Thank you Scot

April 23, 2008

A couple of weeks ago we put out a plea for a US supplier who could obtain a couple of Flip Video cameras for Sue and myself. Evan of PeSA offered to help out but in the end Scot Wingo of ChannelAdvisor made things easy and offered to bring a couple… Read more

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An American road tests the Skypephone

April 23, 2008

Billy Purser of ChannelAdvisor was absolutely amazed at my 3 Skypephone when I showed it to him at the Catalyst US conference. It appears that there is nothing like it in the US, and in fact my distinct impression is that Skype usage is not nearly… Read more

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PayPal buyer protection to increase

April 22, 2008

Carl-Olav Scheible of PayPal had some interesting comments regarding buyer protection, at Catalyst today. When asked if PayPal in the UK would be increasing buyer protection cover upwards from the current £500 maximum he explained that the… Read more

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Get people away from your site as fast as possible

April 22, 2008

Robert Swerling, Head of Commerce Partnerships at Google gave an outstanding presentation at Catalyst this morning with four principles of successful online retailing. 1) VelocityGive customers what they want as quickly as possibly. Customers… Read more

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Newsflash: eBay moving to free insertion fees

April 21, 2008

In a workshop at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst, Jody Ford from eBay has just announced that they are heading towards FREE insertion fees. They are working to offer great economics linked to sellers success and are working to reduce insertion fees…. Read more

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Catalyst and Thames cruise sold out

April 17, 2008

The Catalyst conference taking place at Vinopolis in London next week is fully booked and registrations have closed. Bookings this year are up 100% compared to last year, which may be in part due to no eBay Universities being scheduled for 2008…. Read more

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Discount code for Catalyst conference

April 9, 2008

For anyone still undecided whether to attend the Catalyst conference taking place on 21st – 22nd April there’s an incentive to make the booking. We’ve gotten wind of a discount code valid for bookings up until 11th April lowering the cost to… Read more

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Facebook to add e-commerce module

April 3, 2008

Ben Ling, Director of Platform Product Marketing at Facebook, today shared the roadmap of how e-commerce will be enabled on the site. Currently there are two ways to advertise products, but that’s all about to change with the launch of a new… Read more

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eBay to rebalance fees again

April 2, 2008

Stephanie Tilenius arrived at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst, wearing shoes she purchased on eBay, to emphasise that she’s committed to the site, both as a user and as the new General Manager of eBay North America. She told the Catalyst conference to… Read more

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ChannelAdvisor: Strategic Alliance with Buy.com

April 2, 2008

ChannelAdvisor announced today a strategic alliance with Buy.com and will become the first channel management solution to offer an integrated solution for merchants to list stock on the platform. Buy.com are a fixed price marketplace similar to… Read more

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The $, the £ and eBay

April 2, 2008

Speaking to ecommerce merchants at Catalyst in the US this week, one common theme has been how they can maximise on the weak dollar. For most sellers this has been to expand their US operations to Europe but with one exception – Patrick Sherlock of… Read more

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eBay MD to meet sellers at CA Catalyst

March 14, 2008

ChannelAdvisor are poised to announce a major coup on Monday, they’ve secured new eBay UK MD, Mark Lewis, as a keynote speaker for the Catalyst conference taking place in London this April. eBay joins Google, Frooition, Vzaar and Royal Mail as… Read more

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Catalyst now has a confirmed attendee

March 12, 2008

Tank Stikman, the face of ChannelAdvisor has been quiet since making his first appearance back in December, but he’s now the first confirmed attendee at the Catalyst US conference. It’s a great advert for Pinehurst, the resort hotel where the… Read more

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Time to book for ChannelAdvisor Catalyst

February 28, 2008

There’s been quite a lot of interest in ChannelAdvisor and Amazon lately, and for those that are serious about finding out more tomorrow (Friday 29th) is the last day for booking for ChannelAdvisor Catalyst at the discounted price of £129.00…. Read more

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ChannelAdvisor Catalyst news and booking

January 16, 2008

ChannelAdvisor have released more detail of the Catalyst Conference scheduled for 21st – 22nd April and it’s shaping up to be the best conference so far. If you want to know the shape of ecommerce in the UK this is the one conference of the year… Read more

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