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• 11 Key Metrics to Evaluate Potential Marketplaces - There are dozens of worthwhile marketplaces worldwide. Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Etsy are examples. What follows are tips for using data to identify (and optimize) marketplaces to sell your products.
  Topics: product, marketplace, sell, amazon, conversion, volume, audience, marketplaces, evaluate, key, potential, products, metrics, cost.
• 13 Marketplaces for Handmade Goods - Merchants who sell handmade goods can list their products on specialized marketplaces. There, merchants can find potential customers along with a community of like-minded creators and sellers. Here is a list of marketplaces for handmade goods.
  Topics: items, start, sell, price, goods, handmade, products, marketplace, marketplaces, sales, artists.
• 27% of German ecommerce generated on Amazon - About 27 percent of German ecommerce sales are generated on Amazon Germany. This can be calculated after some marketplace sales data from Amazon sellers leaked. In an email sent to some of its marketplace sellers yesterday, Amazon Germany revealed – probably unintentionally – some previously unknown details about the marketplace… Continue reading
  Topics: german, marketplace, amazoncom, sales, amazon, billion, worth, ecommerce, dollars, generated, sellers.
• 3 Tips for Selling Products Online in India - Ecommerce is developing rapidly in India. The increasing penetration of smartphones and mobile data, along with the rise in digital literacy, has led to an influx of investment in ecommerce startups. For merchants interested in entering the Indian ecommerce market, here are three tips
  Topics: digital, products, account, market, tips, logistics, selling, company, payment, pay, ecommerce, marketplace, india, online.
• 4 Steps to Prepare for Holiday Sales on Amazon - Selling on the Amazon Marketplace is a huge opportunity, especially for brands. The all-important holiday selling season on Amazon begins in early November. Start preparing now with the following four steps.
  Topics: ads, amazon, sales, advertising, holidays, products, deals, holiday, prepare, marketplace, brands, steps.
• 40% of new sellers Amazon Europe are based in China - Amazon Marketplace is growing fast worldwide. In one year’s time, there are one million new sellers on the Amazon marketplaces across the globe. Many new sellers are Chinese. In Europe for example, 40 percent of new sellers are based in China. Within less than a year, one million new sellers Continue reading
  Topics: million, china, amazon, marketplace, europe, european, uk, rest, marketplaces, based, sellers.
• 6 Ways to Use Facebook Marketing to Sell More Products - Use these 6 Facebook marketing methods to drive more visitors to your store or website from one of the top social media platforms in the industry.
  Topics: content, retargeting, tip, ways, sales, products, facebook, customers, product, sell, marketplace, marketing.
• 65% of German retailers don’t sell online - Two out of three retailers in Germany still don’t sell their products online. Mostly, it’s grocers, clothing stores and specialists such as jewelers that don’t sell on the internet. A survey held by Handelsverbandes Deutschland, among 850 retailers in Germany, shows that retail sales in Germany will grow 2 percent… Continue reading
  Topics: sales, online, shows, sell, marketplace, dont, german, ecommerce, retail, germany, retailers.
• AliExpress welcomes sellers from Europe - AliExpress has opened its marketplace to welcome non-Chinese sellers. The Alibaba-owned business-to-consumer marketplace has changed its business model to better compete with Amazon. Online retailers from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Russia now have access to the Chinese platform. AliExpress is busy implementing its ‘local to global’ strategy. Instead of only… Continue reading
  Topics: sell, marketplace, aliexpress, global, europe, russia, turkey, countries, sellers, italy, welcomes, spain.
• Amazon Ads Boost Marketplace Search Rankings - Amazon Ads will not only help spur marketplace sales but could start a virtuous cycle of revenue growth. Amazon favors high-converting products on its search result pages. One of the ways to improve a product's conversions and sales is to advertise it on the platform.
  Topics: products, amazon, advertising, organic, search, marketplace, results, product, sales, ads, rankings, facinger, boost.
• Amazon Alters Small-business Strategy; Competitors Take Advantage - Amazon has told many small merchants that it would no longer accept bulk wholesale orders from them for its Vendor Central program. Several companies have seized on this change and are trying to attract smaller merchants who may be looking for alternatives.
  Topics: small, smallbusiness, amazon, advantage, alters, company, million, competitors, flexe, strategy, merchants, warehouses, fulfillment, marketplace, warehouse.
• Amazon China to close local marketplace and place more focus on cross-border - Amazon has finally given up the fight with Chinese online shopping giants to capture the domestic market. On Thursday, the Seattle-based e-commerce company announced it will shut down its marketplace on Amazon.cn, which connects mainland Chinese buyers and sellers, while other units of its local venture will stay intact. “We are working closely with our […]
  Topics: amazon, sellers, global, marketplace, crossborder, china, market, focus, close, goods, ecommerce, business, place, local, chinese.
• Amazon Sales Channel in Magento Is Now Available in the U.K. - There was a lot of excitement amongst Magento brands and merchants when we recently announced Amazon Sales Channel extension for Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source at Imagine.  Now Amazon Sales Channel is coming to the UK!  Read more about this eCommerce extension. 
  Topics: marketplace, sales, month, brands, amazon, merchants, channel, products, available, extension, uk, magento.
