Marketplaces

At the end of April, Yandex Market released detailed material on working on the platform in 2026, focusing on API and automation as a basic tool for sellers with a large assortment. At the same time, the platform published a management block for small businesses on financial discipline in the context of regulatory changes. The signal is clearly legible: manual management of thousands of SKUs becomes impossible — system integration is needed.

Starting from May 1, Yandex Market stores seasonal goods of three categories in its warehouses for free: sports and hiking equipment, and goods for cottages and gardens — until July 31. From June 1, school supplies will join the program: stationery, satchels, pencil cases and creative goods — until August 31. The storage fee is already included in the price of the accommodation.

Wildberries has updated the "Rules for acceptance and return of goods" section of the offer. Specific deadlines have now been fixed: acceptance of the number of units and assortment — within 10 working days from the date of acceptance for cargo items, objections to the act — within 7 days after publication. Missed the deadline and lost the right to object. At the same time, the site updated the QR code for access to the warehouse and reviewed the impact of dimensions on the cost of logistics and

Thirteen top managers of Russian companies sent a letter to Mikhail Mishustin and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Federal Antimonopoly Service and Rospotrebnadzor with a package of proposals to combat counterfeiting on marketplaces. The main requirements are to oblige the sites to check product cards automatically, force foreign sellers to register a legal entity in Russia and introduce guarantee deposits to compensate copyright holders.