Once considered an auction house for bedroom sellers, eBay is now a reliable multi-channel marketplace that allows blue-chip sellers to offer their branded products to a huge audience. Adding to Amazon’s marketplace lets you increase the level of exposure your products get and reach a much bigger audience. There are many differences between the two platforms when it comes to selling, there are some real benefits when it comes to expanding. Why should you start selling on Amazon? To expand your reach: In 2020, between 350 to 450 million buyers visited Amazon.co.uk every month. And this amounts to double the number of global active users on eBay. It’s where most of your customers start their search: 63% of shoppers start… Read more »
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Shipping Advice For E-Commerce Beginners – Guest Post
Setting up an e-commerce business can be a very exciting prospect. Once you set up your website and are ready to take orders, you need to master one crucial aspect of the business — shipping. Shipping isn’t just transporting the product from the warehouse to the customer. You need to learn how to pack orders and monitor expenses as well. Here are a few shipping tips that every e-commerce entrepreneur must know; Understand how to charge Three common ways of billing include: Free shipping: This reduces shipping cart abandonment and helps in differentiating your brand from the competitors. You have to remember that the shipping is free for the customer, not for you. As an e-commerce company, you have to pay… Read more »
What to expect from a fulfilment partner – guest post from James & James e-commerce fulfilment.
Whether or not to outsource your order fulfilment can be a difficult decision if you don’t have any knowledge of the services. So to help out, we’ve come up with a beginner’s guide of what to expect from an order fulfilment partner. Below is a basic, easy to understand introduction to each feature they’ll provide and just how your eCommerce business will benefit. By the end of this article, hopefully you’ll feel confident in your knowledge and ready to decide whether or not outsourced order fulfilment is for you! Order Fulfilment Services ECOMMERCE INTEGRATION eCommerce integration is the first step toward merging your business with your chosen 3PL (third party logistics) partner. An exceptional fulfilment service will offer software that… Read more »