The War on Third-Party Sellers: How to Survive and Prosper
The writing is on the wall: the third-party seller model is in serious trouble. If that’s you, you don’t need to be told that your business is under…
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Creating a Single Source of Truth For Your Sales, Inventory and Order Data
In ten years the ecommerce industry will look nothing like it does now. Improved efficiency will soon become a basic competitive requirement. Many merchants know their businesses need…
The Ecommerce Challenge Peter Drucker Considers One of the ‘Great Divides’ in Management and How to Overcome It
Many merchants’ front-end software for sales have no way of connecting with their back-end supply and operational systems. Since they don’t communicate, information isn’t being shared across the…
3 Ways NOT to Scale Your Multi-Channel Ecommerce Business
When most merchants hit their growth ceiling they know they need to do something to break through it – even though they aren’t always exactly sure what that something is. So they set out to discover exactly what is necessary to overcome their growth barriers. Some eventually find a solution – but not before wasting a lot of time and money.
Invasion of the Category Snatchers: Past Success on Amazon Doesn’t Guarantee Future Success
Warren Buffet said that in ten years, the retail industry will be unrecognizable. The billionaire investor confirmed what we already knew when he sold off the last $900 million of his retail stock and said, “The department store is online now.”
That’s old news.
The real news is what’s happening inside the online marketplaces.
Make Ecommerce Operations Your Unbeatable Competitive Advantage
Making money isn’t just about selling and sales revenue, it’s all about bottom line profit. As they say in the real estate industry: “You don’t make money when…
The Real Cost of Carrying Too Much – or Not Enough – Inventory
Another problem many merchants encounter on a daily basis is poor visibility. They don’t have a dependable real-time view of their – or their suppliers’ – inventory, therefore they…
Ecommerce Efficiency: Why You’re Working Harder Than Ever But Growing Less
One of the biggest problems holding your business back is time – or rather, a lack of time. Inefficient software only makes things worse, not better. Entire days…
How to Add Tens of Thousands New Amazon Listings in Weeks, Not Months or Years
If it isn’t getting seen, it isn’t getting sold. Experienced Amazon sellers know this hard truth: to get more sales, more buyers need to see your product…
Inventory Automation For Hands-Free, Hassle-Free Growth
With growth comes challenges. Managing inventory is one of them. Inventory management is one of the most common reasons fast-growing sellers decide to replatform. The challenge of…