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• 10 Marketplaces to Buy and Sell Ecommerce Sites - Here is a list of marketplaces to buy and sell online businesses. There are established and specialty brokers to oversee the entire process, vetting the parties, determining market value, and ensuring secure transactions. There are also free and low-cost boards for buyers and sellers to find each other.
  Topics: domain, profit, platform, marketplaces, buy, sellers, sale, sites, price, sell, contact, ecommerce, business, businesses.
• 10 tips from Philip Kotler to get your message across to the people who do want to buy from you - This expert tells us what to add to this model to be successful in the age of e-commerce.
  Topics: user, tips, right, experience, person, sure, philip, buy, product, tell, offering, shopping, kotler, message, remember.
• 11 Elements of High-Converting Product Pages - From writing headlines to creating urgency, make the most of your product pages with these 11 elements. Increase conversions, please customers, & grow revenue!
  Topics: questions, highconverting, pages, elements, reviews, customers, product, page, buy, extension, read, products.
• 11 Product Page Features to Drive Conversions - When it comes to compelling product pages, less can be more. Cluttered pages distract from selling points. Focus on the crucial details. Embrace a minimalist approach to lessen the thinking process and close the sale. What follows are 11 product page features from three online stores.
  Topics: shoppers, luggage, page, space, product, pages, drive, size, conversions, buy, features, monos.
• 14 Marketplaces to Buy and Sell Websites - Buyers and sellers of websites and other digital assets have plenty of marketplaces to facilitate transactions. Here's a rundown of 14 options ranging from full-service merger-and-acquisition providers to bare-bones listing services.
  Topics: business, websites, sell, valuation, marketplaces, million, sellers, marketplace, online, sale, businesses, buy, selling.
• 27% of Europeans will keep shopping online more - Over a quarter of European consumers will remain shopping more than they did before the coronavirus broke out. And 56 percent buy online three or more products per month during the corona crisis. While before the virus broke out, 43 percent of European consumers bought 3 or more products per… Continue reading
  Topics: month, bought, europeans, shoppers, consumers, buy, shops, european, shopping, online, changed, products.
• 42% of Austrians shop online at least every week - Online shopping has become increasingly popular in Austria. The corona pandemic has, of course, intensified this trend. Currently, 85 percent of Austrian consumers shop online at least once a month, while 42 percent buy products online at least once a week. A recent study among 3500 Austrians aged 18 and… Continue reading
  Topics: austrians, week, shop, online, austria, payment, buy, comes, study, popular, ecommerce, consumers.
• 5 Noteworthy Examples of Corporate Social Media Policies - As a marketer, social media is undeniably important – in fact, in 2020, three-quarters (74%) of all global marketers now invest in social media marketing.
  Topics: buy, noteworthy, examples, corporate, times, post, best, brand, personal, social, policy, media, policies, employees.
• 5 Simple but Smart Conversion Hacks Backed by Proven Case Studies - Get more customers and grow your sales with these 5 conversion hacks backed by some amazing case studies that you can use for your business.
  Topics: buy, personas, mission, simple, hacks, case, studies, customers, intent, buyer, commander, brand, smart, proven, best, statement, backed, conversion.
• 5 Ways to Prompt First-time Customers to Buy Again - Loyal customers talk about the business and its products, driving more shoppers. So it makes sense to shift some of your marketing efforts to retain the buyers you already have. Here are five ways to do it.
  Topics: prompt, options, customers, points, purchase, purchases, page, ways, buy, retain, products, account, firsttime, better.
• 6 Try Before You Buy Brands [+What Marketers Can Learn] - Recently, I took a leap of faith and bought leggings online.
  Topics: marketers, try, buy, items, mattress, customers, consumers, trial, shopping, products, trybeforeyoubuy, brands, learn.
• 7 out of 10 Belgians buy online - This year, 72 percent of Belgians make online purchases. Of all Belgians who are active online, eight in ten have bought something online in the past year. And 94 percent say they will do so in the future. Over half of Belgian consumers (56 percent) has bought something online at… Continue reading
  Topics: shopped, belgium, category, past, purchases, belgians, compared, bought, buy, online.
• 76% of Spaniards buy online more than before the pandemic - More than three quarters of Spanish consumers say they shop online more now than before the coronavirus outbreak. Half of Spaniards even make purchases online at least once a week. Shopping online has become a habit that’s fully established in the Spanish society, the last twelve months strongly driven by… Continue reading
  Topics: online, popular, buy, coronavirus, week, pandemic, purchases, outbreak, spanish, say, spaniards.
• Affirm spinout Resolve raises $60M for its B2B ‘buy now, pay later’ platform - Buy now, pay later is everywhere these days, mostly focused on the consumer. Resolve — a San Francisco-based startup in the space specializing in “buy now, pay later” capabilities for B2B transactions — announced today that it has raised $60 million in funding. Initialized Capital led the round — the company’s first funding since its […]
  Topics: techcrunch, company, tsai, b2b, affirm, billing, buy, business, resolve, terms, payments, pay, raises, customers, payment, spinout, later, platform.
• Amazon reportedly in talks to buy a 9.9% stake in India’s Reliance Retail - Amazon may join its global rivals Google and Facebook in backing one of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s ventures. The American e-commerce giant is in preliminary talks to acquire a 9.9% stake in Reliance Retail, local TV news channel ET Now reported Thursday afternoon, citing unnamed sources. Reliance Retail, founded in 2006, is the largest retail […]
  Topics: buy, jio, retail, reliance, stake, industries, million, reportedly, amazon, india, techcrunch, future, platforms, talks, indias.
• Amazon seeks India antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran stake in Cloudtail-parent firm Prione - Amazon is seeking an Indian antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran Ventures’ stake in Prione, which operates one of the largest sellers on the e-commerce platform, months after the two firms said they won’t renew their joint venture after May next year. The announcement comes as a surprise as Catamaran owns a 76% stake in […]
  Topics: buy, techcrunch, prione, seeks, catamaran, amazon, firm, joint, sellers, venture, indian, stake, laws, india, firms, ecommerce, watchdogs, cloudtailparent.
• Aplazo takes in $27M to increase adoption of BNPL in Mexico - Since its seed round, Aplazo grew its total processing volume more than eight times and in less than a year has partnered with over 1,000 merchants.
