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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 Powerful Extensions for New WooCommerce Stores - The very best extensions for a brand new WooCommerce store, from product and checkout page editors to email marketing platforms.
Topics: checkout, extensions, extension, customers, stores, woocommerce, search, price, product, create, products, addons, powerful.
10 ways to offer shoppers a discount - Many online retailers unintentionally train consumers to expect discounts. Clothing stores are amongst the worst offenders. Constant discounting makes full-price shoppers believe they’re being overcharged. They often won’t shop until the next sale, which leads to a vicious cycle. It is a rare company that doesn’t get asked for discounts. In this post, I'll review 10 ways to offer clients a discount
Topics: table, shoppers, discount, shipping, price, offer, sells, vases, order, clients, ways.
11 Free WordPress Plugins to Build an Email List - Building an email list takes time. However, a large list of engaged users is an essential resource for generating sales. Fortunately, WordPress users can choose from a variety of plugins ...
Topics: premium, free, scroll, box, create, offers, email, price, wordpress, plugins, build, list.
11 Mobile Apps for Customer Management - With a smartphone and the right app, a mobile entrepreneur can now develop sales and manage customers, from an initial lead to the deal close and beyond, all on the ...
Topics: ios, apps, mobile, customer, app, management, android, crm, start, sales, price, free, available.
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.
11 WordPress Plugins for Customer Support - Offering support throughout your shoppers’ purchase experience is a good way to ensure their return. If you have a WordPress site, there are a variety of customer-support plugins to help. Here ...
Topics: support, price, create, tickets, agents, live, customer, free, plugins, faqs, wordpress, premium, chat.
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.
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 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 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 Tools to Get Things Done in 2019 - The new year is here. If you’re hoping to increase productivity in 2019, there are plenty of apps to help. Here is a list of tools to get things done in ...
Topics: app, set, todo, plan, tasks, price, project, plans, tools, task, things, 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 Online Video Editors for Ecommerce - If you’re interested in producing video to promote your products or brand, consider using an online video editor. There are a variety of easy-to-use tools available for free or very little cost, with many of the bells and whistles of high-priced video editing software.
Topics: editing, add, start, videos, free, ecommerce, video, online, clips, text, editors, price, create.
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 Usability Tools to Optimize Your Website - Here is a list of usability tools to test and optimize your site. There are tools to track the actions of your users, as well as tools to gather feedback and insight. There are also tools to measure your site's performance
Topics: plans, testing, feedback, tools, users, test, user, price, usability, optimize, website, site.
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 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 Tools for Animation - If you’re interested in creating content to promote your product or service, think about making a cartoon. Producing animation has several advantages over live video. You won’t need a physical ...
Topics: animated, tools, effects, free, video, start, animation, tool, videos, create, price.
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 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 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.
18 Slack Apps and Bots for Team Collaboration - Slack is a collaboration hub for teams, providing a single place for messaging, tools, and files. For small businesses, Slack can be a helpful platform to create and develop. Here is a list of integrated apps and bots from Slack and third-party vendors to enhance team productivity on Slack.
Topics: price, plans, channel, free, bots, apps, create, slack, teams, start, premium, team, collaboration.
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 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.
21 Tools and Resources for Voice Commerce - For now, voice commerce produces little revenue. In the future, voice commerce may be a primary sales channel. Here is a list of tools and resources for voice commerce — to get started and to help with advanced development.
Topics: interface, price, google, resources, interfaces, shopping, conversational, voice, commerce, tools, alexa, skills.
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.
5 Tips for Selling without Discounting - Increasing sales via discounts, coupons, and undercutting competitors (or a combination of all three), isn’t typically the best practice for smaller companies.
Topics: prices, sales, discounting, points, tips, shoppers, work, price, support, product, products, selling.
6 Selling Tips from Auto Manufacturers - Ecommerce merchants can learn a great deal from auto manufacturers, who spend millions to understand how people shop and the choices they’re likely to make. This is evident both in showrooms and on the internet. Studying their marketing and websites can tell us a great deal about consumers.
Topics: available, auto, tips, features, range, different, various, price, ranges, selling, se, manufacturers.
7 Apps and Readers for Mobile Credit Card Processing - With credit card apps and readers, merchants can sell to customers at events, pop-up shops, or wherever they meet-up. Here is a list of apps and readers for mobile credit card ...
Topics: reader, ios, processing, android, card, price, credit, readers, swipe, available, free, mobile, apps, app.
9 Best Practices for Creating a High Converting Pricing Page (With Examples) - Your pricing page is one of the most important parts of your website. It's where all your effort in building a relationship with your customer finally leads to a sale.
Topics: pricing, price, converting, high, plan, creating, expensive, buyers, page, pages, study, examples, know, practices, best.
