Online Inventory & Order Management Software for Amazon & Ebay Multichannel Sellers

eCargo Holdings Enters The Australian Stock Exchange

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

The widely used ecommerce service, eCargo Holdings, has become the latest addition to the Australian Stock Exchange, after hitting the boards at 11am this morning (AEDST). The firm now has around 88.4 million CHESS Depository Interests (CDI's) listed. eCargo is an ecommerce enabler which provides an integrated service covering logistics and operations, to Western companies who wish to trade in China. ECH identifies well known brands and merchants to partner with in each market in pursuit of … [Read more...]

Twitter Launches New eCommerce Feature

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

In the midst of the biggest eCommerce weekend of the year, Twitter has unveiled a new feature called 'Twitter Offers'.  This follows the launch of the ‘Buy Now’ button a few months ago, which enables merchants to sell directly on Twitter via a tweet. In a blog post yesterday, Twitter explained that it aims to test and explore ‘how advertisers connect with consumers on Twitter and convert them to loyal customers.’ The new Twitter Offers can be used in store, on the web or via a mobile device, … [Read more...]

How To Design A Great Landing Page

by | Ecommerce Marketing |

Your landing page is probably one of the most important elements of your site, and yet often the most overlooked. A well designed landing page will be the decider on whether a customer engages with your site of bounces off within seconds, so it’s important to get it right!  Remember, this is your online shop window, it’s the first thing your customer will see and it needs to give a professional representation of your product/service. First impressions count. It’s all very well to have a page … [Read more...]

Walmarts Price Matching Scam Backfires….Bigtime.

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

Walmart and Amazon really are taking over the news lately in their ecommerce war to be Santas right hand man this Christmas. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Walmart have really begun to focus on their ecommerce offerings in a new strategy launched last year. A massive part of this plan to trump Amazon was to further broaden their ‘price matching’ service into the ecommerce sphere, by also recognizing marketplace vendors. The price matching policy itself states that "We're committed to providing … [Read more...]

Will Bitcoin Change The Way You Do Business in 2015?

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

In the last year or two, Bitcoin has been steadily growing its name in the mainstream business community, and stores like Overstock, Lord & Taylor, Virgin Galactic and NewEgg now all accept the digital currency. All of this is great for Bitcoin in shedding its reputation as an unsafe, risky ‘internet’ dollar, as only a few years ago one of the pioneers of Bitcoin was arrested for money laundering, and just recently a price crash in the Bitcoin market caused serious upheaval. Can Bitcoin … [Read more...]

Vente-Privee Announce Amex Split

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

Vente-Privee, the French high end e-commerce company, is closing its US operations by the end of 2014. Vente-Privee launched in the US in 2012 in partnership with American Express, with each side investing $20 million to the venture. At this time, Vente-Privee expected American Express to be a ‘passive investor’ while American Express wanted to help manage the business, so a split was always imminent. Dan Schulman, AMEX's president of Enterprise Growth, was the only one at the credit card … [Read more...]