  Topics: offline, adoption, pay, later, buy, round, mexico, company, companies, aplazo, bnpl, peña, credit, techcrunch, increase, 27m, takes.
• Art of Reinventing: How This Bicycle Company Refines Its Products - When Ryan Zagata moved to Brooklyn, bicycling became his main mode of transportation to explore and expand the radius of his community. Focused on urban mobility, Ryan launched Brooklyn Bicycle Co. to bring the ease of commuting with bikes to urbanites. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Ryan shares the lessons learned from his showroom, managing a 600% year over year growth, and the importance of feedback. More
  Topics: going, reinventing, lot, dont, bicycle, really, thats, buy, showroom, bikes, product, bike, refines, products, company, art.
• As lockdown fuels food shortages, Africa goes online for groceries - In between her shifts, Zimbabwean nurse Sinothando Mpofu used to go to Bulawayo’s open-air markets to buy tomatoes and cabbages for her family - until the country’s coronavirus lockdown closed all stalls.
  Topics: fuels, site, box, africa, lockdown, local, goes, buy, groceries, online, shortages, food, vegetables, customers, fresh.
• Atoms nabs $8.1M for shoes you can buy in quarter sizes for each foot - The direct-to-consumer trend in fashion has been one of the most interesting evolutions in e-commerce in the last several years, and today one of the trailblazers in the world of footwear is picking up some money from a list of illustrious backers to bring its concept to the masses. Atoms, makers of sleek sneakers that […]
  Topics: company, look, techcrunch, wear, quarter, foot, 81m, shoe, pair, qasim, shoes, feel, nabs, buy, sizes, selling, atoms.
• B2B to DTC Ecommerce Infographic (2021) - Transitioning from selling business-to-business (B2B) to direct-to-consumer (DTC) isn’t an easy decision for manufacturers. But as experts predict record numbers…
  Topics: website, products, customer, manufacturers, infographic, dtc, consumers, buy, directly, ecommerce, b2b, brand.
• Benitago Group raises $55M in combined debt and equity to buy and grow Amazon brands - Benitago Group, a startup looking to build a big portfolio of Amazon brands, is announcing that it has raised $55 million in new funding — most of it in the form of credit lines to fund acquisitions, plus an equity investment. “We want to take these brands and growth them and run them a lot […]
  Topics: debt, company, benitago, nestares, brands, say, financial, buy, amazon, group, way, combined, techcrunch, funding, grow, equity, raises, growth.
• Berlin Brands Group raises $240M to buy and scale up third-party Amazon Marketplace brands - The race is on for companies building e-commerce empires by rolling up smaller, promising businesses that sell via Amazon and other marketplaces and growing by using some economies of scale to operate them as one. In the latest development, Berlin Brands Group has raised $240 million that it says it will be using to acquire […]
  Topics: group, data, scale, market, selling, buy, amazon, techcrunch, million, bbg, thrasio, brands, thirdparty, berlin, raises, marketplace, companies.
• Berlin Brands Group, now valued at $1B+, raises $700M to buy and scale merchants that sell on marketplaces like Amazon - Berlin Brands Group (BBG) — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell on marketplaces like Amazon and using technology to run and scale them more efficiently — has picked up a big round of funding to fill out that mission. […]
  Topics: brands, space, merchants, sell, bbg, techcrunch, round, ecommerce, amazon, raises, scale, marketplaces, valued, buy, equity, bain, group, million.
• Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants - Companies snapping up merchants selling on Amazon to build in more e-commerce economies of scale into the model are on a rapid pace of growth at the moment, fueled in no small part by giant infusions of money from the world of venture capital. In the latest development, Berlin’s Razor Group — one of the […]
  Topics: merchants, raises, buy, razors, valuation, capital, thirdparty, razor, group, raised, brands, amazon, techcrunch, ahluwalia, platform, million, scale.
• Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants - The market remains very hot for startups building e-commerce empires by consolidating independent third-party merchants that have gained traction on Amazon’s Marketplace, and in the latest development, Razor Group — a Berlin-based startup buying up promising Amazon sellers and scaling them into bigger, multichannel businesses — has closed financing of $400 million to scale its […]
  Topics: marketplace, businesses, buy, ahluwalia, scale, merchants, group, amazon, ecommerce, berlins, brands, business, razor, sellers, million, raises, techcrunch.
• Buy on YouTube? The platform is testing a sales tool - By clicking on the "super bag", users will be redirected to a purchase page where the products, related videos and sale options will be located.
  Topics: shopping, google, sales, products, bag, youtube, video, tool, users, buy, platform, wants, testing, videos.
• China’s cosmetics startup Yatsen to buy 35-year-old skincare brand Eve Lom - In China’s cosmetics world, where foreign brands were historically revered, indigenous startups are increasingly winning over Gen Z consumers with cheaper, more localized options. One of the rising stars is the direct-to-consumer brand Perfect Diary, which is owned by five-year-old startup Yatsen. Yatsen impressed the capital market with a $617 million initial public offering on […]
  Topics: diary, skincare, brand, buy, million, yatsen, brands, sales, lom, startup, chinas, cosmetics, yuan, techcrunch, company, eve.
• Consumers Want Visibility into What They Buy - Is that new summer dress 100-percent organic cotton? How can you prove it? What happened after the cotton was picked until the dress was delivered to the customer? Consumers have questions, and they are not getting answers.
  Topics: used, product, sourcing, cotton, oil, consumers, buy, visibility, uses, olive, know, organic.
• Does Buy Now, Pay Later Threaten Credit Card Issuers? - Capital One recently announced that it will ban the use of its credit cards to fund buy-now-pay-later transactions. According to a Capital One spokesperson, BNPL transactions “can be risky for customers and the banks that serve them.” In this article, I will examine Capital One’s claim.
  Topics: card, buy, capital, issuers, merchant, pay, threaten, provider, credit, later, interest, consumers, does, cards, bnpl, fees.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: December 15, 2019 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-December from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, repeat purchasing, marketing services, cross-border selling, live-stream video, and public relations tools.
  Topics: ecommerce, buy, services, releases, ups, facebook, product, platform, pr, express, marketing.
• Elements Brands Founder on Moving from Doer to Manager - The required skills to launch a business are typically much different from managing it for the long term. Bill D'Alessandro has done both. He launched a single ecommerce business in 2010 and then transformed the company into an operator of multiple online brands. He has evolved from performing most every task to focusing on a few.
