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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.
11 Online Tools for Video Meetings - The usage of video conferencing tools is exploding due to the surge in remote workers from Covid-19. Video conferencing can facilitate meetings, particularly when many platforms offer extensive features for free or very little cost. Here is a list of video conferencing tools to run meetings.
Topics: video, tools, price, start, meeting, plans, screen, meetings, participants, sharing, online, free.
11 Photoshop Alternatives for Image Editing - Impactful photos are an essential aspect of any merchant’s online store. While Adobe Photoshop has long been the industry standard for editing images, there are a variety of free or inexpensive applications with comparable tools. Here is a list of alternatives to Photoshop.
Topics: create, photoshop, tool, editing, available, price, images, ios, image, tools, alternatives, including.
12 Mobile Apps to Manage a Team - Business teams need to communicate and collaborate on projects and daily tasks, especially when working remotely. Here is a list of mobile apps to manage a team.
Topics: plans, project, teams, price, mobile, apps, manage, team, projects, tasks, user, start.
12 Tools for YouTube Search Optimization - YouTube is the second most visited website, after Google. Success on YouTube requires compelling videos, but it’s equally important to optimize them. Fortunately, there are tools to help. Here is a list of tools to optimize your video content on YouTube.
Topics: keywords, youtube, content, video, tools, search, videos, price, optimization, plans, start, tool.
12 WordPress Plugins to Sell Digital Downloads - WordPress is a versatile content management system with nearly 60,000 available plugins. If you are interested in selling videos, PDFs, photos, software, or other digital products, there are plenty of plugin tools to help. Here is a list of WordPress plugins to sell digital downloads.
Topics: plugins, checkout, start, downloads, sell, price, content, products, download, wordpress, digital.
13 Apps to Run Social Media Contests - Running a contest on social media can be a good way to build followers, create leads, and produce user-generated content. Here is a list of platforms to run contests on social media. Run sweepstakes and giveaways, quizzes, photo and video contests, hashtag contests, and more.
Topics: media, run, sweepstakes, quizzes, facebook, apps, contest, platform, social, price, start, contests.
13 Favorite Productivity Apps for 2020 - Here are my favorite new mobile productivity apps in 2020. There are apps for secure browsing, team communication, email management, note-taking, task management, positive habits, event planning, relaxation breathing, and more. Most of the apps are free, though several also offer premium add-ons.
Topics: screen, seconds, favorite, ios, apps, android, price, app, messages, work, available, productivity.
13 Free Open-source Content Management Systems - Here is a list of open-source content management systems. Many have large developer communities that provide platform updates and thousands of themes and extensions. All of the systems are free, though they also offer paid plans for hosting services.
Topics: content, sites, free, cms, management, site, websites, systems, themes, opensource, features, price.
13 Free Video Editors from Basic to Advanced - The right software can help create compelling product videos, clips, or ads to share on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or anywhere else. Many free video editors offer basic, easy-to-use features as well as advanced tools and effects for professional-quality. Here is a list of free video editors.
Topics: video, audio, basic, windows, available, price, macos, free, features, advanced, editors, effects, editing.
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.
13 Prototyping Tools to Create Web and Mobile Apps - Prototyping tools can help create a website or app with little cost and relative ease — from a rough design idea to a finished product. Here is a list of prototyping tools to build sites and apps for desktop and mobile devices.
Topics: start, apps, design, tools, prototypes, plans, components, price, mobile, create, share, free, platform, web, prototyping.
13 Robust Newsletter Plugins for WordPress - WordPress is a highly customizable content management system. With the right plugins, it can be a robust email marketing platform to create a newsletter and build a list of subscribers. Here is a list of newsletter plugins for WordPress.
Topics: plugins, forms, robust, create, email, premium, send, subscribers, wordpress, price, newsletters, newsletter.
13 WordPress Plugins for Membership Subscriptions - A membership plugin can transform a WordPress site into a resource for subscription content, courses, a paid community, and more. Sell one-time or recurring access to specific posts, digital downloads,
Topics: membership, subscriptions, price, wordpress, content, memberships, plugins, create, sell, member, access, free.
14 Marketplaces to Hire Freelance Designers, Developers, Writers, Marketers, More - Here is a list of marketplaces to hire freelance designers, developers, writers, finance professionals, social media marketers, and more. There are general marketplaces with huge pools of workers in hundreds of fields as well as specialized marketplaces focused on areas such as design, Amazon stores, and even expert consulting.