• Amazon has 1.1 million active sellers in Europe - There are over 1.1 million active sellers on Amazon marketplaces located in Europe. That’s an increase of 25 percent, compared to the situation last year. The most percentage growth can be found on Amazon Turkey and Amazon Italy. Someone can be defined as an active Amazon seller, when he or… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, uk, active, marketplaces, growth, million, germany, italy, amazon, sellers, marketplace.
• As stock rises on a slim earnings beat, eBay tells analysts to focus on payments and ads - Despite increasing competition from traditional retailers like Walmart and Target, which have invested heavily in e-commerce, and the whupping it’s routinely taking from Amazon among pure e-commerce companies, eBay, the 20-year-old lumbering Pez dispenser of an e-tailer, keeps plugging along. Now, as it manages to eke out another earnings win by matching analysts’ expectations, the […]
  Topics: billion, earnings, yearago, stock, rises, focus, million, advertising, payments, analysts, tells, beat, company, buyers, marketplace, ebay, slim.
• Australia’s Chemist Warehouse to open brick-and-mortar store in China - Australia's Chemist Warehouse is opening its first brick-and-mortar store and launching on a new online marketplace in China.
  Topics: open, chemist, retail, marketplace, alibabas, zhou, brickandmortar, australias, warehouse, tmall, china, crossborder, jian, australia, store.
• B2B marketplace Ankorstore launches in Germany - Ankorstore, a B2B marketplace from France, has opened its doors in Germany. With a look that is reminiscent of a business-to-consumer website, the platform wants to adapt the distribution between brands and retailers to today’s needs. Ankorstore just announced its official launch in Germany, making this the fourth market in… Continue reading
  Topics: marketplace, experience, accessible, ankorstore, retailers, brands, germany, b2b, webinar, founders, b2c, launches.
• Bundeskartellamt investigates abuse of dominance by Amazon - The Bundeskartellamt, whose task it is to protect competition in Germany, will examine how Amazon operates in Germany. The main concern is that Amazon is an online retailer itself, but it also has opened its German marketplace for external vendors. Is Amazon abusing its market position? Amazon is, by far,… Continue reading
  Topics: amazon, germany, retailer, abuse, dominance, bundeskartellamt, competition, examine, marketplace, investigates, largest, sellers, online.
• CS-Cart releases renewed marketplace software - Ecommerce software provider CS-Cart has released a new edition of its marketplace software, called Multi-Vendor Plus. The solution, aimed at lager marketplace businesses, has several new features for both online marketplace owners and vendors. CS-Cart develops software for creating online multi-seller marketplaces and the more traditional single-seller online shops. Since Continue reading
  Topics: online, releases, marketplaces, cscart, owners, vendor, vendors, marketplace, software, renewed, multivendor, products, solution.
• Cdiscount Marketplace delivers to four new countries - Cdiscount Marketplace is busy expanding outside of France. The online marketplace now also delivers some items to Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain. This means, the 10,000 connected sellers suddenly get access to a new 200 million customer base. Cdiscount shared this news in its financial report [pdf] about the first Continue reading
  Topics: products, delivery, cdiscount, million, delivers, delivered, germany, belgium, marketplace, countries, italy, spain.
• Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding The Types of Online Business Models - We’re breaking down all the different aspects of online business models to show you the various ways you can earn revenue online.
  Topics: understanding, choose, revenue, online, business, store, products, sell, model, models, adventure, youre, types, product, marketplace.
• Developer Diaries: MexBS - Interview with Sveta Oksen, CEO at MexBS, about the company’s wide range of Magento extensions.
  Topics: promotions, extension, customers, diaries, marketplace, create, magento, developer, merchants, coupons, extensions, mexbs, market.
• EBay announces plans for new strategic initiatives under pressure from investors - In January, eBay received a strongly worded letter from activist investors Elliott Management, outlining a way forward for the company that Elliott saw as floundering. Two weeks ago, the company announced it was restructuring operations and laying off some of its workers. Today, the company announced further steps toward reorganizing, much of which sounds straight […]
  Topics: plans, management, company, stubhub, value, today, elliott, investors, pressure, marketplace, announces, ebay, announced, review, initiatives, strategic.
• EU antitrust regulator eyeing Amazon’s use of merchant data - The European Union’s competition commission is looking into how Amazon uses data from retailers selling via its ecommerce marketplace, Reuters reports. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager revealed the action today during a press conference. “We are gathering information on the issue and we have sent quite a number of questionnaires to market participants in order to […]
  Topics: products, marketplace, eu, merchants, google, antitrust, merchant, regulator, amazons, eyeing, smaller, amazon, data, vestager, fine.
• Ebay and Amazon: 90% of UK online marketplace spend - The total spend via UK online marketplaces is forecast to reach over 30.4 billion euros in 2019. It’s also expected to rise 15.2 billion euros over the next five years. This corresponds to an increase of 50.1 percent. And it’s mostly Amazon and eBay who dominate the online marketplaces market.… Continue reading
  Topics: retail, amazon, second, online, marketplace, marketplaces, items, uk, ebay, spend, hand.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: September 2, 2018 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-August from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on peer-to-peer payments, luxury shopping, social commerce, fulfillment ...
