Comments on: ChannelAdvisor vs Marketworks war is over

By: ChannelAdvisor announces MarketplaceAdvisor : TameBay

ChannelAdvisor announces MarketplaceAdvisor : TameBay — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:30:33 +0000

[...] are introducing new products following their acquisition of Marketworks (formerly Auctionworks). We’re hearing that customers of the auction management software [...]

By: eBay adds to 3rd party application portfolio : TameBay

eBay adds to 3rd party application portfolio : TameBay — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:12:33 +0000

[...] It’s definately the season for auction management companies to be acquired, it’s less than a month since ChannelAdvisor acquired Marketworks. Mind you, eBay already own a slice of ChannelAdvisor and now by default Marketworks, so their own portfolio of third party management solutions is growing! [...]

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:55:52 +0000

Does anyone know what has happened to UK support? Our marketworks software is playing up big time, our checkout is performing terribly, and our general usage is enfuriatingly poor orders going missing customers disappearing etc. Coming up to our busiest point of the year, this is more than worrying and a bad Christmas could break us. We need tech support urgently and we’re being told nothing.

Anyone got any ideas???!!

By: Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:50:19 +0000

Wonders will never cease – ChannelAdvisor Aquires Marketworks

The two titans in the eBay auction management and e-commerce total solutions world collide:
ChannelAdvisor Acquires Marketworks – Combination cements ChannelAdvisor as top e-commerce channel management solution provider..
The press release says:
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By: Randy Smythe

Randy Smythe — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:25:05 +0000

It sounds like the deal came about pretty quickly. I think this means that Zoovy and Infopia will need to do something also.

The combined company will make up 5% of eBay’s GMV. That is a sizable percentage. eBay’s a shareholder in CA, I wonder what they had to say about the purchase.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:37:36 +0000

Randy I don’t know about the US, but there’s never really been room for two players in the UK. They’ve naturally been after each others customers for years.

I’m guessing Marketworks found it tough going to grow more and being bought out was the best thing that could have happened. It remains to be seen if ChannelAdvisor got a bargain or not but I suspect the price was fairly good from their perspective.

By: Randy Smythe

Randy Smythe — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:22:25 +0000

This is going to be an interesting transition and I have my opinions about why this happened and how the integration will work out but I believe at least for the short-term Q4 there will be few changes.