Topics: design, job, project, hire, marketplaces, designers, platform, writers, freelance, fee, freelancers, workers, marketers, price, marketplace, developers.
14 Platforms to Sell Digital Downloads, Subscriptions - There are a variety of ecommerce platforms for merchants and creators of digital goods — videos, ebooks, software. Here is a list of platforms to sell digital products. There are simple, dedicated tools to sell basic digital goods, and there are advanced platforms to offer subscription systems, secure digital rights management, and even sell physical goods.
Topics: start, subscriptions, platform, products, month, website, digital, plans, price, platforms, downloads, sell, paypal.
14 Stock Photo Sites, Free and Paid - Quality images are essential for an ecommerce site. Not only do pictures display the products, but they also establish the brand and inspire the shopper. If you don’t have the means to produce all of your imagery, stock photos are an option. Here is a list of stock photo websites.
Topics: price, stock, photos, sites, access, free, site, start, royaltyfree, collection, paid, images.
15 Easy-to-use Logo Makers - A logo represents your store, your company, and your mission. A good logo stands out and builds trust. Here is a list of logo makers and design tools. All of these are inexpensive and easy-to-use.
Topics: customize, easytouse, maker, start, design, price, free, makers, add, logos, logo, highresolution.
15 Group Messaging Mobile Apps - Group messaging apps are useful communication tools for getting in touch with several people at once. Here is a list of messaging apps. There are apps for simple group messaging and for advanced team collaboration, integrated with a variety of productivity tools to run a project or business.
Topics: video, mobile, chat, app, apps, price, available, android, messages, messaging, group, ios.
15 Mind-mapping Tools for Entrepreneurs and Teams - Mind mapping is a creative exercise to capture, organize, and structure ideas. It was once done on paper. But there are now tools for entrepreneurs and teams to develop mind maps, brainstorm ideas, and manage the resulting projects. Here is a list of mind-mapping and brainstorming tools for entrepreneurs and teams.
Topics: price, project, free, start, tools, entrepreneurs, create, mind, maps, basic, plans, mindmapping, teams, ideas.
15 Plugins to Improve WordPress Search - WordPress is a flexible content management system, but its default site search doesn’t support taxonomies, custom post types, or custom fields. Here is a list of plugins to improve the internal search on your WordPress site.
Topics: custom, improve, plugins, price, search, post, free, plugin, wordpress, fields, results, product.
15 Social Media Management Tools for 2020 - Social media management tools can help you to plan and publish posts and campaigns, measure engagement, and find out what people are saying about your brand and competitors. Here is a list of social media management tools to try in 2020.
Topics: posts, schedule, plans, engagement, price, tools, content, media, publish, social, management, start.
15 Social Media Plugins for WordPress - Here is a list of social media plugins for WordPress. There are plugins to display icons from hundreds of social media networks, schedule and automate publication, track engagement, and more. Some of these plugins are standalone, while others are bundled with larger sets of WordPress tools.
Topics: plugins, display, media, content, social, icons, posts, wordpress, price, buttons, share, free.
15 Tools to Get Things Done - Here is a list of tools to help you get things done. There are to-do lists, work timers, and project management platforms. Several tools are based on the Getting Things Done system. Others are based on the Pomodoro Technique. Nearly all of these have free plans.
Topics: things, tools, app, free, price, project, start, lists, set, task, tasks, plans.
16 Tools to Create an Online Course - An online course can generate revenue, grow an audience, and establish expertise. Given the range of helpful tools, it’s relatively easy to create, distribute, and monetize a course. Here’s a list of tools to create an online course.
Topics: price, tools, course, video, yeti, online, videos, courses, create, plans, start.
16 Tools to Grow a YouTube Channel - Here is a list of tools to grow an audience on YouTube. There are tools to produce and distribute content, manage campaigns, improve search engine optimization, find the right influencers and consultants, and track results.
Topics: search, tools, free, video, price, channel, youtube, start, videos, plans, grow.
17 Collaboration Tools for Remote Workers - The recent surge in home-based workers due to the coronavirus has made it a necessity to use tools that allow workers to collaborate from afar. Fortunately, there are plenty of tools to facilitate remote work without feeling isolated. Here is a list of collaboration tools for remote workers.
Topics: projects, work, price, collaboration, team, tasks, workers, free, start, project, remote, tools, teams, plans.