  Topics: manager, brands, ad, ecommerce, page, elements, business, youre, lot, founder, doer, entrepreneurs, moving, buy, good.
• Everything You Need to Know About Buy Now, Pay Later - The yearly increase in demand for online shopping has meant alternate payment methods like buy now, pay later(BNPL) has continued to gain momentum. Accelerated by the COVID pandemic, the adoption & use  is more widespread than ever, delivering tangible business benefits to vendors and shoppers. These deferred payment types allow customers to keep shopping as they normally would during uncertain economic times or facilitate making larger purchases that they might not otherwise be able to afford by paying them off over time.  In this post, we'll explore what buy now, pay later is, how it works, and why you (and your customers) might want to take advantage of its benefits. What Is Buy Now, Pay Later? (BNPL) Buy now, pay later payment options are a form of installment loan. With this payment type, a shopper's purchase is broken up into equal installments, the first of which is due at the time of sale. The rest of the amount is then charged to their debit or credit card at a set rate, such as every two weeks or every month until the total amount is paid. These buy now, pay later plans allow shoppers to receive their purchase immediately while splitting the cost into installment payments rather than paying all at once. This can be a huge help to buyers struggling to make ends meet in a down economy or to consumers who are eager to make a large purchase but don’t have all the funds they need at the moment. However, while the trend to buy first and pay over time with deferred payments, like BNPL arrangements, is definitely growing, it's important to consider how this payment setup will affect your cash flow and point-of-sale operations overall.  Next up, we’ll dive deeper into how buy now, pay later works, and what types of BNPL programs are available.  How Does Buy Now, Pay Later Work? Certain providers may offer plans that come without any interest or fees, while some plans may include both. Many buy now, pay later companies only need a soft credit inquiry to approve a purchase, which doesn't have a negative effect on a customer's credit rating and can make the process of using BNPL less intimidating. On the other hand, some require a hard pull of a consumer's credit report, which can result in a slight, temporary credit score dip and may make a customer think twice about buying their items.  Buy Now, Pay Later Pros And Cons Buy now, pay later payment methods have a lot to offer to both consumers and merchants, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. While cash-strapped shoppers can still make purchases in lean times, offering BNPL options can be costly to merchants. Many popular BNPL companies charge fees ranging from 2-6%, on top of other existing costs such as credit card processing fees. Over time, these costs can really add up and cause merchants to doubt whether offering a buy now, pay later program is really the best option.  Below, we'll examine not only these considerations but a full range of pros and cons of starting or continuing a buy now, pay later program.  Pros of Buy Now, Pay Later Fast Rollout and Easy Approval: Buy now, pay later programs are relatively easy to set up and can be implemented quickly, both for brick-and-mortar locations and eCommerce stores. Merchant approval is also usually fast, so you won't have to wade through endless paperwork or invasive info-gathering from your service provider.   Boosted Sales: This can be a great way to increase sales figures by allowing people to buy things they otherwise may not be able to afford. Having these options available is particularly useful when the economy isn't doing so well, and people tend to go for payment deferment or credit deals.   Higher Purchase Amounts: Consumers are more likely to buy more when they can pay in installments, as opposed to paying the full amount upfront. This can be a great way to increase your average order value and boost sales overall.    Interest-Free Options: If a shopper takes advantage of the interest-free options offered by some buy now, pay later providers and pays off their balance on time, buy now, pay later can actually put them ahead financially by helping them save money when they need it while avoiding extra fees by paying it off on time.  This creates goodwill between you and your buyers, making it more likely that they'll visit again, buy more, and potentially even use your buy now, pay later program again.    Convenient and Easy to Set Up: We all love the convenience of apps, and thankfully, many buy now, pay later providers have built-in apps to help customers find deals and manage their payments. The fact that they don't require separate applications or additional processing times makes them almost as easy to use as entering a credit card number. This simplicity makes it a no-brainer for many consumers to take advantage of BNPL offers, creating more opportunities for them to shop with your brand.   Cons of Buy Now, Pay Later Higher Payment Processing Costs: As mentioned earlier, BNPL programs are associated with higher costs to merchants, typically between 2-6% of the purchase value in addition to standard credit card processing fees. These additional costs can eat into profit margins and water down the benefits of higher sales and overall larger purchases that buy now, pay later options can create.    Risk of Default: Buy now, pay later programs are essentially loans that customers take out, and even the most well-intentioned consumers can sometimes default. This can end with the merchant being left "holding the bag" for a customer that now can't afford to pay them back for the purchases they made.    Late Fees: If customers forget to make a payment or don't have sufficient funds in their linked bank account, they're likely to run up against a late fee. While these tend to be reasonable flat-rate fees similar to those charged by credit card companies, they can add up over time and create a feeling of "buyer's remorse" for your customers.   High Interest Rates: BNPL apps sometimes come with interest-free agreements, but only for a limited time. Other apps charge interest regardless. In either case, if a buy now, pay later provider charges interest, either with or without an interest-free period, those interest rates have a tendency to be even higher than credit card interest rates, which can make it harder for consumers to pay off their purchase and actually make them less likely to do so over time.  Want to learn more about Composable Commerce Essentials? Explore Composable Commerce here Types of Buy Now, Pay Later Loans Overall, there are two types of BNPL loan types: loans with interest and loans without. Let's take a look at how they both work and which one is likely to be a better deal for merchants or their customers. Loans With Interest These in-the-moment loans give the consumer the opportunity to make their purchase right away, with interest rates comparable to those of a credit card. These providers will sometimes offer interest-free periods similar to promotional rates on new credit cards in order to entice new buyers to "take the plunge." Interest-Free Loans While these types of loans might seem too good to be true for a consumer, they're the opposite for a merchant. With these types of loans, the merchant pays a fee to the third-party lending company rather than the consumer paying interest on the loan, essentially paying for the privilege of giving their customers the option to use a buy now, pay later service. Generally, both buy now, pay later loan types will have a fixed repayment timeline. For example, if a customer is interested in an item that comes with a no-interest four-part installment plan on a $1,000 purchase price, they'll pay $250 a month for four months, starting at the time of sale. These timelines usually have fees and deferred interest charges attached to them if a customer is late for or misses a payment, creating incentives for consumers to make their allotted payments on time and in full.  