  Topics: merchants, releases, ebay, online, customers, box, amazon, services, product, marketplace, app, platform, ecommerce.
• Emerge raises $20M to take its digital freight marketplace for truckers up a gear - Trucking is currently the most popular mode of transporting freight in the U.S., accounting for around $12.5 billion of the $17 billion freight market, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. But with thousands of small and single-vehicle operators and legacy (often paper-based) systems underpinning communications, it’s also one of the most inefficient. Now there […]
  Topics: 20m, trucks, truckers, marketplace, million, raises, freight, market, gear, truck, shippers, platform, leto, techcrunch, emerge, digital.
• Etsy acquires music gear marketplace Reverb - Etsy, the global marketplace for handmade and vintage items, has acquired Reverb. This is a six-year old company that enables people to buy and sell new, used, and vintage music gear. The deal is for about 246 million euros in cash. According to the official press release, Reverb will continue… Continue reading
  Topics: vintage, music, musical, instrumentsetsy, global, marketplace, deal, acquires, etsy, reverb, gear.
• Europe is now formally investigating Amazon’s use of merchant data - European regulators have announced a formal antitrust investigation of Amazon’s use of data from third parties selling on its ecommerce platform. Commenting in a statement, competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager said: “European consumers are increasingly shopping online. Ecommerce has boosted retail competition and brought more choice and better prices. We need to ensure that large online […]
  Topics: amazons, amazon, investigating, commission, sellers, online, competition, merchant, europe, tech, box, techcrunch, data, formally, marketplace.
• Ever Loved’s funeral marketplace undercuts undertakers - Fifty percent of families are scared they can’t cover the cost of a funeral. They end up overpaying because no one wants to comparison shop amidst a tragedy. That’s why ex-Googler Alison Johnston’s startup Ever Loved built a free funeral crowdfunding tool. Now it’s addressing one of the most expensive parts of saying goodbye: burial. […]
  Topics: online, loveds, funeral, dont, undercuts, prices, loved, customers, marketplace, costs, undertakers, memorial, techcrunch, families, johnston.
• Exchange Marketplace: How to Buy and Sell Shopify Stores - Honestly, starting an online business can be tough.There’s a lot that you need to figure out – you need to come up with a business name, think about designs for your store, find products to sell, create marketing campaigns… the list goes on. Daunting, huh? Especially so if you’re a […]
  Topics: stores, shopify, youre, looking, sell, marketplace, youll, buy, store, need, exchange, business, listing.
• Facebook Shops to let retailers sell directly to consumers - New platform to allow businesses to sell across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
  Topics: zealand, let, consumers, able, sell, online, retailers, marketplace, shops, products, businesses, business, social, facebook, directly.
• Facebook adds A.I. to Marketplace for categorization, price suggestions and soon, visual search - Facebook is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Craigslist competitor, Facebook Marketplace, with the launch of new features powered by A.I. Specifically, the social network says it’s adding price range suggestions and auto-categorization features to make selling easier, and it says it’s testing camera features that would use A.I. to make product recommendations. Automating price […]
  Topics: soon, categorization, search, marketplace, sellers, facebook, suggestions, visual, features, price, adds, using, listings, ai, company.
• Farfetch files for IPO to trade on NYSE as FTCH; has nearly 1M active users of its luxury goods marketplace - Farfetch, the UK-based marketplace for high-end fashion and other luxury goods, has confirmed its plans to go public. According to an F-1 form filed with the SEC, the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FTCH. An IPO for the company has been in the works for some time, and […]
  Topics: farfetch, technology, goods, users, files, marketplace, billion, ipo, million, plans, ftch, fashion, luxury, trade, nearly, company, nyse.
• Fitness marketplace ClassPass acquires competitor GuavaPass - ClassPass, the five-year-old fitness marketplace startup with $239 million in financing, is acquiring competitor GuavaPass, which was founded by Rob Pachter and Jeffrey Liu in 2015. ClassPass is in the midst of an expansion sprint, both domestically and internationally. The company is hyper-focused on Asian markets, where GuavaPass had carved out its own place with […]
  Topics: classpass, fitness, markets, marketplace, working, competitor, acquires, lanman, cities, guavapass, acquisition, expansion.
• Fiverr.de launched in Germany - Fiverr now offers a German online marketplace. For the platform, which connects businesses with freelancers offering digital services, Germany is the first market outside of the United States. The localized website Fiverr.de wants to give German SMEs, startups and solo entrepreneurs better access to experts from all over the world.… Continue reading
  Topics: launched, marketplace, germany, steadily, german, fiverrde, demand, platform, fiverr, services, market, users.
• Getting Started Selling on Walmart in 2019: An Insider’s Guide To Success - Walmart describes itself as the largest multi-channel retailer and provides sellers with an opportunity to get their products in front…
  Topics: cons, marketplace, successfully, item, shipping, pros, product, walmart, products, seller, account, sellers, information, selling.
• Greenstorm opens online marketplace for used e-bikes - Greenstorm, which launched an online shop this morning, is one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. The German company that provides e-bikes to hoteliers in six European countries, now has an online marketplace which offers private traders the opportunity to sell their used e-bikes. With the new online shop, Greenstorm… Continue reading
  Topics: used, conversions, christmas, opens, state, online, ebikes, marketplace, greenstorm, sell, shop.
