Ina Steiner

Eleven years ago, Amazon imposed limits on title length, and it used suppression in search to enforce the policy. This year, it’s making titles even shorter – and it will use AI to enforce the policy. In 2015, Amazon forced sellers to limit their titles to 200 characters, an unpopular move. So imagine sellers’ reaction to learning Amazon will force them to limit titles to a mere 75 characters beginning next month.

eBay is prompting sellers to pay higher rates for their Promoted Listings, according to a reader who shared a screenshot with EcommerceBytes that showed the following message: "35% of sold items in Other Historical Memorabilia had an ad rate of 8.0% - 15.0%." Recommending higher ad rates isn't new for eBay, but the reader said new prompts have increased for his account as of late. The seller said that when he chooses to use Promoted Listing ads, he pays a rate of 2%.

Etsy is offering sellers a new way to discount items to appeal to buyers. Etsy sellers noticed the new feature last week that lets them send offers to "interested shoppers." In a Reddit thread on June 5, 2026, a seller posted a screenshot and asked "Anyone know who exactly gets this offer? it appears to be a new feature (separate from Abandoned Cart) and it's a bit unclear to me what exactly "early interest" is!" "Ugh god it's turning into Depop around here," one seller replied.