9 Tools to Sell Products on Instagram - Instagram offers companies the opportunity to showcase physical products to many engaged followers. And with the right tools, businesses can make those product images shoppable. Here’s a list of tools to sell products on Instagram.
Topics: instagram, posts, product, tag, stickers, products, tools, price, images, sell, shoppable.
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 Dash buttons judged to breach consumer rules in Germany - Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer e-commerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015 in an attempt by the e-commerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed […]
Topics: price, judged, breach, verbraucherzentrale, product, consumers, dash, amazon, purchase, germany, nrw, ruling, consumer, rules, buttons.
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.
Are Amazon’s Private Label Brands a Trend for Other Merchants? - Amazon has made significant investments in its own private label brands, such as diapers, dog food, and paper towels. The company’s private label strategy may be indicative of a burgeoning ...
Topics: amazon, ecommerce, retail, product, brands, private, merchants, label, amazons, trend, national, brand, price.
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.
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.
Custom framing startup Framebridge is opening two retail stores - For a long while, you couldn’t swing a bag of cats around without hitting a retailer looking to create a digital presence. Now, the inverse is growing in popularity, with many digital-first retail brands looking to set up a brick-and-mortar shop. The latest is Framebridge, a custom framing startup that has raised more than $67 […]
Topics: startup, tynan, expensive, stores, framed, retail, framebridge, store, custom, opening, process, price, framing, getting.
Custom framing startup Framebridge picks up $30 million Series C - D.C.-based Framebridge today announced the close of a $30 million Series C financing round led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, and NEA. Launched in 2014, Framebridge offers affordable and convenient custom framing via its website and mobile app. The idea for the […]
Topics: framing, company, startup, process, price, custom, picks, tynan, c, production, website, users, series, framebridge, framed, million.
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.
Direct Public Offerings: Unconventional but Gaining Traction - The initial public offering has a challenger. Known as a direct public offering or direct listing, this technique avoids involvement from investment bank underwriters that buy shares at a set price in an IPO and then sell them to their clients. In a DPO, a private company lists itself on a stock exchange but does not raise money.
Topics: direct, public, price, unconventional, sell, offerings, company, dpo, raise, shares, stock, traction, investors, ipo, gaining.
EU fines Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer $130M for online price fixing - The European Union’s antitrust authorities have issued a series of penalties, fining consumer electronics companies Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer more than €110 million (~$130M) in four separate decisions for imposing fixed or minimum resale prices on their online retailers in breach of EU competition rules. It says the four companies engaged in so-called “fixed […]
Topics: online, eu, fixing, prices, asus, retailers, fines, resale, marantz, products, denon, competition, pioneer, philips, price, companies.
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.
Ecommerce Product Releases: October 16, 2018 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-October from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping rates, artificial intelligence, fulfillment applications, social ...
Topics: services, including, product, price, merchants, partner, help, pay, releases, nametag, etsy, ecommerce.
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.
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.
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 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 Price Your Product: What You Need to Know About Pricing Before You Launch - Pricing your products is one of the cornerstone decisions you’ll make, because it impacts almost every aspect of your business. Your pricing is a deciding factor in everything from your cash flow, to your profit margins, to which expenses you can afford to cover. That’s why it’s all too easy to get stuck on pricing when you’re launching a new store or product, but it’s important not to let the decision stop you from launching. The best pricing data you can get is from launching and testing with real customers—but you still need to start somewhere, with a price that works. That’s what we’re tackling today in Ask Shopify.More
Topics: product, pricing, products, know, need, costs, launch, business, price, youre, variable, profit.
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.
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.
In the Face of a Falling Stock Price, Twitter Announces Two Studies of Its Network Health - Twitter announced today the selection of two proposals to study the health of its network.
Topics: public, price, studies, twitter, discourse, twitters, jack, falling, health, announces, researchers, study, stock, users, network, face, proposals.
Klarna acquires universal shopping cart Shop.co - Klarna has acquired Shop.co, a small German startup that wants to simplify online shopping by offering a universal shopping cart. There’s little known about the deal, but according to Klarna it’s mostly about the acquisition of intellectual property and taking over a mere Shop.co employees. The news came first from Continue reading
Topics: universal, purchase, t3n, property, price, company, cart, shopco, klarna, acquires, startup, shopping.
LiveChat Review: Clean Live Chat and Lead Generation with an Excellent Price Tag - When customers are waiting on your website, they shouldn't have to find your contact page to get the information they need. Live chat boxes are so beneficial to both ecommerce companies and customers that you'd be leaving money on the table if… Continue reading LiveChat Review: Clean Live Chat and Lead Generation with an Excellent Price Tag
Topics: generation, month, tag, website, chat, price, clean, customer, live, livechat, review, customers, support, plan, pricing, excellent, agent, lead.
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.