• How PopSockets Prospered after Leaving Amazon - PopSockets opted not to be a direct vendor to Amazon. Instead, it chose one major reseller to represent it on the marketplace. But, Amazon would not allow it. So, PopSockets walked away.
  Topics: product, prospered, popsockets, marketplace, consumers, site, amazon, amazons, leaving, customers, brand, sellers.
• How even the best marketplace startups get paralyzed - Over the past 15 years, I’ve seen a pernicious disease infect a number of marketplace startups. I call it Marketplace Paralysis. The root cause of the disease is quite innocent and seemingly harmless.
  Topics: techcrunch, startups, users, standard, paralysis, good, marketplace, paralyzed, best, pay, data, job, platform.
• How to Draw Attention to Your Online Store in a Crowded Marketplace - 7 Ways to Rise Above the Ocean of Competing Products Online sales in the age of Amazon can be tough for sellers of common products like candles, chocolates, and coffee. By devoting some extensive and uninterrupted planning time to your marketing, audience, and product line, you can learn how to make your online store stand […]
  Topics: service, store, special, draw, products, marketplace, sugar, product, attention, crowded, sell, cubes, online, ecommerce, create.
• How to Sell Groceries on Amazon - Amazon, Target, and Walmart are competing for a dominant U.S. online grocery presence. Amazon sells grocery items via three channels: Prime Pantry, AmazonFresh, and its third-party marketplace. I'll address each channel in this post.
  Topics: products, groceries, items, pantry, grocery, marketplace, brands, sell, amazonfresh, perishable, amazon, prime, sellers.
• How to Start an Online Marketplace - Start an online marketplace just like Amazon, Etsy or Airbnb! Learn all about online marketplaces, how to start one & how to successfully run one.
  Topics: start, resources, youre, services, marketplace, customers, tips, sell, marketplaces, model, merchants, business, success, online.
• India’s Quikr buys Zefo marketplace - Indian online classifieds site Quikr has bought refurbished goods marketplace Zefo, headquartered in Bangalore.
  Topics: zefo, zefos, products, transaction, buys, indias, including, strong, quikr, ceo, marketplace, strategy, strengthen.
• Informa Markets and Saladplate launch Food & Hotel Digital Week - B2B events organiser Informa Markets and online marketplace Saladplate are to launch a series of bi-monthly online events to help food and hospitality businesses connect and fast-track recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
  Topics: informa, hotel, food, markets, digital, launch, saladplate, marketplace, online, week.
• International Marketplace Network opens for all retailers - The International Marketplace Network (IMN), an alliance of major European ecommerce platforms, is now open for all traders. After a one-year test phases, European online marketplaces Real.de, Cdiscount, eMAG and ePrice are launching the International Marketplace Network. The International Marketplace Network is an initiative from four major ecommerce platforms in… Continue reading
  Topics: marketplace, retail, opens, retailers, marketplaces, realde, ecommerce, online, imn, network, international, technical.
• Italic launches its marketplace for affordable luxury goods from top manufacturers - A new startup called Italic says it’s already received more than 100,000 signups for a marketplace where you can buy handbags, eyewear and other luxury products directly from the manufacturers who work with the world’s best-known brands. The marketplace is officially launching today. Italic is also announcing that it’s raised $13 million in funding from […]
  Topics: ventures, products, product, model, launches, manufacturers, italic, affordable, goods, cai, luxury, cost, brand, marketplace.
• Jiji raises $21M for its Africa online classifieds business - Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 financing from six investors, led by Knuru Capital. The Nigeria-based venture, co-founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Vladimir Mnogoletniy, has an East to West presence that includes Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Buyers and sellers in those markets use Jiji to transact purchases […]
  Topics: online, million, business, company, 21m, listings, mnogoletniy, techcrunch, site, raises, marketplace, jiji, africa, classifieds.
• Kabbage founders raise $11M for Drum, an SMB marketplace for sourcing salespeople, goods and services - It’s often said that smaller businesses get the short end of the stick when it comes to technology solutions: they are more high-maintenance than consumers, but not as lucrative as larger enterprises, leaving them caught somewhere in an unsatisfying middle. But today, two serial entrepreneurs who have already built one big startup catering to SMBs […]
  Topics: salespeople, kabbage, founders, drum, raise, services, frohwein, techcrunch, work, marketplace, goods, smb, ventures, businesses, platform, sourcing, sales.
• Lifestyle goods resale marketplace StockX raises $110M, pushing valuation past $1B - Detroit-based StockX, which provides a way for people to resell luxury and lifestyle goods including streetwear, bags, watches and shoes, is now valued at over $1 billion based on its most recent raise of $110 million, just revealed by the New York Times. Alongside the raise, StockX is bringing on a new CEO – ecommerce […]
  Topics: shoes, startup, techcrunch, pushing, goods, releases, watches, marketplace, business, resale, past, lifestyle, unique, stockx, company, value, valuation, streetwear, raises.
• Luxiee secures six-figure funding from Singapore investor - Singapore-headquartered online diamond marketplace, Luxiee, has raised a six-figure investment in a private seed-funding round.