Differences Between Third-Party and Credit Card BNPL Offers The form of buy now, pay later offered by credit card companies works a little differently than third-party point-of-sale financing, such as through an app. For one thing, BNPL offers are typically only available at the time of purchase but can show up as an available option on qualifying purchases on a consumer's statement. These plans can also carry a monthly payment fee in addition to the monthly installment amount, and some also charge interest in addition, which can make them more costly to consumers than using a credit card.   For merchants, too, the differences usually come down to costs, such as the dual costs of processing both a credit card and a buy now, pay later option for a consumer versus the costs of credit card processing alone.  6 Buy Now, Pay Later Examples While there are dozens of buy now, pay later options available for merchants, there are a few that hold a larger market share or are more widely used than the rest.  Let’s take a look at five of the largest and most trusted BNPL providers from around the world.  1. PayPal PayPal might be more well-known as a secure online payment system or person-to-person cash transfer app, but it's also a BNPL lender.  Its star lending product is called Pay in 4, which gives consumers the option to split the cost of a purchase into four scheduled payments without interest. This service is only available if the purchase is between $30 and $1,500 (compare this to services like Affirm can loan up to $17,500). Its interest rate stands at 24%, putting it in about the middle of the pack for comparison-shopping consumers.  2. Klarna Established in Sweden in 2005, Klarna now boasts a customer base of over 85 million and collaborates with hundreds of thousands of retailers worldwide.  Depending on the borrowing type, Klarna may run a soft or hard credit check on potential customers. Interestingly, instead of setting strict borrowing limits, however, Klarna employs a metric known as Purchase Power. Its website describes it as "an estimated amount based on factors such as your payment history and outstanding balance with Klarna."  Those with good credit and a good payment record could be eligible for larger loans from Klarna than from other BNPL vendors. The maximum interest rate, if applicable, is 25%. 3. Affirm Affirm is one of the most popular buy now, pay later vendors, and can be found as an option to pay at big-name brands like Amazon and Target.  For shorter-term loans (such as four payments with a two-week gap in between each), consumers have no interest or fees to pay with Affirm. Longer-term loans might have interest rates from 10 to 30% APR, based on credit score, but still no fees.  4. Afterpay Afterpay originated in Australia but is now owned by Block, formerly known as Square. It's even bigger than Affirm, securing partnerships with over 100,000 retailers.  One of its most noteworthy functions is its smart credit limit tool, which establishes a personal spending ceiling for purchasers based on their credit background, which can help consumers to stay within their means and avoid buyer's remorse later on. It also sends out reminders for people to make their payments, and its virtual card service is easy to use.  Unlike Affirm, Afterpay has late fees. Consumers who make on-time payments can avoid them. Interest rates are the same as Affirm, within the 10% to 30% range. 5. Shop Pay Installments Shopify has its own BNPL system known as Shop Pay Installments, made possible by a partnership with Affirm. When business owners use Shopify for their online store, their customers can purchase items in four interest-free payments, and the seller still receives the full amount up front.  This buy now, pay later system also allows small businesses to benefit from the same advantages that bigger retailers enjoy - like a larger average order cost and fewer abandoned carts.  6. Stripe Stripe also offers BNPL for retailers selling high value products for conversion boosting and retailers selling low value products that want to increase cart size and their customer pool. Stripe supports Affirm, Afterpay/Clearpay, and Klarna with repayment options of 3 or 4 interest-free installments. How to Get Started With Buy Now, Pay Later Buy now, pay later services are becoming increasingly popular as a way to make online shopping more convenient and affordable. With these payment options, shoppers can purchase items in the moment and pay for them later in smaller installments, making it easier than ever for customers to manage their finances while maintaining their standard of living.  If you're a business that wants to jump on the BNPL bandwagon and take advantage of this growing trend, EP Payments, powered by Stripe, from Elastic Path might be just the solution you need. Just get in touch with one of our experts today to find out more about how EP payments can help you increase sales and average transaction value while also building customer goodwill and loyalty.   
  Topics: interest, payment, card, know, pay, bnpl, buy, need, later, consumers, purchase, credit.
• For 2020, use pre-orders to avoid dead stock - It is time to plan for the new year. Consider offering pre-orders. It's a topic by itself — researching suitable products, marketing to potential customers, and then communicating with those prospects about their requirements.
  Topics: auction, buy, retailers, money, card, dead, avoid, preorders, customers, smaller, stock, sales.
• From Shoes to Milk Bottles, Here’s What People Plan to Buy Post-Pandemic - As the enduring lockdowns and retail closures begin to lift, what do shoppers plan to buy? We asked 3,000 shoppers in North America to find out.More
  Topics: heres, postpandemic, products, milk, plan, buy, bottles, pandemic, product, consumers, pet, shoes, online, brand, items.
• Getting Investors to Buy Your Inventory - When it comes to funding inventory, retail businesses can be creative, using loans, credit cards, supplier terms, and even advances from family. Whatever the method, however, raising the money can be a challenge.
  Topics: buy, funding, coops, inventory, investors, businesses, crowdfunding, loans, kiva, consignment, companies, getting.
• Grab enters wealth-management space with Bento Invest buy - Grab has bought Singapore-based robo-advisory start-up Bento Invest which will be rebranded as GrabInvest, offering wealth management solutions to drivers, merchant partners and consumers through the Grab app.
  Topics: grab, wealth, enters, financial, solutions, invest, southeast, space, access, bento, buy, retirement, wealthmanagement.
• Here’s Why Your Ecommerce Subscriptions Aren’t Selling - A recurring subscription model is a powerful tool for growth and profit — if you can get subscribers. “A lot of brands install our subscription software and slap a ‘subscribe and ...
  Topics: subscribers, arent, subscriptions, way, selling, product, smoothies, products, buy, heres, evive, subscription, ecommerce, right, online.
• Heyday raises $555M to buy up and scale more D2C brands in the Amazon marketplace universe - Consolidation to have better economies of scale is one of the biggest themes in the world of e-commerce, and today a player in the world of online retail is announcing a large round of funding to double down on its approach to the concept. San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer […]
  Topics: brands, million, d2c, heyday, round, scale, universe, marketplace, team, raised, group, merchants, techcrunch, raises, buy, rymarz, amazon.
