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Shipping on Online Marketplaces – what can make THE Difference for your Customer Online Marketplaces are a driving force in e-commerce and crucial to retailers’ success. Hardly any online retailer can get past them in the long term. One major challenge in Online Marketplaces is shipping. How exactly should merchants master this?  The competitive pressure in e-commerce is enormous – especially for smaller and medium-sized retailers. Compared to established companies…

The year 2022 witnessed a steady increase in international supply chain activity as countries around the world reopened their economies following the COVID lockdown era. As a result of the pandemic, global supply chains faced significant repercussions, some of which persist to this day. Several companies were unable to access the materials they needed for production due to travel and cargo movement restrictions in many countries around the world.  To…

The numbers are in: German online retails have been hit by inflation in 2022. However, the long-term growth story still seem intact as consumer data by bevh suggests. The German e-commerce sector was unable to continue the high sales figures of the previous year in 2022, data from the Association for ecommerce an distance selling (bevh) suggests. Gross sales of goods in e-commerce, not adjusted for inflation, fell by 8.8%…

You don’t need to be Einstein to use advanced logic Have you ever had the feeling you’re constantly chasing your own tail on marketplaces? Continuously adjusting your listings to make sure your changing costs (for shipping for example) are reflected in your products’ pricing? Monitoring your competition every hour and changing your offer to win the buy-box? There’s a smarter way to do this. Setup advanced logic for your marketplace…

It’s estimated that the global ecommerce market will tip out at $5.7 trillion by the end 2022 and in 2023 it’s set to grow to $6.51 trillion. (shopify) There are many factors that come into success for online retailers and a key consideration should be how easy you as a merchant make it for your customers to pay and checkout from your store. Consumers are looking for flexibility and convenience…

The importance of B2B e-commerce is growing continuously and there is no end in sight. According to a publication by IFH Cologne, around 1.3 trillion euros were turned over in B2B online commerce in Germany alone. The trend towards e-commerce will continue to increase in the future, which is why more and more B2B companies are jumping on the e-commerce bandwagon in the DACH region as well. However, the conversion…

The last two years have been a series of highs and lows, leaving businesses trying to forecast for the future as best they can. Meanwhile, risk of recession is rising globally as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies. Merchants are facing softer demand, rising input costs, labour shortages and ongoing supply chain disruption.  We’d be silly if we said current economic challenges aren’t a cause for concern. However, there are many things…

The cross-border ecommerce market is growing steadily, and it does not show any signs of slowing down – whether we talk about the B2C or B2B component. New technologies are being rolled out to streamline payments processes, trends and developments with the potential to shape this market become more important and easier to spot, and most certainly customer behaviours change as more and more services are being adapted to better…

Online business has a firm place in consumer behavior: Since 2018, the share of Germans shopping on the internet is almost constant at around 70%. In European comparison, this puts Germany in sixth place.¹ Let’s take a closer look at the e-commerce market in Germany.German e-commerce market: Online trade is booming Sales in digital B2C commerce are expected to rise to 97.4 billion euros in 2022.² In the business customer…

E-commerce logistics has many moving parts. Keeping track of them all can give a brand a major headache, especially when in-house logistics knowledge is limited. Outsourcing can be the key to avoiding the hassle. This article is a handy guide for anyone screaming “But where do I start?” at their computer screen right now. When a brand considers outsourcing its e-commerce logistics, it is usually thinking about handing off a…