E-commerce This Week — 2 Eki–10 Eki 2026
The week's most notable developments in e-commerce.
Standout headlines in e-commerce this week:
• Amazon's holiday hike: a per-unit surcharge on every item from Oct 15 — US peak FBA fees run Oct 15–Jan 14. An average $0.32 per unit comes straight out of the seller's margin.
• The cheap-parcel era is over: Temu and Shein pivot to local sellers — After the US scrapped the 'de minimis' exemption, the ship-from-China model got hard. Platforms are moving to local stock and local sellers — opportunity and risk for independents.
• Three invisible costs waiting for sellers as Q4 2026 begins — Peak season explodes revenue, but three costs quietly eat the profit: logistics surcharges, ad competition, and the returns wave. Price each one per unit.
• Prime Big Deal Days is over: record revenue in the headlines — but what did sellers keep? — At last year's event, Adobe measured $9.1B in US online retail spend (+7.3%). But headline revenue and a seller's net profit are not the same thing.
• Prime Big Deal Days is live: a 48-hour early-holiday race, double pressure on sellers — Amazon's October sale opened Oct 6–7 across ~22 countries. With Walmart and Target running parallel events, sellers face discount and ad pressure at once.
Details and seller impact are on each story's page. Netvo tracks developments with sources.