One of the biggest problems facing retail today is the cost of unsold stock. That’s why a growing number of e-commerce businesses are relying on third-party suppliers to ship online orders directly to shoppers. Known as drop shipping, it allows e-tailers to expand their product offerings without acquiring inventory—they only pay for the items that …
xSellco chats to John Thornton, The Modern Man’s content manager, about the company’s decision to take its business global.
Online shoppers want fast, free shipping, but not all e-commerce businesses are cut out to offer it. Once considered a perk, most people now expect free delivery and returns as standard—so much so that several studies have indicated that shipping costs are a leading cause of cart abandonment. For online sellers, however, free shipping is …
How training customer service staff on each product is helping Na’vi Organics to grow.
With more than 120 exhibitors and up to 4,000 expected attendees, the inaugural eCommerce Show North is poised to be the largest-ever gathering of e-commerce companies, vendors and suppliers held outside London when it takes place Oct. 11-12 at EventCity in Manchester. Here, director Martyn Collins explains why it’s high time England’s north-west had its …
xSellco talks to Tim, Better Life’s co-founder and CEO, about the company’s earliest days online and how the business has evolved since then.
xSellco talks to Creoly’s managing director, Adam Bowen, about how selling on multiple e-commerce platforms has helped his business grow.
The results are in: Amazon’s third annual Prime Day on July 11 was its biggest day ever. The company’s made-up shopping spree, extended by six hours this year and available only to members of its $99-a-year subscription service, outshone Black Friday and Cyber Monday to smash all of its previous records. According to Amazon, sales …