17 Free Design Tools for 2021 - Here is a list of free tools to design a website, social media ad, logo, infographic, and more. There are editing applications, resources libraries, and tools to find the right font and color palette. All of these are free, though several also offer premium plans with extended features.
Topics: create, tool, social, design, stock, price, tools, premium, photos, graphics, text, free.
17 Free Tools for Social Media Analytics - Social media can help brands distribute marketing content and engage customers. Free analytics tools can ensure that a brand's message is connecting with the right audience. Here is a list of useful analytics tools to optimize your social media accounts.
Topics: audience, analytics, data, free, media, followers, content, paid, tools, social, price.
17 Tools for Customer Feedback - Feedback surveys can help determine what's working with your website or service and provide fresh insights from customers and prospects. Here is a list of tools for surveys and forms.
Topics: start, tools, surveys, feedback, free, paid, logic, price, responses, customer, survey, email, plans.
17 Tools for Live-streaming Video - Live-streaming video offers individuals and brands a direct way to engage and connect. With so many of us working remotely, there’s never been a better time to use live-streaming. Here is a list of tools for live-streaming video.
Topics: live, video, start, platforms, tools, plans, stream, price, audience, content, broadcast, livestreaming.
19 Free Security Plugins for WordPress - Here is a list of security plugins for WordPress. There are plugins for firewalls, spam protection, two-factor authentication, and more. All of these plugins are free, though several offer premium features.
Topics: pro, twofactor, security, wordpress, price, free, malware, plugins, version, firewall, authentication.
19 Helpful Tools for Amazon Sellers - Here is a list of tools to help Amazon sellers with product research, keyword research, analytics, feedback and review management, and more. There are niche tools to simplify tasks and all-in-one platforms for comprehensive management.
Topics: price, sales, sellers, products, helpful, start, plans, product, tool, research, tools, amazon.
20 Free Twitter Tools for Small Businesses - Twitter is the place for real-time news. It’s also a powerful platform for promoting and communicating your brand. And with the right tools, Twitter can help a small business reach a big audience.
Topics: track, free, posts, twitter, businesses, content, tools, social, plans, followers, tweets, price, small.
20 Popular Productivity Apps for 2019 - Here’s a list of popular productivity apps for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. There are collaboration apps, to-do lists, task managers, tools for creating text and images, apps for collecting content, project management apps, and handy tools for making your work easy.
Topics: projects, popular, ios, productivity, price, tools, tasks, available, apps, free, app, premium, android.
20 Tools for Content Marketing - Here is a list of tools to assist in your content marketing efforts. There are idea generators, language tools, stock-element libraries, content analysis apps, distribution platforms, and more. Most of these tools are free or have a free plan.
Topics: photos, create, tools, social, free, videos, price, marketing, tool, start, plans, content.
20 WordPress Plugins to Manage a Blog - A blog can promote your brand and provide valuable content. WordPress is arguably the best platform to host a blog, mainly due to roughly 50,000 free or inexpensive plugins. Here is a list of plugins to manage a blog on WordPress.
Topics: plugin, site, plans, plugins, price, security, wordpress, manage, start, blog, posts, free, premium.
3M files suit over third-party price gouging of N95 masks on Amazon - Amazon has promised vigilance against third-party price gouging since COVID-19 achieved global pandemic status. The company’s efforts have had mixed success, however, due in part to the sheer volume of vendors that utilize the company’s massive commerce platform. In a suit filed in California this week, 3M claims the seller was charging massively inflated prices […]
Topics: products, gouging, n95, respirators, bad, files, thirdparty, techcrunch, prices, 3m, suit, amazon, claims, masks, price.
4 Pricing Strategies to Increase Average Order Values - Price isn’t everything, especially for quality and niche products. When boosting average order values, take things up a notch by focusing on the overall value of each product. That, coupled with stellar service, can provide a much better return on investment.
Topics: customers, product, values, increase, order, upselling, shoppers, average, pricing, example, strategies, price, quality, products, higher, dont.
5 Reasons to Sell Your e-Commerce Goods at a Wholesale Price - Most entrepreneurs make the mistake of underestimating the benefits that a wholesale channel can add to their eCommerce business. Or assume that wholesale pricing is best executed by a brick and mortar wholesale businesses. But any eCommerce business, big or small, can sell to both consumers and retailers at a wholesale price. Unlike selling only […]
Topics: customers, selling, retail, goods, product, retailers, business, price, ecommerce, reasons, wholesale, sell, customer.
