Live HMRC e-Marketplaces Tax Q&A on Twitter this evening

May 16, 2012

If you’re an online seller and have any tax questions then log on to Twitter between 7pm and 8pm this evening. HM Revenue and Customs are hosting a live Twitter Question and Answer session today and there will be a tax expert on hand to answer your… Read more

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iwoca to host panel of commercial eBay sellers at Catalyst

May 8, 2012

There are only a couple of weeks left until the biggest marketplaces/ecommerce conference in the UK this year. ChannelAdvisor Catalyst is on the 28th – 29th May in London and news is just in of a panel discussion where some of the fastest growing… Read more

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Monsoon continue expansion plans to service EU clients

May 3, 2012

Following the Monsoon seller summit in London last month they’ve released some impressive growth stats. They’ve announced a 73% increase in first quarter merchant sales of general merchandise compared with the same period in 2011 – that’s not… Read more

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32,500 eBay traders should expect an HMRC delivery

May 2, 2012

32,500 eBay and online traders will start receiving letters from HMRC today asking about their online selling activities. The letters are being sent to people who are trading on what HMRC call “e-marketplaces” but you can bet your life that mainly… Read more

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eBid.net launch in Brazil and Malaysia

April 27, 2012

British based eBay wannabe, eBid.net, are continuing their global expansion by launching services in Brazil and Malaysia. Buyers and sellers will be able to trade in the Brazilian Real and the Malaysian Rigga for the first time. eBid claims to have… Read more

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Gumtree launch three new UK TV ads

April 17, 2012

Gumtree are back in the TV ads market. They’ve launched three new ads yesterday plugging the three core areas of the classified ads site – Jobs, Motors and goods for sale. The ads are all about how easy it is to bring people together to trade on… Read more

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Tesco quietly launches online marketplace

April 15, 2012

Tesco is now officially a competitor to Amazon and eBay having opened up Tesco Direct to third party retailers. So far on Tesco I’ve spotted products from both Maplin and from online gardening retailer Crocus. You’ll also notice that every product… Read more

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Brightpearl clients see 35% yr on yr sales growth

March 29, 2012

Brightpearl are the latest multi-channel software vendor to announce impressive customer growth figures bucking industry trends. Brightpearl’s software has helped its customers see exceptional growth, with like-for-like sales growth of 35% between… Read more

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Video guide: The state of online retail

March 6, 2012

Alice from Salehoo has produced a video “The State of Online Retail” which is well worth a watch. It’s an hour long so bookmark it ready to watch in your lunch break (OK I know no one in eCommerce gets a lunch hour, but it is worth setting aside an… Read more

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1 year on: Shoply, the social shopping marketplace

February 21, 2012

I’ve been speaking to Liad of Shoply today, we’ve spoken a number of times over the last year and it’s great to see the Shoply site enjoying massive growth. I remember when Shoply first launched and even back then they were listening to their users… Read more

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ChannelAdvisor add support for Amazon Canada

January 26, 2012

ChannelAdvisor have expanded to include support for Amazon Canada through their marketplaces solution. If you use ChannelAdvisor as your multi-channel management platform you can now list in the Home & Garden, Home Improvement & Tools, Software,… Read more

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NotOnTheHighStreet.com see busiest day and win awards

December 6, 2011

NotOnTheHighStreet have just racked up the highest selling day ever in their five year history. The 28th November, which is starting to be known in the UK as Cyber Monday, saw sales rocket but that’s nothing unusual for the site – they’re seeing… Read more

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Google close to launching marketplace says WSJ

December 2, 2011

Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor, broke the news today on the Amazon Strategies Blog that Google are considering the launch of a Google Marketplace. The Wall Street Journal directly compares a possible Google Marketplace with Amazon Prime (which… Read more

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Webinar: Submitting products to Google Product Search

October 14, 2011

Google are holding a webinar on the 26th October at 10am Pacific Time (6pm in the UK) on Google Product Search. If you want to learn how to keep your product data fresh on Google Shopping then you should sign up for this event. Lasting 60 minutes… Read more

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Rakuten buy UK e-commerce site Play.com

September 21, 2011

Rakuten have announced today that they plan to acquire a footing in the UK with a definitive agreement to acquire UK e-commerce site Play.com for approximately 25 million pounds sterling in cash. The acquisition represents a significant step in… Read more

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Notonthehighstreet.com hires for international expansion

September 13, 2011

People have been wishing for an eBay “killer” competitor for years and with the possible exception of Amazon (which isn’t really suited for used goods) there hasn’t ever been a serious contender in the UK. That’s still the case, but one site -… Read more

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Alibaba International Trade Guide features TameBay

September 5, 2011

Alibaba have a knowledge centre and today they have a feature for those wishing to start selling online to help them choose a marketplace. eBay and Amazon are the obvious choices – but which is best if you’re just starting out selling… Read more

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Terapeak sign deal to offer Yahoo! JAPAN research

July 15, 2011

Terapeak are known for eBay and PayPal research and have licenced data direct from eBay for many years. This enables them to give unparalleled insights to sellers through their research tools. Today Terapeak announced the first-ever data… Read more

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Amazon open Europe Marketplaces Accounts

July 13, 2011

Amazon have just launched Amazon Europe Marketplaces Accounts, which allow you to manage your orders on all EU Marketplaces from just one Seller Account. With the new accounts you can manage Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr and Amazon.it and… Read more

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What Alibaba’s 1m UK members are buying

June 30, 2011

Understandably proud of achieving one million users in the UK, Alibaba have released some data on how those users are spending their money. There’s a pretty wide range of goods, but top of the heap is machinery (10.7% of UK purchases), followed… Read more

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Alibaba: Payment methods on AliExpress

June 16, 2011

Earlier this month PayPal decided they’d cut ties with Alibaba’s AliExpress platform and would cease to process payments to merchants from the 3rd of August this year. We asked AliExpress their thoughts on PayPal’s decision to part company with… Read more

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PayPal dumps 1 million UK Alibaba users

June 3, 2011

Alibaba have just announced reaching the milestone of 1 million registered users in the UK. They give access to 61 million businesses in over 240 countries around the world. Alibaba are growing at around 27,000 new users per month in the UK and… Read more

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Alibaba ban sale of DVD movies & Games

June 3, 2011

Alibaba have just banned the sale of optical discs with audio-visual content (Movies, games, TV programs, concerts) on their sites. The ban is due to so many optical discs being proved to infringe copyright. In conjunction with this ban, a review… Read more

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Over 50% of online retailers use more than 5 channels

May 27, 2011

At the EU Catalyst conference in London, ChannelAdvisor surveyed a cross section of medium and large retailers and found that established channels are the primary focus for retailers, with new channels such as social commerce following closely… Read more

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Is there a multi-channel solution for Apple Mac?

May 11, 2011

I was asked an interesting question today – as a retailer grows “What’s the best single system for generating invoices from eBay, Amazon and your own website?” Rather than process orders on three separate platforms the company are looking for a… Read more

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