• How to Buy Business Software, According to HubSpot's Learning & Development Manager - This post is a part of Made @ HubSpot, an internal thought leadership series through which we extract lessons from experiments conducted by our very own HubSpotters. As someone who manages HubSpot's learning technology, I've gone about buying software the wrong way at times. I've pushed ahead without the right technical partners, I've missed a contract auto-renewal deadline, and I've rolled out changes to my team without empathy for how it might affect their day-to-day.
  Topics: development, software, process, buying, manager, share, business, need, buy, team, according, ive, learning, youre, hubspots, reason.
• How to Buy a Domain Name: Your .STORE Domain Ecommerce Launch Guide - Learn how to buy a domain name that makes sense for your ecommerce business and see why a new .store domain extension could be a great option for you.
  Topics: launch, domain, store, ecommerce, extension, guide, online, marketing, business, product, consider, sell, buy.
• How to Buy an Ecommerce Business for the Right Price - Buy an online business instead of starting one from scratch with these pro tips and ticks. Read this before you buy!
  Topics: buy, price, business, businesses, buying, ecommerce, sources, multiple, deal, traffic, right, online.
• How to Find an Online Business for Sale: 6 Marketplaces to Buy & Sell Online Businesses - Want to operate your own online business but want to skip through the formative years of generating traffic & profit? Purchase an online business for sale!
  Topics: buyers, marketplaces, sale, business, buying, sellers, process, shopify, buy, businesses, youre, online, sell.
• How to Get Bitcoins: 6 Tried-and-True Methods - The conversation around Bitcoin has been brewing for years but it exploded in 2017 when the stock reached $19,000. It dipped back down for a few more years until it surged in 2020 and reached new peaks in 2021.
  Topics: cryptocurrency, investors, store, methods, earn, bitcoins, wallet, exchange, online, buy, triedandtrue, bitcoin.
• How to Increase Your Product Sales on Amazon Today - Maximize your full revenue potential on Amazon with these valuable tips.
  Topics: sales, amazon, customers, marketing, brand, buy, product, products, box, increase, business, today.
• How to Sell on Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Shops in 2022 - New to selling on Facebook? In this detailed guide, we’ll explain the steps, costs, and tips for selling your products in Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Shops. Updated for 2022. More
  Topics: shopify, youll, marketplace, sales, buy, youre, shops, sell, page, store, facebook.
• How to Set Up One-Click Checkout - Cart abandonment is one of the most common and infuriating challenges digital commerce brands face when it comes to generating revenue. Baymard Institute research shows that 70% of online shopping carts are abandoned. Implementing a one-click checkout strategy is a highly effective way to remedy cart abandonment issues. Elastic Path’s one-click checkout powered by Stripe relies on the largest “rapid checkout” network in the industry to auto-fill your customers’ payment and shipping details so they can check-out in a single click.  I’ll walk you through the steps to enable one-click checkout with Elastic Path, so your customers can create a seamless checkout experience that increases conversions and optimizes the user experience. STEP 1: Add a New Product Template In this example, I have some excess furniture within my home decor section of my site. I want to add a “Buy Now” button to certain products to encourage shoppers to checkout faster and eliminate the excess products. Go to the product section of the Elastic Path Product Experience Manager (EP PXM). From there, choose the product that you want to add the “Buy Now” button or quick checkout option. I’m going to choose the Freeport Table Lamp.  Go to the product templates section of the page and click on the “Buy Now”  template. STEP 2: Enable the “Buy Now” Button Once you’ve added the “Buy Now” template. You will go back to the Product Page and will see “Buy Now” listed under the Templates list. From there, you will toggle on the Buy Now button and make sure that “Buy Now Enabled” is checked off. Then click, “Save Buy Now.” Get hands on with an Elastic Path Free Trial Start building the commerce experience your unique business demands with a free Elastic Path Commerce Cloud account. Get in touch with us and we will setup a Free Trial store for you for six weeks. Sign up for a free trial STEP 3: Publish Your Updated Catalog Once the new product updates have been saved, you will go back to the Catalogs section of EP PXM. Click on the appropriate catalog. For this example, I chose the Retail Catalog. Add the appropriate hierarchy to the catalog. I added the “Home” hierarchy. Then click “Save” and Publish. STEP 4: Verify Product Updates Go to your website’s homepage.  Refresh the page. Then choose the product that you have enabled the “Buy Now” button for. You should see a “Buy Now” button underneath “Add to Cart.” Enabling one-click checkout with Elastic Path is a simple process that will yield many benefits to your conversion rates down the road. Watch out our Merchandising Moments video on “Setting Up Quick Checkouts with Elastic Path” to learn more about how to enable this functionality.  
  Topics: path, product, add, elastic, set, free, buy, checkout, oneclick, button, click.
• How to Supercharge Your Ecommerce Conversions with Buy Now, Pay Later - Does this sound familiar? You’ve got tons of traffic, conversion-optimized product pages, and a sleek and seamless checkout process. And…
  Topics: conversions, conversion, supercharge, shoppers, customers, purchase, ecommerce, cards, pay, payments, buy, payment, credit, later, bnpl.
• How to Use Gift Cards as a Marketing Tool to Increase Conversion Rates - Gift cards aren’t just a product, they’re a powerful marketing tool you can use to increase your conversion rates, you just need to know how to use them.
  Topics: recipient, conversion, customer, list, marketing, tool, card, email, customers, rates, buy, cards, gift, increase.
• How to use Product Bundle Pricing to Increase Conversions and Make More Sales - Admit it. You’ve bought something before because it was part of a bundle—even though you’re not quite sure why. That’s the result of bundle pricing strategy, and it has a powerful effect on how we humans tend to think at… Continue reading How to use Product Bundle Pricing to Increase Conversions and Make More Sales
  Topics: bundle, value, product, conversions, bundling, sense, youre, sales, increase, products, buy, customers, pricing.
• How “Buy Now, Pay Later” Options Can Help Your Business - Customers appreciate the option to pay in installments. For stores, this means more sales and better margins. Here’s how to get started without any risk.
  Topics: pay, payments, customers, later, customer, option, offering, monthly, options, payment, business, buy, online, help.