9 Cloud Storage Services with Encryption - As businesses move their sensitive data to the cloud, security becomes an increasing concern. However, many cloud storage platforms now offer sophisticated encryption features for minimal cost. Here is a list of secure cloud storage platforms.
Topics: price, encryption, offers, services, start, share, devices, plans, files, gb, cloud, storage.
About You offers textile makeshift masks at cost price - About You has announced the launch of a new shop category for non-medical, textile makeshift masks. The online retailer wants to sell them at cost price. By giving consumers access to affordable masks, the ecommerce company wants to raise awareness to help reducing the spread of coronavirus Covid-19. About You… Continue reading
Topics: wearers, makeshift, price, offers, sell, masks, cost, transmission, wants, protect, wearing, textile.
Adobe Showcases Labs Innovations for eCommerce - At the Imagine Conference, Adobe will give a sneak peek into eCommerce innovations coming out of R&D.; Attendees get an exclusive look at technology that will impact the industry most and what it means for their business.
Topics: innovations, ecommerce, retailers, furniture, product, shopping, price, labs, online, experience, showcases, shoppers, existing, adobe, technology.
Africa e-tailer Jumia’s shares fall 4% day after IPO lockup expiration - Shares of Africa-focused e-commerce company Jumia dropped 4% the day after the lockup period expired for its April IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The lockup provision prevents major shareholders — namely those who purchased equity pre-public listing — from selling their shares for a specified number of days following the IPO. Jumia’s stock […]
Topics: ipo, company, etailer, day, sec, fall, africa, revenue, losses, million, price, period, expiration, shares, stock, jumia, techcrunch, jumias, lockup.
Amazon Prime Day’s top device deals include discounted Echo speakers and Fire TVs - Amazon’s list of Prime Day deals has finally dropped. The retailer’s Black Friday-style sale for its Prime members is one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, as other retailers now take part with their own competitive sales. But some of the best deals to be found on Prime Day are those on […]
Topics: stick, days, discounted, day, price, deals, prime, device, include, tvs, speakers, tv, kindle, amazon, techcrunch, echo.
Amazon Retail Arbitrage as a Closeout Strategy - Retail arbitrage is a booming business. Some practitioners are making six-figure incomes buying low-priced or clearance items and reselling them on Amazon. Mimicking or encouraging the practice could help retail merchants manage closeouts.
Topics: item, clearance, retail, closeout, amazon, sell, items, arbitrage, manage, price, strategy.
Amazon calls on Congress to create anti-price gouging law - Amazon has received a fair amount of criticism for perceived inaction against seller price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the retail giant has made efforts to rein in the opportunist activity (pulling some half a million offending listings), critics have pointed to the company’s slow response, along with continued problems with a number of […]
Topics: antiprice, price, create, supply, states, products, policy, efforts, calls, huseman, amazon, congress, gouging, law, notes, techcrunch.
Assessing All Google Ad Extensions for 2020 (and a Couple from Microsoft) - Extensions complement text ads on search engines by providing helpful info for consumers and occupying more space in search results. Nonetheless, advertisers often underutilize extensions, in my experience. In this post, I’ll explain all Google ad extensions and a couple that are Microsoft-only.
Topics: price, advertisers, ads, extension, account, sitelinks, include, couple, extensions, assessing, ad, google, microsoft.
At $35 to $39 per share, Poshmark’s IPO could 5x its last private valuation - Loosely, then: at the low end of its valuation range, Poshmark is worth 8.6x its current run rate, and at the top-end a richer 10.9x.
Topics: techcrunch, using, share, shares, valuation, price, private, range, simple, poshmarks, companys, pricing, ipo, 5x.
BVOH: ‘Merchants extremely dissatisfied with Amazon’s support’ - Almost eight in ten Amazon merchants in Germany don’t see the marketplace as a partner. But they also generate an average of 51.2 percent of their turnover through Amazon. German ecommerce association BVOH calls on Amazon to reform its relationship with merchants. It seems like most merchants that sell on… Continue reading
Topics: selling, price, bvoh, support, dissatisfied, merchant, survey, merchants, amazons, amazon, relationship, sales, ecommerce, extremely.
