the US, the Goods & Services seller fee will change to 2.99%, with no fixed fee. This is to compare with the current 2.89% + $0.49. Additionally, the US customers will now only be able to send Friends and Family peer-to-peer payments to consumer PayPal accounts.
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In 2020, the pandemic boost excited the entire e-commerce industry about the possibility of hypergrowth. As it turned, e-commerce only grew slightly, and everything – from sourcing to advertising – got harder. This is nice to see some encouraging news from U.S. Department of Commerce – the U.S. online sales increased by 6.7% during the last three-month period.
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FedEx will soon start offering Picture Proof of Delivery for express and ground residential deliveries in the U.S. and Canada that are released without a signature. Photos will be accessible through FedEx tracking tools and will not require an account or log-in. This service will be free and will not require enrollment.
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Facebook Marketplace announced changes to its feedback policy to crack down on fake reviews and spam. As a consequence, Facebook will give extra scrutiny to reviews posted on the platform. The new policy provides clearer guidelines on what types of community feedback are allowed and ensures that reviews are based on real purchasing experiences.
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