• In the ‘buy now, pay later’ wars, PayPal is primed for dominance - Stephen Milbank Contributor Share on Twitter Stephen Milbank is the co-founder and Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at Button, a mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven internet. The COVID-19 pandemic has already dramatically reshaped how Americans shop, with e-commerce expected to grow 20% in 2020 as a greater proportion of users shift […]
  Topics: retailer, program, paypal, dominance, buy, primed, payment, klarna, bnpl, techcrunch, pay, later, quadpay, programs, retailers, affirm, afterpay, wars.
• India’s Reliance Industries set to buy into online pharmacy Netmeds - Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries is holding talks to purchase a controlling share in e-commerce pharmacy business Netmeds.
  Topics: netmeds, reliance, industries, times, buy, valuation, told, us130150, talks, set, economic, statements, deal, subsidiary, pharmacy, indias, online.
• India’s Simpl raises $40 million for its buy now, pay later service - Bangalore-based fintech startup Simpl has raised $40 million as it looks to expand its online buy now, pay later service’s offerings in the world’s second-largest market. Valar Ventures and IA Ventures led the six-year-old startup’s Series B round. LFH Ventures and some existing investors also participated in the round, said the startup, which has raised […]
  Topics: service, pay, customers, indias, ecommerce, startup, services, raises, million, checkout, later, ventures, buy, experience, techcrunch, merchants, simpl.
• Introducing Shop: The Most Convenient Way for Shoppers to Buy From Their Favorite Independent Brands - Say hello to Shop, a digital shopping assistant that makes it easy for customers to speed through checkout, track their order and shipment details, and rediscover brands they love. Shop takes care of the little extras to make online shopping more personal and convenient.More
  Topics: businesses, pay, shopping, experience, helps, customers, order, introducing, buy, brands, checkout, independent, shoppers, favorite, convenient, way, product, shop.
• Italy fines Amazon $1.3 billion for abusing its market position - Italy’s competition authority announced that it had fined Amazon €1.129 billion, or roughly $1.3 billion at today’s exchange rate. According to the antitrust watchdog, Amazon has abused its dominant market position and pushed third-party sellers to use the company’s logistics service Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). The Italian authority, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del […]
  Topics: sellers, gmbh, amazon, techcrunch, position, billion, buy, box, italy, abusing, amazons, woltu, market, fines, service, thirdparty, fba.
• Kids want ethically conscious shops and short delivery time - Children are looking for shops that are ethically conscious. Almost one in five want to buy plastic-free products that are sustainable and most kids aren’t that patient when it comes to the delivery of goods. Most studies on online consumer behaviour in Europe are focused on adults. That’s no surprise,… Continue reading
  Topics: buy, online, conscious, products, retailers, kids, sustainable, ethically, study, shops, short, children, wait, delivery.
• Led by ex-Amazonians, Acquco raises $160M to buy and scale e-commerce businesses - There has been a flurry of investments in startups focused on acquiring third-party sellers on Amazon and helping them build their businesses. The latest is Acquco, which aims to stand out from the others in that it was formed by a pair of founders — Raunak Nirmal and Wiley Zhang — who actually worked at […]
  Topics: buy, acquco, ecommerce, amazon, 160m, scale, examazonians, equity, brands, selling, business, nirmal, million, businesses, company, raises, money, techcrunch, led, sellers.
• Livestream e-commerce: Why companies and brands need to tune in - Livestreaming is a new pillar that brands must consider when building omnichannel marketing strategies, joining the trinity of in-store experiences, traditional e-commerce and social media.
  Topics: livestream, brands, shop, techcrunch, buy, million, shopping, china, raised, companies, livestreams, ecommerce, commerce, products, need, tune.
• Make it Big Podcast: Optimizing Checkout for a Frictionless User Experience - Welcome to The Make it Big Podcast, a bi-weekly audio series about all things ecommerce by BigCommerce. In this episode,…
  Topics: big, frictionless, checkout, average, order, user, fast, podcast, click, product, payment, optimizing, payments, buy, way, experience.
• Markai raises $4M from Pear VC, Sea Capital and others to buy Chinese e-commerce brands - China has attracted yet another e-commerce roll-up to enter its gargantuan e-commerce market. Markai, founded by two Stanford business school grads, has joined the fray to buy out Chinese brands seeking global consumers. So-called brand roll-ups, or e-commerce aggregators, have cropped up in Europe and the U.S. over the past few years. Usually venture-backed, they […]
  Topics: aggregators, brands, supply, chinese, ecommerce, brand, team, raises, china, vc, small, sellers, spencer, capital, pear, sea, techcrunch, markai, buy.
• Nigeria’s ThankUCash secures $5.3M to build infrastructure for cash back, deals and BNPL services - Loyalty, deals and rewards services are a rarity in most African markets. The unit economics and other factors such as currency instability make such businesses hard to pull off in the region. Yet ThankUCash, a platform launched in 2018 by Connected Analytics, has managed to thrive, proving that not all is gloomy in the deals, […]
  Topics: merchants, customers, secures, thankucash, build, nigerias, cash, infrastructure, deals, buy, later, company, bnpl, pay, services, techcrunch, rewards.
• Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers - On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to do the same is announcing some significant funding of its own. Olsam, a roll-up play that is buying up both consumer and B2B merchants selling […]
  Topics: million, merchants, marketplace, techcrunch, selling, amazon, olsam, consumer, building, products, business, raises, scale, buy, b2b, sellers.
• Opontia gets $42M to buy more e-commerce brands in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa - E-commerce roll-up play Opontia launched in June, raising $20 million in debt and equity to acquire older, small e-commerce brands in the Middle East and Africa. Today, the company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has closed a subsequent round, a $42 million Series A nine months after it was founded. Roll-up plays are generally known […]
  Topics: founders, marketplace, biggest, buy, gets, techcrunch, ecommerce, debt, africa, brands, opontia, middle, europe, eastern, east.
• PayPal allows cryptocurrencies - PayPal has announced it will allow customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin and other crypto coins using its online wallets. Starting in early 2021, customers will also be able to use these virtual coins to shop at the 26 million connected merchants. With PayPal joining the cryptocurrency market today,… Continue reading
  Topics: customers, paypal, buy, coins, hold, wallets, allows, cryptocurrencies, payments, digital, virtual, sell.
• PepsiCo to buy Chinese online snack vendor Be & Cheery - Pepsico is poised to purchase Chinese online snack vendor Be & Cheery owned by Haoxiangni Health Food Co.