Comscore raises $20M with an option to bump it to $50M, in a bid to rebuild its digital measurement business - Comscore’s name is usually in the news because of its widely-cited research and stats around media traffic and other analysis charting digital consumer behavior. More recently, it’s been coming up for another reason: ongoing corporate upheaval and its tumbling stock price. Today comes the latest development in that story: the company announced that it has […]
Topics: bid, business, month, stock, price, measurement, option, raises, million, rebuild, today, ceo, share, media, digital, bump, techcrunch, company, comscore.
Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy - Dee Goens and Jacob Horne have both the exact and precisely opposite background that you’d expect to see from two people building a way for creators to build a sustainable economy for their followers to participate in. Coinbase, crypto-hack projects at university, KPMG, Merrill Lynch. But where’s the art? “Believe it or not, I used […]
Topics: marketplace, raises, cryptodriven, value, creators, zora, price, community, market, token, economy, artists, build, sustainable, creator, way, 2m, rac, techcrunch.
Determining What To Sell on eBay To Make Money - eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. It also can be a great way to make money…
Topics: ebay, money, realistically, product, selling, identifiers, buyers, search, item, price, products, sell.
Drinking in the Haus: How Funding Helped This Booze Brand Grow 500% During the Pandemic - Husband-and-wife duo, Helena Price Hambrecht and Woody Hambrecht, founded Haus in their living room with a bucket of chardonnay, and lemons and elderflower from their yard. Find out how they used Shopify Capital to ramp up their digital marketing efforts and grow their business by 500% during the pandemic. More
Topics: business, booze, shopify, alcohol, money, drinking, haus, funding, brand, helena, capital, price, grow, helped, pandemic.
Ecommerce Pricing Strategies for Success: How to Price Your Products - In this blog post, we’re going to discuss a number of different ecommerce pricing strategies you can use to help your business succeed.
Topics: ecommerce, business, products, price, strategies, youre, usp, pricing, product, success, pay.
Ecwid vs Woocommerce: Which Comes Out On Top? - When it comes to ecommerce solutions, WooCommerce is a popular choice. In fact, they own as much as 28.18% of the market share! For years it's been a favorite with WordPress-lovers; however, there are plenty of other WooCommerce competitors out… Continue reading Ecwid vs Woocommerce: Which Comes Out On Top?
Topics: woocommerce, plan, vs, pay, ecwid, comes, youll, price, wordpress, free, month, store.
Extended Marketing Mix: What It Is and Why It's Useful - Cooking is my favorite pastime. It's so much fun to find new recipes and learn about new ingredients. Plus, (usually) the results are delicious. Finding new recipes and ingredients is nothing short of delightful.
Topics: mix, product, extended, marketing, company, shop, useful, sell, promotion, physical, price.
Extra Crunch roundup: Guest posts wanted, ‘mango’ seed rounds, Expensify’s tech stack - Prospective contributors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch subscribers would like to hear more about, and the answer is always the same.
Topics: rounds, techcrunch, mango, health, ipo, large, seed, posts, tech, guest, stack, companies, work, price, saas, wanted, roundup, public, company.
Facebook plans June 18th cryptocurrency debut. Here’s what we know - Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s basics, according to a source who says multiple investors briefed on the project by Facebook were told that date. Meanwhile, the company’s Head of Financial Services & Payment […]
Topics: facebook, plans, reports, techcrunch, heres, 18th, information, debut, facebooks, project, blockchain, libra, cryptocurrency, told, price, know.
How StockX became the stock market of hype - StockX may be a multibillion dollar juggernaut with massive influence radiating throughout sneaker culture today, but it started with taking the leap to transforming a personal passion into a business plan.
Topics: price, stock, campless, hype, team, ebay, weekend, market, sneaker, stockx, luber, techcrunch, sneakers.
How to A/B Test Your Pricing (And Why It Might Be a Bad Idea) - Choosing the right pricing for your product is a little bit like Goldilocks.
Topics: consumers, price, testing, pricing, revenue, idea, ab, product, youre, test, plan, bad.
How to Configure Multi-Currency in WooCommerce for Seamless International Transactions - One of the biggest benefits of running an online store is the ability to serve customers across the world. It’s also an opportunity to set up your store to handle international transactions in the local currency. Do you have concerns about selling worldwide? Don’t. According to data shared by Pitney Bowes in 2017, 70% of online […]
Topics: woocommerce, multicurrency, price, customers, configure, online, default, display, currencies, store, international, currency, transactions, seamless.