Now is the time for Walmart to strike at Amazon Prime - Amazon Prime has been an enormous influence on e-commerce, but this online juggernaut is beginning to show cracks. Now is the time for arch-rival Walmart to swoop in with a Prime-like offering that strikes at the weaknesses Amazon has introduced into its formidable loyalty program: price, a lack of focus, and competing subscription services.
Topics: wont, prime, existing, subscriptions, users, walmart, amazon, free, better, price, strike.
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.
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 Strategy: 10 Ways to Find the Perfect 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: pricing, higher, strategy, product, prices, pick, strategies, price, products, perfect, retail, ways, retailers, customers.
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.
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, […]
Topics: items, redesigned, wearing, outfits, google, techcrunch, lens, live, goes, online, style, web, tracking, shop, price, express, shopping.
RetailMeNot sues rival Honey over patent infringement - RetailMeNot is suing rival Honey over patent infringement, the company announced this week. Honey is the maker of a deal-finding browser extension that helps consumers shopping online get the best price by automatically applying coupon codes at checkout. It also helps with finding the best price on Amazon purchases, doles out digital coupons, offers cash back, […]
Topics: online, lawsuit, million, price, consumers, rival, patent, users, retailmenot, honey, offers, sues, helps, infringement.
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.
Sea is raising up to $1.5B for its Shopee e-commerce business in Southeast Asia - Alibaba is about to get a jolt from its largest rival in Southeast Asia. Sea, the Nasdaq-listed business, is raising as much as $1.5 billion from a new share offering that’s sure to be funneled into its Shopee e-commerce business. Singapore-based Sea said in a filing that it plans to offer 60 million American Depositary […]
Topics: southeast, business, billion, raising, alibaba, ecommerce, 15b, million, price, shopee, asia, sea.
SellerBooster Review: Dropshipping Without the Slow Shipping - Dropshipping has become all the rage in the ecommerce world, but dropshippers are often stuck with slow shipping speeds, higher pricing, poor return policies, and more. SellerBooster is working to change all of that. In this SellerBooster review, we'll talk about… Continue reading SellerBooster Review: Dropshipping Without the Slow Shipping
Topics: sellerbooster, product, shopify, products, price, website, shipping, review, dropshipping, order, youre, slow.
Sequoia leads $10M round for home improvement negotiator Setter - You probably don’t know how much it should cost to get your home’s windows washed, yard landscaped or countertops replaced. But Setter does. The startup pairs you with a home improvement concierge familiar with all the vendors, prices and common screwups that plague these jobs. Setter finds the best contractors across handiwork, plumbing, electrical, carpentry […]
Topics: negotiator, sequoia, laliberté, improvement, setter, price, round, homeowners, contractors, steckel, startup, leads, 10m, million, concierge.
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 […]
Topics: techcrunch, good, protocol, brandless, price, million, softbank, companys, shuts, softbankbacked, vision, company, products, brandlesss, doors.
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 Secret to Pricing Your Products - Have you ever found a popular product and marketed it, only to end up with no sales? It’s a gut-wrenching feeling that makes you second guess yourself. Did my marketing strategy fall flat? Have I chosen the wrong product? Should I have gotten someone to review my store? There’s a […]
Topics: need, costs, secret, free, shipping, store, pricing, product, products, price, selling.
The average shipping costs in Europe - Shipping costs are one of the most important factors for ecommerce businesses. If you’re an online retailer, it’s important to know how much sending a package will cost you. But the average cost of shipping is different in every country. The 2018 Shipping Price Index shows you what the most… Continue reading
Topics: local, country, costs, average, shipping, netherlands, express, expensive, europe, price, package.
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.
Unriddled: The Price of Cleaning up Social Media, a Gaggle of Collaboration Tools, and More Tech News You Need - Welcome, one and all, to another Wednesday: the day that marks the halfway point -- almost -- to the weekend .
Topics: facebook, media, earnings, social, tech, collaboration, need, tools, cleaning, announced, workplace, selfdriving, platform, price, read, company, gaggle, unriddled, twitter.
Using Amazon to wind down a retail business - There are many blogs on how to improve sales on Amazon. In this post, I’ll address the opposite: how to wind down and stop selling on Amazon entirely. It is becoming ...
Topics: liquidation, amazon, inventory, sale, selling, price, stock, order, wind, using, business, retail, sell.
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.
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 […]
Topics: offer, pay, products, customer, price, consider, choose, product, customers, set, way, letting.
Will Bitcoin Crash and Burn? - It seems like bitcoin’s value is on a constant rollercoaster ride. After its share price skyrocketed to an all-time high of $19,346 on December 17, 2017, it lost 33% of its value just five days later. By February 6, 2018, bitcoin’s share price plummeted to a low of $5,967, losing over 69% of its peak value.
Topics: crash, blockchain, currency, bitcoin, burn, share, value, price, cryptocurrency, demand, users, bitcoins.
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
Topics: sells, price, today, protect, sales, textile, sold, zalando, started, designs, masks.