  Topics: buy, acquisition, chinese, vendor, online, cheery, growth, snack, pepsico, products, innovation, us705.
• Pricing top factor Zalando during Black Friday - In the three weeks up to Black Friday, Zalando’s product prices increased by 8 percent. At the start of Black Friday week, prices dropped again by 18 percent. At the end of the week, prices had dropped 23 percent. While overall ecommerce turnover growth has slowed down, online sellers once…
  Topics: online, box, product, factor, buy, price, pricing, black, prices, zalando, week, platform.
• Retail Futurist Howard Saunders: 'Shoppable Content Is A Stepping Stone' - Shoppable content has been around for centuries, starting with booksellers that published catalogs a few decades after the invention of the printing press more than 500 years ago. Since then, marketers have steadily adopted the latest technologies to mix content and commerce, turning audiences into shoppers. Read more.
  Topics: content, shopping, saunders, shoppable, retail, stepping, products, access, futurist, buy, world, social, online, howard, stone.
• Rethinking Placement & Price in the Age of the Amazon Buy Box - Harness the power of the Amazon Buy Box and turn your company into a selling machine with Magento's Amazon Sales Channel
  Topics: pricing, amazon, seller, buy, box, product, placement, rethinking, sales, customer, rule, price.
• Scalapay raises $48M to scale its buy now, pay later service in Europe - Buy now, pay later services — which let consumers finance the purchase of goods online by paying back the total in installments over time — have been growing in ubiquity this past year. Today, Scalapay, one of the companies that’s building a platform to enable buy now, pay later (BNPL) and related features, has raised […]
  Topics: pay, way, bnpl, scalapay, capital, company, later, techcrunch, mancini, buy, services, europe, raises, building, service, scale, 48m, merchants.
• SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses - As Amazon’s Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of startups to consolidate the most promising of the smaller businesses that sell via Amazon’s platform, and build out their own economies of scale within that ecosystem. In the latest development, SellerX — […]
  Topics: raises, 118m, opportunity, grow, buy, goods, sellerx, million, marketplace, businesses, round, smaller, products, selling, amazon, techcrunch.
• Shopify allows merchants to sell NFTs directly through their storefronts - The NBA’s Chicago Bulls launched its first-ever NFTs –– including digital artwork of NBA championship rings –– by launching an online store on Shopify.
  Topics: allows, buy, sell, directly, choose, fans, nfts, marketplace, nft, techcrunch, merchants, online, storefronts, shopify.
• Shopping via smart speakers is not taking off, report suggests - U.S. consumers aren’t adopting voice-based shopping as quickly as expected, according to a new report today from eMarketer. While consumers have been happy to bring smart speakers into their home, they continue to use them more often for simple commands — like playing music or getting information, for example — not for making purchases. However, […]
  Topics: voice, users, forecast, consumers, speaker, buy, suggests, speakers, purchases, number, report, smart, taking, techcrunch, shopping.
• Should you buy a failing ecommerce brand? - Have you been itching to get into ecommerce? Perhaps you've watched a slew of training videos. You're ready to take the plunge. There are a few ways to get into the ecommerce game.
  Topics: ecommerce, business, sell, brands, failing, friend, brand, think, buy, offer.
• Six Ways to Boost Referral Traffic and Attract Shoppers Who Are Ready to Buy - Not all referral traffic is the same. Learn 6 ways to increase referral traffic & find out the best method to attract shoppers who are ready to buy.
  Topics: ready, real, referral, traffic, ways, shoppers, links, boost, coupon, write, sites, attract, site, coupons, buy, program.
• Starting an E-commerce Business? Here's How to Buy in Bulk at Great Prices. - Get access to brand-name products your future customers know and love.
  Topics: buy, brands, warehouse, great, heres, business, products, starting, store, ecommerce, prices, suppliers, tundra, online, using, today, wholesale, bulk.
• Subscription services ease pain for South Korean retailers - Indeed, subscription services have already evolved into many forms here expanding into diverse areas, including e-books, cosmetics, video streaming services and even rentals of Kia Motors Corp’s premium models.
  Topics: service, south, ice, food, retailers, month, launched, services, ease, buy, store, pain, subscription, customers, korean.
• Ten Ways to Nudge Customers to Make a Purchase - Ready to increase sales fast? Your visitors might just need a final push. Tap into the science — see 10 tried-and-true strategies to convert more customers.
  Topics: free, items, customer, ways, shipping, purchase, buy, nudge, reviews, product, products, customers.
• The Long-term Effect of Buy Now, Pay Later - Point-of-sale financing services such as Klarna and Affirm make it easy for online shoppers to buy now and pay later. These financial tech companies have the ability to reduce checkout friction and please customers, but they may affect ecommerce in other, perhaps unexpected, ways.
  Topics: klarna, marketing, visa, effect, pointofsale, services, ecommerce, app, buy, affirm, shopper, financing, pay, later, longterm.
• The Secret To Building a Profitable Sales Funnel With Ecommerce Expert, Ezra Firestone - Moving people from prospect to paying customer can be tough. This guide shows you how to use a sales funnel like a pro and secure more conversions in your online store.More
  Topics: images, profitable, product, ezra, buy, funnel, expert, sales, header, firestone, youre, add, secret, page, ecommerce, building.
• They Visited Your Site. Here's Why Didn't They Buy. - Using your company's home page to collect data from current customers helps increase the percentage of prospective visitors who end up purchasing.
  Topics: buy, didnt, going, intent, site, visitors, task, visited, heres, information, data, came, youre, customer.
• Tips for using your credit card during the Hot Sale - Paying by credit card at the Hot Sale can be advantageous due to the additional discounts that brands can provide.
  Topics: safe, using, card, tips, promotions, credit, sale, purchases, buy, payment, hot, online, pandemic.
• Trouva, an online marketplace for independent boutiques, raises $22M - Amazon helped pioneer and now dominates the online marketplace business model, where a variety of merchants post items for sale on its platform for billions of consumers to discover and buy them. Today, a London startup that’s taken that idea but is applying it to a far more curated set of retailers and goods has […]
  Topics: independent, boutiques, amazon, sell, marketplace, 22m, stores, retailers, online, singh, shops, techcrunch, buy, raises, trouva.