How to Develop a Successful Marketing Mix Strategy [+ Templates] - One of the first things you're taught in your Introduction to Marketing class is that marketing can be best explained using the marketing mix — also known as the four P's.
Topics: market, marketing, product, mix, elements, template, strategy, successful, youre, templates, develop, youll, service, price.
How to Massively Grow Your Amazon Business in 8 Steps - Increase your conversion rate by 20 percent with these simple tips.
Topics: rate, traffic, grow, business, massively, page, customers, conversion, steps, keywords, price, product, amazon, sales.
How to Set Up a WordPress Store with Spocket - Connect the Spocket dropshipping plugin directly to your WordPress store with this beginner-friendly step-by-step walkthrough!
Topics: click, order, product, woocommerce, youll, wordpress, store, set, spockets, price, products, spocket.
How to Use Terapeak for eBay 2021 - The Terapeak research tool takes some of the guessing out of whether a product will sell on eBay. eBay acquired Terapeak in 2017, rolling the analytics tool into its Seller Hub and eventually making its product research function free to use. eBay sellers can look up individual products or product categories, discover sell-through rates, average prices, shipping costs, and more.
Topics: sold, shipping, price, listings, items, sales, sellthrough, product, metric, ebay, terapeak.
Improving eBay Product Listings (To Rank + Convert) - Online marketplaces provide an opportunity to feature your products on some of the world’s most visited retail websites — and they’re a…
Topics: ebay, optimize, sellers, product, seo, listing, shipping, customers, listings, search, price, ways, products.
Local consumers are your next online customers - In normal years, January and February is the time to review the just-completed holiday sales and look for ways to improve. But not much is normal about the last three months. Instead, look ahead. What if you had mainly local customers?
Topics: local, price, cheaper, service, consumers, easier, merchants, online, customers, search.
Luckin leaves bitter aftertaste, now trading below IPO price - In the first few days following Luckin Coffee’s initial public offering, the stock chart for LK looked like a roller coaster. Now it’s looking more like a free fall. The Chinese Coffee chain successfully completed its highly anticipated offering roughly a week ago, raising more than $550 million after pricing at $17 per share, the […]
Topics: share, trading, leaves, investors, typical, techcrunch, bitter, offering, price, roughly, ipo, luckin, public, aftertaste, stock, bit, valuation.
Managing Custom Prices in BigCommerce - Not every customer pays the same price. Online merchants sometimes offer different prices to different sorts of customers. Businesses on BigCommerce's Enterprise plan can assign prices to customer groups, such as wholesalers or retailers.
Topics: products, managing, price, customer, custom, wholesale, pricing, group, lists, list, bigcommerce, retail, prices.
Microsoft brings new shopping tools to its Edge browser - Microsoft announced a few updates to its Edge browser today that are all about shopping. In addition to expanding the price comparison feature the team announced last month, Edge can now also automatically find coupons for you. In addition, the company is launching a new shopping hub in its Bing search engine. The timing here […]
Topics: coupons, tools, feature, shopping, edge, browser, brings, url, team, bit, microsoft, techcrunch, comparison, feels, price.
Online Onion Seller Rises from Domain Auction - Most entrepreneurs start with a business idea and then secure the domain name. Peter Askew does the opposite. He purchases domain names and then builds the business. Take VidaliaOnions.com, for example.
Topics: vidaliaonionscom, seller, vidalia, farm, price, onion, onions, rises, farmers, started, auction, online, sell, domain, im.
Optimize DTC Profits with Price Elasticity Analysis - Direct-to-consumer companies, including Amazon sellers with private label products, can use the price elasticity of demand to determine the optimal price for a given product and, thereby, potentially increase revenue, profit, or both.
Topics: profits, price, sold, units, product, formula, dtc, elasticity, revenue, optimize, analysis, lower, demand, change.
Organization Is Key for Holiday Gift Guides - Is your store’s gift guide ready for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday? Gift guides can be as simple as listings of products that have something in common, such as subject, category, or price.
Topics: guides, holiday, themed, key, share, shoppers, organization, gift, range, wish, products, lists, customers, price.
Oscar Health raises IPO price as Coupang releases bullish debut valuation - These companies will soon convert tens of billions of dollars of illiquid private shares into public currency. As such, their offerings may reveal investors' sentiments regarding e-commerce and insurance companies backed by venture capital.
