There are many good reasons to invest in an ecommerce virtual assistant.
- Up to 78% reduction in operating costs
- A single remote VA can help an employer save over $11,000
- VAs are 43% more productive than in-house employees hired for similar jobs
There are many good reasons to invest in an ecommerce virtual assistant.
This year, Amazon Prime Day 2021 is coming a month earlier, on June 21 and June 22. Its sales and revenue expectations surpass that of 2020. As a seller, if you are still unsure about your Amazon prime day strategy, you need a plan of action, and soon.
How? Why? What? Don’t be anxious.
For businesses trying to scale their online presence, Shopify is a blessing. It’s the chosen platform for most booming eStores out there. And why not? It’s fast, efficient, and super convenient. Setting up a store on Shopify, product data entry, listing updation, and managing sales & inventory is easier than you think. Let’s see how!
In the last decade, Global eCommerce experienced enormous growth. Rising from $1.3 trillion in 2014, the worldwide online retail revenue hit $3.46 trillion in 2019 and might cross $4.97 trillion by 2021.
The origin of eCommerce dates back to the 1960s when Electronic Data Interchange took its first steps. Its actual growth, however, began with the advent of the 1990s.
Let’s just step into the buyer’s shoes for a minute. Say, you’re looking for a bluetooth headset online. Now, how many possible shopping platforms do you have? Amazon? eBay? Jet? Rakuten? Etsy?…the list goes on. You’ll obviously look for the product on multiple platforms until you find the best deal. Do you see what this means for you as a seller? Consumers are shopping from multiple platforms. If you have an eCommerce store of your own, it’s not enough. You need to be omnipresent across multiple sales channels and marketplaces to strengthen your online presence, reach, brand exposure as well as brand awareness.
On its 20th anniversary, Amazon gifted “The Amazon Prime Day” to its sellers & buyers. An opportunity to bag prime profits for the sellers and an opportunity to bag prime deals with great discounts to buyers. It looks like a win-win arrangement because Prime Day was started as morning to evening event but last year it lasted 36 hours. Now, there are speculations that this time the Prime Day 2019 may last up to 48 hours.
The Amazon marketplace is huge. For the sellers, it is more like an opportunity waiting to happen. Being one of the largest eRetail marketplaces, it gives the sellers access to a large customer base of about 310 million. But when it comes to selling, the competition knows no limits. Amazon seller base is constantly increasing by the day, thus making the competition even fiercer. How then you, as a seller, are supposed to stand out from the rest and be successful? Well, it certainly is possible, if you have a well-planned strategy in place.
Note: This is “Part 1″ in a series on leveraging marketplaces to sell products and widen customer reach. This installment focuses on choosing the right marketplace, setting up the eShop and populating it effectively.
You put your heart and soul in manufacturing high-quality products and developing an eCommerce store to sell them. But the amount of sales that is being generated is not enough. What next? How would you promote your products to widen customer reach and boost brand awareness? Think about online marketplaces!
In the ever evolving competitive business environment, eCommerce entrepreneurs are always looking for the right tools to increase orders, drive maximum traffic, boost sales and build brand awareness. We bring to you the list of top five Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) that provide the best platform to put your products in front of the web’s savviest consumers and sprint ahead of the competition.
Would you like to re-visit an online marketplace that displays unavailable products and coupon codes that are no longer valid? Certainly, no! One of the major factors that bring back buyers to an eCommerce store and marketplace is how regularly the product catalog is updated. While promotional offers and discounts play a key role in attracting prospects, it is a must to update the offers on a regular basis so that there is something new and exciting that your customers can find every time they visit you.