  Topics: kho, business, funding, luxiee, team, raised, diamond, marketing, investor, marketplace, online, singapore, value, secures, sixfigure, model.
• Luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch closes at $28.45, up 42% on its first day of trading on NYSE - It’s been a strong year for tech IPOs so far, and it looks like today’s debut of Farfetch — a UK-based shopping site for luxury fashion — is on trend, so to speak. The company opened trading today — on NYSE under the ticker FTCH — at $27, making for a decent pop of 35 […]
  Topics: luxury, billion, nyse, million, trading, company, farfetch, online, marketplace, goods, closes, fashion, market, end, day.
• Luxury handbag marketplace Rebag raises $25M to expand to 30 more stores - Rebag, an online resale marketplace for luxury handbags, is getting another infusion of capital as it prepares to expand its offline retail operations. The company this week announced $25 million in Series C funding, in a round led by private equity firm Novator, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and FJ Labs. The round brings […]
  Topics: shoppers, rebag, offline, luxury, expand, marketplace, company, rent, 25m, runway, handbag, retail, raises, stores, rebags, resale.
• Magento Marketplace Security Update - At Magento, we believe transparency with our global community of merchants, partners, and developers is important. Accordingly, we want to share a security update.
  Topics: marketplace, update, security, help, updateon, types, ensure, vulnerability, community, issue, magento.
• MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlaceAfrica.com, a global e-commerce site - MallforAfrica and DHL are giving African merchants a global stage. This week the online retailer and delivery giant launch MarketPlaceAfrica.com.
  Topics: global, site, marketplaceafricacom, ecommerce, africa, dhls, marketplace, dhl, mallforafrica, launch, online, african.
• Micolet expands to Poland and the Netherlands - Micolet, an online marketplace that sells second-hand clothing for women, will expand to two new markets in Europe. The startup will set foot in both Poland and the Netherlands later this year. With this expansion, Micolet will be active in eight countries across Europe. The online marketplace is currently active… Continue reading
  Topics: expands, rate, growth, netherlands, company, items, germany, poland, users, guide, micolet, marketplace, france.
• Micolet lets Germans sell second-hand fashion - Micolet, the second-hand fashion marketplace from Spain, is expanding in Europe again. The company is busy making the sales process available to customers in Germany. Right now, only customers in Spain can sell their fashion items through Micolet. Micolet is an online marketplace that sells second-hand fashion across Europe. In… Continue reading
  Topics: secondhand, spain, lets, fashion, marketplace, service, micolet, customers, germany, wants, sell, germans.
• Mirakl Connect lets sellers list products on multiple e-commerce marketplaces - Mirakl is launching a new product called Mirakl Connect. As the name suggests, this central dashboard lets you control which marketplace you’re working with, and which seller you want to list on your marketplace. Mirakl is a French startup that recently raised a $70 million funding round. The company works with e-commerce platforms so that […]
  Topics: lets, list, ecommerce, connect, company, products, techcrunch, marketplaces, multiple, thirdparty, marketplace, sellers, mirakl.
• Mirakl raises $70 million to manage the marketplace of your e-commerce website - French startup Mirakl raised a $70 million funding round. Bain Capital is leading the round, with existing investors 83North, Felix Capital and Elaia Partners also participating. If you’ve bought a few products from a third-party seller on an e-commerce website that isn’t Amazon or Alibaba, chances are you’ve used Mirakl in the past. The company […]
  Topics: website, marketplaces, million, manage, raises, round, marketplace, sellers, ecommerce, thirdparty, startup, company, mirakl, product.
• Moda Operandi, an online marketplace for high-end fashion, raises $100M led by NEA and Apax - Moda Operandi, an online marketplace that specialises in right-off-the-runway luxury fashion, accessories and home decor, is today announcing a high-priced event of its own: it’s raised $100 million, a mix of equity and debt that it will use to invest in its platform and technology as well as to continue growing business overall. Founded in […]
  Topics: statement, nea, luxury, business, marketplace, led, highend, runway, model, today, technology, operandi, techcrunch, online, fashion, moda, raises.
• OLX Group invests up to $400M in used car marketplace Frontier Car Group at $700M valuation - Frontier Car Group, the Berlin-based startup building used car marketplaces targeting high-growth, emerging markets, has picked up another significant round of funding from a strategic backer also focusing on the same geographical opportunity. Today, OLX, the online classifieds division Prosus (the digital division of Naspers that listed earlier this year in Europe) announced that it […]
  Topics: techcrunch, invests, services, marketplace, frontier, group, valuation, million, business, 700m, shares, markets, olx, used, car.
• Opendoor raises $300M on a $3.8B valuation for its home marketplace - Last month, we reported that Opendoor — the startup that is taking on the real estate industry with its own platform for buying up homes and selling them on to interested buyers — filed to raise $200 million on a $3.7 billion valuation. Now, we can confirm that the round has closed, and it has […]
  Topics: 300m, selling, buying, techcrunch, company, marketplace, round, pricing, 38b, opendoor, ventures, markets, raises, work, valuation.
• Opening Up Influencer Marketing with Blockchain - Influencer marketing has become a meaningful customer acquisition channel for many brands. The channel is not foolproof, however. It has challenges for both advertisers and influencers. Fortunately, blockchain can help overcome these obstacles.
