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Update: The long-standing question about whether or not Amazon will be happy collecting taxes on behalf of 3rd party sellers is officially over. On January 1st, Amazon started collecting in 4 more states (HI, IL, MI, and WI). Last October they added 9 (AZ, CA, CO, ME,...

Update:  Amazon delays 'June 1st changes' :  Last August, Amazon announced some major changes to their Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) program.  SFP is a great option that let's large brands offer 'Prime' shipping to Amazon customers and ship directly from their own...

With the pandemic fueled growth of Amazon, there's a lot of chatter about the 'next' big ecommerce marketplace.  Sure Walmart and eBay have always been there, but there's a new buzz about other players including Target, Krogers, and even small players like Wish.com. ...

Hard to believe it's been 5 years since Amazon announced Launchpad a custom program that helps start-ups “launch, market and distribute” new products on Amazon. What is amazon launchpad?  The program is really a re-skinned version of Amazon's Vendor Express, but it's...

This webinar was held on Friday March 26th at 10AM EST.  Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3365335026661275137 You thought Amazon was tough in 2020? Welcome to 2021. This year Amazon is shaping up to be one of the most challenging environments...

Amazon had 900 million visits Christmas 2014,  1.3 Christmas 2015, and have regularly cracked the 1 billion visitor mark every month this year (as of May 2016). Let that number sink in. That’s 3x the population of the United States. The giant of retail, Wal-Mart only...

Walmart's recent online growth has gotten brands of all size rethinking their marketplace strategy on Amazon.  In general Walmart marketplace sales are 2-4% of what comparable item sales are on Amazon (based upons Yeoman's exclusive cross platform brand analysis over...