Platform loyalty allows you to simplify your inventory and distribution process. But it also puts your business at risk. When all your sales on one platform, suspensions or account issues are costly. For example, if you only sell on Amazon, an account suspension could end your business. Also, no matter how [...]

Are you trying to decide what to sell on Amazon? With more than 3 billion products listed on Amazon worldwide, chances are that whatever you are thinking of selling, it's already being sold on Amazon. There's still plenty of opportunity to make impressive profits selling products on Amazon, but it's critical [...]

In 2013 Paul Jones started a business from his home, making bags. His personal mantra is "make a good start Jones" and so he named the business Goodstart Jones. And as starts go, this one certainly was good. Paul Jones made a lightweight and durable bag with a waterproofed wooden stability [...]

What is Amazon FBA?   FBA means fulfilled by Amazon. With the Amazon FBA program, you choose what you want to sell, send it to Amazon, and they do the rest for you. It's a model that is growing in popularity. Because Amazon FBA makes it easier for you to build [...]

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 [...]

eBay has over 168 million active buyers and it's growing daily. So how do you make your listings stand out from the crowd and convert to sales? Let's run through the six key features every eBay listing needs to entice customers and convince them to buy.   1. Quality Images [...]

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. [...]

eBay suspension is every seller's worst nightmare. Suddenly locked out of a marketplace with 180 million active buyers, results can be devastating. Especially for a business still building itself online. So how can an honest, law-abiding eBay seller avoid suspension? Certainly, prevention is better than cure. That is to say, [...]

Successfully marketing your brand on social media requires a mix of skills from your company's founder, employees and often freelancers or agency staff. When many different people contribute to a project, it’s important to create a framework that ensures consistency of quality and brand personality. For social media marketing, that [...]

If you're part of a growing e-commerce business, or have grown an e-commerce business from scratch, you’ll be familiar with the challenges of wearing multiple hats, juggling dispatch and customer enquiries whilst trying to attract more customers online. We get accustomed to doing everything as fast as possible. There’s always [...]

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 [...]

You're working hard to market your company and make sure you appear in search. Writing your descriptions, optimising images, and mastering most of the other elements of effective search engine optimisation (SEO). However, if you're anything like many of the many e-commerce merchants we speak to, you may be struggling [...]