  Topics: influencers, marketing, marketplace, advertisers, parties, opening, reputation, brands, blockchain, influencer, need.
• Origin launches protocol for building cheaper decentralized Ubers & Airbnbs - The sharing economy ends up sharing a ton of labor’s earnings with middlemen like Uber and Airbnb, and $38 million-funded Origin wants the next great two-sided marketplace to be decentralized on the blockchain so drivers and riders or hosts and guests can connect directly and avoid paying steep fees that can range up to 20 percent […]
  Topics: blockchain, build, marketplaces, cheaper, origin, launches, ubers, decentralized, building, airbnbs, marketplace, users, smart, protocol, system.
• PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its $500M investment in Uber - Uber’s announcement of its IPO pricing earlier today came with a $500 million belated Easter egg. The payments giant PayPal is making a half-billion-dollar investment in the company, paying $47 per share, which gives the company a valuation of $78.8 billion (in the middle of the range of Uber’s IPO pricing of $44-$50 per share). […]
  Topics: payments, big, network, services, marketplace, investment, uber, paypal, makes, companies, 500m, company, ubers, techcrunch, play.
• Peer-to-peer rental marketplace MyRent launches - Singapore’s first peer-to-peer, on-demand rental marketplace MyRent has launched.
  Topics: winwin, rent, peertopeer, rental, platforms, singapores, billion, myrent, partnerships, ownership, users, launches, equipment, marketplace.
• Printify raises $3M to expand its marketplace for custom printing - Bling Capital, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin and several others have participated in the round.
  Topics: cofounder, sell, techcrunch, marketplace, merchants, printing, custom, raises, 3m, printify, expand, berdigans, business, end, small, startup.
• Regional marketplace Lozuka is booming - Online marketplaces are becoming more popular. This is also the case for regional platforms that bring local retailers and specialty stores together. One such example is Lozuka, which started in the German city Siegen, but is now, as a reaction to Covid-19, available to more regions. Over 25 local retailers… Continue reading
  Topics: webinar, sales, retailers, regional, shopping, platform, siegen, marketplace, lozuka, booming, local, covid19, customers.
• Retailers Bonn want to continue with AllyouneedCity - Retailers in the German city of Bonn want to continue with the online platform AllyouneedCity, which started last year but is set to quit. The local subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL’s online marketplace Allyouneed was a success among Bonn retailers and they are now looking for a partner that wants Continue reading
  Topics: continue, platform, marketplace, bonn, dhl, retailers, local, online, allyouneedcity, operator.
• Russian marketplace Joom recruits French brands - Russian online marketplace Joom, which features low-priced products from China, is increasingly betting on French brands. After helping French merchants to sell their products in Europe, Joom wants to take things further and target merchants in other European countries as well. Joom is a Russia-based marketplace, which can easily be… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, russian, products, guide, recruits, brands, marketplace, france, market, merchants, joom, french, successful.
• Searching for the Right Extensions to Grow Your Store? Our Marketplace Suggestions are Here to Help - With the release of WooCommerce 3.6—along with eight new WooCommerce product blocks and a ton of performance upgrades—we’re launching a new feature that will make it easier for you to find extensions to help grow your store. Introducing: Marketplace Suggestions Talking to our customers, we know there are a lot of you that set up […]
  Topics: extensions, suggestions, need, users, helpful, stores, searching, store, grow, try, woocommerce, extension, woocommercecom, right, marketplace.
• Secondhand fashion marketplace Vinted raises €128 million - Vinted, a marketplace from Lithuania, has raised 128 million euros in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. With the money, the site where consumers can sell and buy second-hand fashion wants to accelerate its rapid growth across Europe. With the new funding round, Vinted is now valued at more… Continue reading
  Topics: vinted, million, euros, tech, fashion, data, platform, money, raises, turning, marketplace, secondhand.
• Sendo wins funding, overtakes Tiki in Vietnam - Vietnamese e-commerce marketplace Sendo has secured a US$61 million Series C funding, just as its overtakes local archrival Tiki into second place in the market.
  Topics: vietnam, tiki, wins, marketplace, softbank, vietnamese, funding, ecommerce, million, ventures, overtakes, sendo, sellers.
• Shop Apotheke will launch online marketplace - Shop Apotheke is aiming to grow from 540 million euros to over 700 million euros this year. The online pharmacy wants to achieve this without any major acquisitions, but it does want to launch an online marketplace. Shop Apotheke has become the umpteenth ecommerce company that has decided to launch… Continue reading
  Topics: writes, launch, marketplace, apotheke, company, shop, million, omnichannel, online, euros, wants.
• Shopify acquires Tictail - Ecommerce software provider Shopify has acquired the Swedish startup Tictail. The news was confirmed when merchants using Tictail tried to log in and got a message about the ecommerce platform joining Shopify. According to Breakit, online retailers using Tictail can move their store to Shopify until the first of April… Continue reading
  Topics: shopify, startup, online, sale, platform, store, software, tictail, acquires, using, marketplace.