Topics: coupang, valuation, óscar, debut, health, ipo, range, raises, techcrunch, price, pricing, share, billion, releases, public.
Physical Stores Can Bolster Online Sales, for a Price - Opening a physical store was an anathema for early-day, pure-play ecommerce merchants. Why take on the financial burden of leases, construction costs, and staff? But the ecommerce landscape has changed.
Topics: instore, physical, price, integrated, bolster, costs, online, store, presence, stores, digital, sales, experience.
Price Technologies adds product availability feature for items experiencing COVID-19 shortages - Price Technologies, the operator of the comparison shopping website Price.com and its related browser extension, is adding a feature to show product availability for a few essential items that have had supply issues caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. Products like aspirin, acetaminophen, facial tissues, hand sanitizer, ibuprofen, rice, soap, soup, toilet paper […]
Topics: feature, shortages, price, pricecom, website, covid19, items, essential, technologies, online, experiencing, availability, techcrunch, shopping, product.
Pricing psychology: 6 ways to influence perceived value - Value is emotional, largely unconscious and we as consumers can be influenced by surprising things. Today we look at several case studies on value perception that you may consider testing on your own site and promotional campaigns.
Topics: influence, tested, psychology, ways, versus, value, product, price, size, perceived, pricing, charm, prices.
PricingHub raises 2 million euros - PricingHub, a French pricing solution provider, has raised 2 million euros. With the money, it wants to further develop its price optimization platform. PricingHub already raised 1.8 million euros from French venture capital firm Elaia, business accelerator Lafayette Plug and Play and business angels last February. A recent refundable advance… Continue reading
Topics: pricing, pricinghub, retailers, sensitivity, million, euros, price, raises, french, worsened, solution, stock.
RFQ vs. RFP: What’s the Difference? - Have you ever shopped for something online, compared prices, and read reviews until you knew you were making the right decision? That's similar to what businesses do when they need to purchase something as well, except it's a slightly more formal process. In the business world, the process includes having vendors or companies submit RFPs (request for proposal) or RFQs (request for quote) so you can compare their products and services.
Topics: vendor, template, process, vendors, vs, rfp, information, know, price, rfq, whats, need, difference, rfqs.
Redesigned Google Shopping goes live, with price tracking, Google Lens for outfits and more - Google Shopping is getting a redesign with several new features, including options to shop local stores, track prices and even find style inspiration through Google Lens. Already, Google Lens’ smart image recognition technology can help identify objects, translate text and find similar items. Now, using a photo of an outfit you like — for instance, […]
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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.
SoftBank-backed Brandless shuts its doors for good - It was a roller coaster ride — a short one. Brandless, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company that made and sold an assortment of “cruelty-free” products in beauty and personal care, household, baby and pet categories, has shut its doors less than three years after officially opening them in July 2017. In a statement provided to […]
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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Sales and Promotions on Your Ecommerce Store - These best practices for running sales and promotions on your ecommerce store will help you drum up consumer interest & get more sales!
Topics: promotions, sales, price, products, units, customers, need, discount, customer, store, beginners, sold, discounts, running, guide, online.
The Full Cost of a Direct-to-consumer Product - Deciding if your direct-to-consumer product would be profitable is more than subtracting the product's unit cost from the planned selling price. It requires estimating the full cost of bringing the product to market, selling it, and delivering it.
Topics: directtoconsumer, sell, product, beard, oil, selling, price, cost, amazon, need.
The Price Is Right: 13 Strategies for Finding the Ideal Price for Your Products - Setting prices for your products is a balancing act. If a small business prices products too low, it might see a healthy stream of sales without turning any profit (and we all like to eat and pay our bills, right?). But when products are priced too high, a retailer will likely see fewer sales and “price out” more budget-conscious customers. So, what options do you have?More
Topics: customers, finding, strategy, cost, products, price, strategies, pricing, product, prices, retail, costs, right, ideal.
The StockX EC-1 - StockX is a unique company at the nexus of two radical transitions that isn’t just redefining markets, but our culture as well.
Topics: price, stock, culture, ec1, buyers, reading, minute, market, stockx, techcrunch, stockxs, sellers.
Top 13 Mobile Productivity Apps of 2019 - Here are my favorite new mobile productivity apps of 2019. There are apps for image editing, secure browsing, graphic design, note-taking, task management, language translation, and more. Most of the apps are free, though several also offer premium add-ons.
