Amazon has asked sellers to cut average response times in half over the holiday season. Are you set up to fulfil this response time request? In a message sent out to sellers, Amazon said its research shows “customers who receive responses to their questions within 12 hours are generally more satisfied than those who receive …
Black Friday effect: Key xSellco insights for Amazon sellers
Black Friday weekend was a win-win across continents for Amazon – but shoppers left it late. Amazon’s marketplace sales broke records on Black Friday in the UK, while Amazon devices like the Kindle and the Fire tablet soared to record sales in the US. Black Friday weekend did as much as 100% more hourly business …
Simple strategies to catapult your eBay sales
Strategy for you eBay sales Are you an eBay seller looking for some strategies to help attract maximum exposure and sales to your eBay listing?In this article I’m sharing five easy ways to implement eBay sales strategies that will help you to achieve more success with your eBay store.
5 ways to protect your margins over Black Friday week
Black Friday, do you love it, loathe it or just avoid it? Maybe you’re a little fed up with the hype, which seems to move up another notch every year. However you feel about the busiest shopping time of the year, it’s mainstream, it’s here again and it’s more important than ever for online sellers. …
Cyber Monday checklist for Amazon sellers
Getting Cyber Monday right Cyber Monday isn’t just the best deal-fuelled online shopping day for consumers – it’s the most competitive, and potentially the most profitable, time of the year for Amazon sellers. High sales periods bring different kinds of pressures for online sellers. Any part of the selling process can go wrong if you …
Limitless: eCommerce translation tools help you sell internationally
“Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country.” – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist & author. There are 6,500 languages spoken in the world today. Mandarin Chinese is the most common with over 1.2 billion speakers, followed by Spanish at 414 million, English at 335 million and Hindi with around 260 million …
XSellco processes one billion repricing events in October 2015
Over One Billion repricing events a month Team xSellco is having a seriously happy Friday. Our leading Amazon Repricer, Price Manager, processed one billion repricing events in October 2015. The team’s hard work is paying off for Price Manager users. With one billion repricing events in one month, that’s a whole lot of Buy Box share …
eBay turns 20 [Infographic]
eBay celebrated its 20th birthday on the 3rd September 2015. From humble beginnings in San Jose, the e-commerce giant now has over 157 million active users. To celebrate the milestone, here’s an infographic, courtesy of Snap Parcel. It’s a timeline of eBay’s development, how it all began, the key people and events that shaped it. It contains …
How you can use your returns policy to increase sales over Christmas
The holiday season can be a very stressful time if you’re a seller. Whether you have an online store or a physical shop, or both, a returns policy is inevitable. On November 27th Black Friday will be upon us. The reasoning behind the word ‘Black’ in this instance, was to suggest that it’s the first …