• Shöpping.at is still in the red - Shöpping.at, the online shopping platform launched by Austrian Post, receives a few hundred orders on a daily basis. The ecommerce platform was launched two years ago, but still hasn’t come out of the red numbers. In April 2017, Austrian Post started with its own online marketplace, called Shöpping.at. The idea… Continue reading
  Topics: platform, post, online, retail, pölzl, austrian, shöppingat, marketplace, red, omnichannel, profit.
• Singapore’s Qoo10 acquires Indian online marketplace ShopClues - Qoo10, a Singapore-based e-commerce firm, has acquired India’s online marketplace ShopClues in an all-stock deal, the two companies said Thursday. The deal, which per two people familiar with the matter valued ShopClues between $50 million and $80 million, ends years-long struggle at the Indian firm, which was valued at $1.1 billion in 2016, to find […]
  Topics: raised, global, deal, venture, online, singapores, qoo10, indian, acquires, company, companies, shopclues, valued, techcrunch, million, marketplace.
• Sneaker marketplace GOAT announces an AR-centric Black Friday giveaway - Black Friday giveaways have become a tradition for online sneaker marketplace GOAT. Today it’s announcing the details of this year’s campaign, which will be its first to incorporate augmented reality. Director of Communications Liz Goodno described this as “the largest digital sneaker event of the year.” The company says it will be offering more than […]
  Topics: giveaway, goat, event, locations, black, tickets, club, marketplace, technology, sneaker, announces, flight, ar, arcentric.
• Spanish ecommerce growth fueled by AliExpress - Ecommerce in Spain is ready to grow. And for the next three years, it’s predicted to grow faster than other countries in Western Europe. One of the factors responsible for this development is AliExpress. For the Alibaba Group, Spain is the starting point of its growth in Western Europe. Ecommerce… Continue reading
  Topics: spain, spanish, online, aliexpress, sellers, inglés, ecommerce, growth, fueled, western, marketplace, store.
• Spocket Review: Sell High-Quality Dropshipping Products from the US & EU - Interested in trying out Spocket to source high-quality dropshipping products from the USA & EU? Check out this Spocket Review first.
  Topics: spocket, store, sell, shipping, eu, highquality, products, suppliers, usa, product, marketplace, shopify, dropshipping, review, merchants.
• Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase - Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Josh Constine and Frederic Lardinois discuss major announcements that came out of Facebook’s F8 conference and dig into how Facebook is trying to redefine itself for the future. Though touted […]
  Topics: facebook, series, frederic, phase, thats, opportunity, techcrunch, marketplace, facebooks, conference, takeaways, josh, f8.
• Target announces launch of its curated, third-party marketplace, Target+ - Target this morning announced Target+, a new initiative designed to expand the assortment on Target.com with merchandise from third-party sellers. But unlike with Walmart and Amazon’s marketplaces, Target is taking a more curated approach as to how sellers will be added to its program. The retailer says it’s starting with “thoughtfully selected” additions in areas […]
  Topics: stores, products, target, items, announces, marketplace, marketplaces, merchandise, launch, amazon, curated, walmart, thirdparty, sellers.
• The eBay Marketplace: Opportunities for Ecommerce Shops + eBay Statistics in 2020 - Online marketplaces keep growing in popularity as an ecommerce strategy. From a seller’s perspective, they are capitalizing on an existing flow…
  Topics: ebay, marketplace, listing, business, selling, fascinating, ecommerce, youre, sales, site, statistics, products.
• The most visited online marketplaces by country - Amazon is a major online marketplace that’s also very dominant in Europe. But do you know the most visited online marketplaces by country? Do you know which eBay-owned marketplace is the leader in the Netherlands? And do you know Schibsted? Website Builder Expert has revealed the top ecommerce marketplaces in Continue reading
  Topics: marketplaces, marketplace, ecommerce, naspers, country, amazon, visited, ebay, olx, schibsted, online.
• The next service marketplace wave: Vertical market-networks - Ivan Smolnikov Contributor Ivan Smolnikov is the CEO and founder of Smartcat, the market network platform for the translation industry. The last few decades have produced many successful marketplaces. We went from goods marketplace pioneers such as eBay and Amazon to simple service marketplaces such as Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Upwork, Thumbtack, TaskRabbit, and Fiverr. But […]
  Topics: translation, workflow, network, wave, marketplace, marketnetworks, service, successful, marketplaces, services, provide, suppliers, vertical, techcrunch.
• 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.
• Trouva, marketplace for boutiques, raises €20 million - Trouva, an online marketplace for bricks-and-mortar boutiques, has raised 17 million pounds (20 million euros). The UK company wants to use the money to accelerate its expansion across Europe and beyond. Currently, Trouva is active in the United Kingdom and several big cities across Europe. In June last year, it… Continue reading
  Topics: trouva, online, products, wants, data, million, ventures, raises, marketplace, shops, boutiques.
• Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million - Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint’s Annie Kadavy, with participation from investors such as Initialized Capital, Peterson Ventures, FJ Labs, Switch Ventures and Background Capital. Tundra was founded by married couple Arnold and Katie Engel who previously […]
  Topics: market, marketplace, wholesale, platform, zerofee, million, phone, kadavy, platforms, suppliers, products, opportunity, techcrunch, picks, tundra.
