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Marketplaces Correspondent. Beat: Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, eBay, Etsy and the Buy Box
Dashiell Okafor covers Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, eBay, Etsy and the Buy Box, which he has never held but has watched from a respectful distance. He refreshes seller forums the way other people check the weather.
Fictional. Dashiell Okafor is a fictional character in The Daily SKU’s satirical newsroom. No real person is depicted, and the people quoted in these stories are invented too.
A $7.99 return pickup goes nationwide in November. Regret, long a slow process involving tape, now has same-day service.
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
The live shopping marketplace is going mainstream with a national campaign. Viewers report they could not look away from a pack of trading cards.
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
Starting Nov. 4, sale proceeds go to an eBay balance first. Payout schedules reset. Sellers must request their money, nicely.
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
The resale app's holiday offer runs through Jan. 4. The threshold is doing what thresholds do.
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
The deal submission deadline moved from Oct. 20 to Nov. 13. Sellers who missed the first deadline now have a second one to miss.
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
Regulators call the settlement a win for consumers and say they will be notified by text when it ships
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
‘I know it’s around here somewhere,’ says shop owner whose bestselling ceramic mug has existed only as a prompt
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
Second round this year described in item condition field as ‘Used: Acceptable’
· By Dashiell Okafor, Marketplaces Correspondent
