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Top Relaxation Tips To Wind Down After The Christmas Rush Winds You Up

by | Ecommerce Inspiration |

Right, you have TWO days between now and the end of the New Year Sales which are yours and yours alone. Those two days are Christmas Day and New Years. So you’d better make the most of them, because you’ll be busy making money the rest of the time! Whether you celebrate Christmas is irrelevant, as the majority of the world does – and that means that YOU get a break, which is enough cause for celebration if you ask me. The problem is, that you probably don’t know how to actually take that break … [Read more...]

Amazon Launches 1 hour Delivery Service

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

I’m starting to feel like an Amazon sales rep, with all of the articles I’ve written about the company in the past month. But in reality, it’s simply an indicator just how much the ecommerce giant is pushing itself to the forefront of consumer news. Just yesterday, the company announced yet another new service improvement...and here I am beginning another Amazon post – again. If the big guys in the A-Towers are reading, a bit of commission wouldn’t go amiss lads... (hint, hint!) Anyway, back to … [Read more...]

Google Might Launch Its Own ‘Buy Now’ Button

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Google is upping the stakes in its ecommerce war against the Amazon jungle of new features. Following the release of Amazons ‘buy now’ button, Google is now working on its own instant buy button which will allow shoppers to search for products and purchase them with just one click. Oh and guess how those products will be delivered? Only with Googles free 2 day shipping via their Amazon-Prime replicate service, of course. Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has previously described Amazon as ‘Googles … [Read more...]

Amazon Reveals New ‘Make An Offer’ Feature

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

Have you ever been to a market? A real life one? Most people have, and many people enjoy a good old bartering exchange whilst they’re there. I still remember haggling on the price of a goldfish when I was 8 years old; I got it down to half price with a free bowl thrown in and I thought I was deadly. Turns out I actually was ‘deadly’ – since I overfed it and it died. Anyway, moving swiftly back to 2015 (where’s that DeLorean when you need it?), Everyone loves a good bargain, and Amazon has … [Read more...]

Top 5 Marketing Trends for eCommerce in 2015

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

The online world moves so fast that it’s become crucial to stay ahead of the pack, unless you want your business trailing behind. So to give you a head start this year, we’ve put together the top 5 trends we see emerging for 2015. 1. Transparency is key Be real. It’s common knowledge in any sales business that people buy from people, and the best sales person can sell even the worst product (although we know yours is great!). Following on from this belief, it’s important that you’re honest … [Read more...]

Cyber Monday Sales Exceed A Record Breaking $2 Billion

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It looks like the record breaking didn’t end with the weekend, as comScore figures have revealed that Cyber Monday sales went over the $2 billion mark for the first time. With a 17% increase on 2013, Cyber Monday has set two new records; not only is it the only Cyber Monday to surpass the $2 billion mark, it’s also the biggest spending day in ecommerce history. comScore Chairman emeritus, Gian Fulgoni, silenced critics upon release of the figures, saying ‘any notion that Cyber Monday is … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving eCommerce Sales Trump 2013 Figures

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It will come as no surprise that comScore findings show this year’s Thanksgiving and Black Friday Sales have surpassed last year’s figures.  Thanksgiving Day Sales went over the 1billion mark for the first time with a 32% jump to 1.01 billion, and Black Friday swam past last year’s figure by 26%, when it hit 1.51billion. With the two days combined, the total spend this year was 2.51billion, which trumps the 1.96billion figure from 2013. In light of this record breaking weekend, comScore is … [Read more...]

eCargo Holdings Enters The Australian Stock Exchange

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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...]

Black Friday Weekend Kicks Off Early With Pre-Thanksgiving Sales Up over 19%

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With still a few days to go, many online retailers have decided to go for a headstart on Black Friday Weekend, with massive discounts now available in stores such as Amazon, Walmart, and Target –with other outlets joining them by the minute. You know that once Amazon does it, everyone will do it! Sales are up an impressive 19% on last year, with mobile traffic doubling from 24.4 to 48.5%! We created this post for you guys last week about mobile optimization for this very reason...we knew the … [Read more...]

Walmarts Price Matching Scam Backfires….Bigtime.

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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...]