• UK design marketplace Opumo raises €1.33 million - Opumo, a British online department store with design-led products from around the world, has raised 1.2 million pounds (1.33 million euros). The successful round of investment happened thanks to Danish fund North-East Venture and a crowd raise from over 400 customers. Opumo is an online marketplace from the United Kingdom… Continue reading
  Topics: marketplace, design, loyalty, million, tells, customers, opumo, raises, uk, company, northeast, club, venture, united, brands.
• Vinted, the second-hand clothes marketplace, raises $141M at a $1B+ valuation - The market for second-hand clothes — the “circular economy” as it’s sometimes called — has been on the rise in the last several years, fuelled by economic crunches, a desire to make more responsible and less wasteful fashion choices, and a wave of digital platforms that are bringing the selling and buying of used clothes […]
  Topics: vinted, techcrunch, 1b, 141m, million, users, europe, valuation, fashion, platform, company, raises, clothes, market, marketplace, secondhand.
• Wardrobe picks up $1.5 million for a new fashion rental marketplace - Wardrobe, a new peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace, has today announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round and its public launch out of beta. The funding was led by angel investor Cyan Banister and Ludlow Ventures, with participation from GroundUp Ventures, Shrug Capital, Airbnb cofounder Nate Blecharczyk and HQ Trivia founder Rus Yusupov, among […]
  Topics: marketplace, alphons, wear, wardrobe, users, rental, shipping, techcrunch, picks, ventures, dry, million, clothes, items, fashion.
• WeFarm rakes in $13M to grow its marketplace and network for independent farmers - Huge networks like Facebook and LinkedIn have a huge gravitational force in the world of social media — the size of their audiences make them important platforms for advertising and those who want information (for better or worse) to reach as many people as possible. But alongside their growth, we’re seeing a lasting role for […]
  Topics: wefarm, growth, users, marketplace, grow, working, million, goods, independent, rakes, true, network, 13m, techcrunch, ewan, farmers.
• Why Ikea and Nike have walked away from Amazon - When major global brands like Ikea and Nike announce they are exiting a major global platform like Amazon, it is clear that a strategic shift is in the making
  Topics: amazon, ikea, marketplace, brands, away, brand, walked, market, amazons, nike, looking, direct.
• Will Amazon’s Appstore Attract Indian Sellers? - Amazon announced in August that its Marketplace Appstore has expanded to India, Europe, Japan, and Australia. The aim, Amazon stated, is to help sellers “identify trusted third-party applications that complement ...
  Topics: amazon, thirdparty, marketplace, seller, amazons, india, apps, developers, help, sellers, attract, indian, appstore.
• Wish locks out accounts for excessive refunds - Online marketplace Wish appears to increasingly lock out user accounts in Germany after users returned items too many times. This also means customers lose access to the customer service and can no longer exercise their buyer rights. Wish is a popular shopping app that sells low-priced products from hundreds of… Continue reading
  Topics: consumer, refunds, marketplace, online, wish, locks, service, shopping, customers, excessive, conversions, accounts, customer, users.
• With $8 million to consolidate Amazon’s top marketplace sellers, Perch makes its first deals - After raising $8 million in November to roll up top Amazon marketplace companies, the new Boston-based startup Perch has begun putting that money to work in its first few deals. The brainchild of Chris Bell, formerly Wayfair’s head of logistics and a Bain & Co. principal, Perch is well-positioned to serve as unifier of a […]
  Topics: product, bell, million, consolidate, finkelstein, amazon, amazons, niche, techcrunch, perch, makes, marketplace, deals, products, sellers, going.
• Worten launches its marketplace in Spain - Worten, a popular electronics retailer from Portugal, has completely renewed its ecommerce website in Spain. Worten.es now includes an online marketplace which allows customers to access over 700,000 new products in over 30 categories. The launch of the online marketplace in Spains follows after the same was done in Portugal.… Continue reading
  Topics: launches, ecommerce, online, marketplace, portugal, products, website, worten, sales, spain.
• Yandex launches ecommerce services Beru and Bringly - Russian tech platform Yandex has launched two new services aimed at ecommerce. It now provides an online marketplace, called Beru, and offers Bringly: an ecommerce platform that is dedicated to enhancing cross-border shopping for consumers in Russia. Yandex, just like Google, once started as a search engine, but soon started… Continue reading
  Topics: marketplace, russian, shopping, beru, launched, services, ecommerce, platform, online, launches, bringly, yandex.
• Zalora launches partnership with StyleTribute - Asian online fashion platform Zalora has entered into a partnership with luxury marketplace reseller StyleTribute.
  Topics: step, shoppers, fashion, launches, luxury, preloved, marketplace, styletribute, partnership, sustainable, zalora.
• Zetwerk, an 18-month-old Indian B2B marketplace for manufacturing items, raises $32M - Zetwerk, an Indian business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items, has closed a significantly large financing round as it scales its operations in the nation and also helps local businesses find customers overseas. The 18-month-old startup said on Wednesday it has raised $32 million in a Series B financing round led by Lightspeed and Greenoaks Capital. Zetwerk […]
  Topics: items, capital, 32m, manufacturing, 18monthold, clients, techcrunch, b2b, acharya, raises, manufacturers, marketplace, startup, workshops, customers, zetwerk, india, indian.