Topics: apps, android, mobile, available, share, ios, app, released, daily, social, price, productivity.
Try a Dwindling Discount for Black Friday Ecommerce Sales - A dwindling discount that starts high and diminishes every few hours from Thanksgiving through Black Friday can create urgency and drive ecommerce sales.
Topics: page, ecommerce, discount, try, hours, sale, dwindling, folks, notification, list, price, black, sales, video.
US fashion brand Everlane launches on Tmall Global - US fashion brand Everlane has opened a store on Alibaba’s cross-border e-commerce marketplace Tmall Global.
Topics: price, tmall, consumers, transparency, chinese, costs, everlane, world, global, launches, brand, products, fashion, consumer.
US retail group offers to help antitrust investigators in going after Amazon and Google - A leading U.S. retail group, whose members include Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others, has penned a letter to the Federal Trade Commission that details its concerns over big tech companies’ dominance. The letter specifically calls out Amazon and Google for their control over the majority of internet product searches, how price and product information […]
Topics: retail, ftc, antitrust, product, amazon, offers, help, products, information, google, techcrunch, rila, going, letter, price, group, investigators.
Understanding Amazon’s ‘Brand Health’ Initiative - Amazon's new A10 search algorithm ranks organic results, in part, on the "health" of a brand. In this post, I'll address the Amazon Brand Health initiative, its key metrics, and its effects on marketplace sellers.
Topics: understanding, page, metrics, customer, brand, health, rate, sellers, amazons, product, initiative, amazon, price.
Upstart and Wish price their debuts as the 2020 IPO cycle slows - If the pattern of more relaxed debuts continues, this could be its start.
Topics: happen, public, ipo, cycle, debuts, ipos, exchange, price, wish, slows, upstart, pricing, newsletter, youve, techcrunch.
Vroom targets nearly $2B valuation in impending IPO - Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Used-car marketplace Vroom continued its march towards going public yesterday with the release of an updated IPO filing. The documents it filed provides pricing information for a somewhat odd public offering. As a business, the heavily […]
Topics: million, gross, targets, 2b, impending, nearly, vroom, public, revenue, valuation, markets, q2, range, techcrunch, ipo, price.
What Are the 4 Ps of Marketing? The Marketing Mix Explained [Example] - If you've been a marketing professional for years now, learning about the four Ps of marketing might seem like a throwback to you. However, for those of us who work in the industry but didn't study marketing in college, it's entirely possible you haven't heard of the marketing mix.
Topics: explained, product, place, hub, example, price, mix, market, think, marketing, ps, customers.
Why Today's Price Wars Are Ecommerce's Biggest Mistake - For most retailers, it makes sense to steer clear of any price wars, which they may not win anyway.
Topics: ecommerce, todays, wars, good, market, retailers, prices, price, customers, biggest, mistake, ecommerces, online, customer.
Why You Should Consider Letting Your Customers Name Their Own Price - Nine ways to use Name Your Price to improve the customer experience and increase revenue Allowing your customers to choose what they’re willing to pay for your products and services may seem a bit counterintuitive. After all, why would a business want to let customers pick a price rather than requiring a set amount? But […]
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Why aren’t Rackspace and BigCommerce worth more? - This week has brought with it two tasty pieces of IPO news — Rackspace’s return to the public markets and BigCommerce’s debut will be far more interesting now that we know what a first-draft valuation for each looks like. But amidst the numbers is a question worth answering: Why aren’t cloud-focused Rackspace and e-commerce-powering BigCommerce […]
Topics: valuation, rackspace, worth, price, cloud, techcrunch, current, bigcommerce, ipo, arent, whats.
Will Facebook’s GlobalCoin Impact Ecommerce? - Facebook is rolling out a digital payments system next year that will allow Facebook users (as well as WhatsApp and Instagram users) to pay for goods and services using Facebook’s own cryptocurrency, dubbed “GlobalCoin.”
Topics: globalcoin, processing, ecommerce, adoption, facebooks, ensure, consumers, price, impact, currency, merchants, currencies, facebook.
Zalando sells textile masks - Today, Zalando has started the online sales of textile masks in Europe. The disposable masks are sold at an affordable price in all 17 markets and the profit will go to international efforts against the coronavirus.Zalando isn’t the only fashion player that has started selling textile masks online. Earlier this… Continue reading
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