Who Can join Amazon Brand Registry?   Brand Registry is for sellers who are brand owners or manufacturers. It's also open to distributors who have written permission from the brand owner to manage a specific product on Amazon. If you don’t fall into one of these categories, you won't be [...]

Bernard Savage make bespoke kitchens and furniture. They manufacture and sell from their showroom in Wolverhampton, where customers can see and touch the solid wood pieces. Buying from Bernard Savage is a unique luxury experience. Customers can even select raw tree trunks to have furniture carved from. However, they had [...]

There was a time when e-commerce was just selling things online. Those were simpler times.   Today, searching #ecommerce on Twitter or Instagram will submerge you into a world of posts about drop shipping, flipping, and social selling. Social media has evolved retail beyond shop keeping. It’s now an aspirational [...]

With competition in e-commerce fiercer than it's ever been, nearly every business is looking for a leg up. Many are looking to Amazon, the company that's dominated e-commerce for the past decade, for guidance. And it's not hard to discern that one of Amazon's biggest keys to success is its [...]

Spend ten minutes scrolling Instagram and you're sure to come across a dozen new brands, all offering you products that instantly catch your eye. The e-commerce industry has spent the last decade celebrating Amazon’s power in retail. Measuring the potential of a brand by its scale and path to category [...]

Mailchimp is separating from Shopify. So, by May 12, any merchants using Mailchimp will need to switch to another mail service. Klaviyo is one of the most popular alternatives to Mailchimp right now. If you're not familiar with Klaviyo, this post will give you an overview of what it does, and [...]

Selling auto parts online, you're operating in a growing but competitive market. Sourcing the right stock, getting it online and ensuring that customers find your auto parts website when they search takes hard work. It’s common for automotive parts sellers to find they’ve become so focused on this journey, that [...]

According to a Gen Z report, that generation cite social media as their most influential source for buying decisions. Couple that, with a Meeker report shows 55 percent of users who found a product on social media went on to purchase it later. That makes social media one of the most [...]

Setting up an online shop is now a painless process. You can sign up for a hosted store on a platform like Shopify or BigCommerce and apply a template design in minutes. Even for  more complex, custom stores, working with an e-commerce design agency, you could go from just an [...]

Every business owner knows who their competitors are. Even if you're not watching them yourself, others won't hesitate to point out to you what competitors are doing, asking if you have considered doing the same, or pointing to their perceived success and asking if it worries you. As a business [...]

There are three ways to sell on Amazon. Sell items you have manufactured Resell items from other brands Private label Private label mans that you sell items made by other manufacturers, under your own brand name. This is one of the most lucrative and popular ways Amazon retailers do business. [...]

Approved Performance are an aftermarket, OEM replacement parts seller based out of Bloomingdale Illinois, run by Keith Boyer. Approved Performance sell superior vehicle parts for breaking systems, hubs and shafts. The products are fantastic, priced at a level where they are competitive with OEM parts but far superior in quality [...]

With over 179 million active buyers in over 100 countries, eBay gives sellers instant access to a global marketplace. But how can you make the most of this exposure and increase your eBay sales ? This guide covers key considerations and best practice you need to follow when selling on [...]

You've signed up for your Shopify trial, set up social media accounts, chosen a designer, and now you're just waiting for your store to go live so you can start selling. It's an exciting time, but it should also be a busy one for you. Here are ten tasks you can [...]

Video traffic is expected to account for 80% of all consumer internet traffic in 2019, and visitors to e-commerce websites are 64-85% more likely to buy  a product after watching a product video explaining how it works. This is because our brains processing visuals 60,000 times faster than text. Using [...]

What's a Buyer Persona? A buyer persona is a description of your ideal customer. They are the person you choose your stock for, knowing they will want every item. You write product descriptions to answer their questions and use social media to share content you know they'll enjoy. Even if [...]

Amazon Prime has truly revolutionized the concept and expectation of shipping. Years ago “fast shipping” would have been considered a week or so. Now, thanks to Amazon Prime, consumers expect fast shipping to take just a couple of days. If consumers don’t see fast, free, or low-cost shipping, many of [...]

Dropshipping can be tricky to get right and be profitable, avoid these common mistakes: 1 - Check Shipping Times BEFORE Choosing Which Countries to Sell To. A lot of beginners see that a seller on Ali Express ships worldwide, and so list the item with worldwide shipping without further thought. [...]

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is one of those things that can often be overlooked during the exhausting process of designing and building a new e-commerce website. It’s completely understandable as it’s challenging enough to create something that looks good and does everything it should - from showcasing your products to [...]

We are moving into the busiest season of the retail year. Previously known as the holiday season, the period between November and New year is now referred to in retail as discounting season. Customers are bombarded with Black Friday deals and 24-hour flash sales. They're spoilt for choice and expect [...]