• UK leads Europe in embracing online grocery shopping - More and more consumers in Europe are buying fresh food products online. Although many shoppers still tend to buy a lower volume online than they do-instore. The only exception seems to be the United Kingdom, where 42 percent buys more online than in-store and 32% percent buy less online. This… Continue reading
  Topics: buy, online, shoppers, consumers, embracing, grocery, leads, food, fresh, study, shopping, europe, uk.
• UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play - Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding to double down on that strategy. The London startup has picked up $200 million, money that it will mainly be using to snap up more […]
  Topics: funding, rollup, buy, techcrunch, marketplace, companies, thirdparty, raises, ukbased, merchants, million, tech, amazon, brands, ecommerce, 200m, heroes, play.
• UK’s Zilch raises $80M at a $500M+ valuation for its direct-to-consumer buy now, pay later service - The buy now, pay later model, popularized by companies like Klarn and Affirm has been one of the big e-commerce winners in the last year, giving consumers who might be stretched financially another option to pay for things when they buy them online. While that has prompted the UK financial authority to re-examine how it […]
  Topics: techcrunch, pay, later, uks, card, buy, financial, bnpl, zilch, raises, belamant, directtoconsumer, uk, retailers, valuation, service, payment.
• Use Cross-selling to Increase Trust, Loyalty, Sales - Cross-selling is the act of successfully offering complementary items on the same or subsequent orders. This tried-and-true practice can help retailers of all sizes and product types boost average sales totals and customer loyalty.
  Topics: loyalty, products, related, buy, stores, accessories, crossselling, sales, increase, supplies, trust, items, customer.
• Vestiaire Collective raises $216 million for its second-hand fashion platform - Vestiaire Collective announced a new funding round. The company has raised $216 million, or €178 million — it has reached a valuation above $1 billion, making it a unicorn. French fashion and luxury group Kering is leading the round with Tiger Global Management. Kering now owns 5% of Vestiaire Collective. The startup operates an online marketplace […]
  Topics: platform, items, luxury, buy, fashion, round, company, raises, vestiaire, techcrunch, brands, startup, secondhand, million, collective.
• Visa Wants to Buy Plaid. U.S. Sues - In January 2020, Visa announced it was acquiring Plaid for $5.3 billion. Before long, the U.S. Department of Justice began scrutinizing the transaction, resulting in the filing of an antitrust lawsuit to stop it. In this article, I will describe Plaid and explain why the Department of Justice is attempting to block the deal.
  Topics: technology, company, visas, plaid, department, sues, justice, wants, debit, buy, transaction, visa, financial.
• What Merchants Should Know about ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ - "Buy now, pay later" allows consumers to purchase goods and pay in installments, similar to a credit card. Why is BNPL gaining popularity? I’ll answer that question and more in this post.
  Topics: pay, fees, cards, provider, fee, merchants, credit, later, buy, know, customer, providers, bnpl.
• WhatsApp Business launches the new 'Collections' feature to organize your products and make shopping easier. See how it works. - The new 'Collections' feature in WhatsApp Business streamlines the sales process, makes it easier to find products and improves the customer experience. Here we tell you how to implement it.
  Topics: shopping, organize, users, launches, feature, collections, products, businesses, business, works, buy, customers, whatsapp, clothing, easier.
• Why Landing in a 'TikTok Made Me Buy It' Listicle Isn't Something Your Company Should Be Striving For - It's in everyone's best interests to shop more mindfully.
  Topics: customer, shoppers, listicle, tiktok, good, shopping, fact, striving, isnt, thats, mindless, retailers, landing, buy, dont, company, experience.
• Why Purpose-Driven Marketplaces Are the Antidote to Amazon - Values-based marketplaces might just be the antidote to Amazon's war on small businesses.
  Topics: shopping, antidote, local, online, purposedriven, search, amazon, consumers, small, marketplaces, market, businesses, buy.
• Why Should Buying a Sofa Be So Hard? How Burrow Changed The DTC Furniture Landscape - In an increasingly digital world, the customer experience has evolved and become more important to a brand’s success. Consumers are…
  Topics: experience, dtc, buy, landscape, content, sofa, changed, customers, furniture, burrow, going, customer, hard, buying, create, different, product.
• Why You Should Start (or Buy) a Fulfillment by Amazon Business in 2021 - Want to get in on the recent shift toward ecommerce? A Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) business presents a solid pathway.
  Topics: buy, shipping, businesses, fulfillment, retail, start, amazon, service, business, sellers, online, fba, ecommerce.
• Why You Shouldn't Buy Instagram Followers (& What Experts Say to Do Instead) - You might know your Instagram content is good, but imagine how much better it will seem if it looks like 10,000 people agree.
  Topics: followers, real, instagram, content, accounts, instead, users, buying, posts, experts, say, buy, shouldnt, audience, engagement.
• Will Carbon and Shahry usher in a wave of buy now, pay later services in Africa? - Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, Quadpay. These are some of the big global players in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) movement. They allow shoppers to purchase products online and pay in installments with nominal or no fees, and have become more prominent due to how the pandemic accelerated e-commerce market growth around the world. Credit card […]
  Topics: bnpl, market, zero, shahry, pay, africa, products, wave, credit, company, carbon, merchants, services, customers, later, usher, buy, techcrunch.
• Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it? - Most people know Wish as a site that sells throwaway doodads from China, but in anticipation of its impending IPO, the 10-year-old San Francisco-based company has begun portraying itself as a kind of Amazon for the rest of us. Judging by what we’ve read and heard from sources in recent months, Wish wants to paint […]
  Topics: million, wants, buy, items, investors, company, rest, amazon, merchants, wish, techcrunch, customers, china, shopping, retail, market.
• Worldline to buy Ingenico for $8.6B in major payments consolidation play - Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe. Smaller, newer fintech companies are eating into their market dominance by adapting faster to changing spending habits, while also looking to capitalize on economies of scale. Today Worldline, a financial services company that provides everything from in-store point-of-sale terminals through to online payments, data analytics, […]
  Topics: company, worldline, play, consolidation, deal, fintech, scale, major, 86b, payment, techcrunch, companies, payments, billion, buy, ingenico.
• ‘Buy On Google’ Opens to All Merchants - Google Shopping has made its second significant change in the last few months.  The first change was implementing free Google Shopping listings. The second is opening the “Buy on Google” program for all merchants, commission-free.
  Topics: merchants, consumers, opens, shopping, product, purchase, google, buy, payment, support, merchant.