February eCommerce news roundup
February – the month of love, missing days, early Easter egg eating (or was that just us?) and the following not-to-be-missed eCommerce news: 5, 4, 3, 2… The countdown for Making Tax Digital (MTD) is well and truly on, with just one month left to go. We’ve been busy helping eCommerce businesses in the UK understand […]
The easy way for accountants to send eCommerce sales to Xero
We all know that you accountants (and bookkeepers) love tinkering with spreadsheets, but eCommerce clients take that to another level. Importing sale orders from the client’s sales channel(s) into Xero has always been a nightmare, despite the integrations, CSV spreadsheets and apps that are meant to make it easier. At Expandly, we’re here to make […]
Expandly’s new video guides are here
In case you hadn’t heard, two months ago we released the new and improved Expandly platform – and now, we have new and improved video guides to match. eCommerce businesses and their accountants can see just how quick and easy it is to manage multiple sales channel(s), shipping carriers and Xero using multi-channel eCommerce software. […]
A guide to eBay seller fees (and how to reduce them)
Whether you’re just starting out on your eCommerce journey, or you’re looking at expanding your business to eBay, knowing how much it costs to sell on eBay, and how to reduce that cost, is vital. And we’re here to help. This guide to eBay seller fees takes you through the essential and optional fees for […]
Six eCommerce branding principles for your eCommerce business
Guest blog by MicroStartups: In an online world full of thousands upon thousands of stores and online sellers, your brand singles you out and brings people in. What is the fate of an eCommerce business without a brand? To be an anonymous supplier behind an endless selection of renamed products on international marketplaces — never […]
How to increase Shopify conversions – 7 tips from a Shopify expert
With cart abandonment rates now at a shockingly high 69.89%, improving your eCommerce store’s conversion rate is high on the agenda for any Shopify merchant. But with so many tips and tricks out there, how do you know which ones will work and which ones will burn a hole in your pocket? We’ve enlisted the […]
January eCommerce news roundup
January – the time of diets, no alcohol, sub-zero temperatures, the most anticipated payday ever and the following not-to-be-missed eCommerce news. Expandly update Ok, we know we appeared in last month’s eCommerce news roundup. And the one before that. But we just can’t help ourselves. This January we launched our Xero 2.0 integration – bringing […]
The eCommerce inventory management software guide
Stock, delivery, returns, invoices and payment – keeping on top of what’s coming in and out of your eCommerce business is an endless task, made all the more challenging as your business begins to grow. If you’re eager to get (and stay) on top of your eCommerce inventory management this year, then read on as we […]
How to schedule your eBay listings for free
Scheduling your eBay listings is the perfect way to capture the right audience, at the right time. But, with a per-listing fee, the eBay scheduler can be a hefty expense for high-volume sellers – especially when paying for other additional features such as buy it now, subtitles and international site visibility. Luckily, multichannel management software […]
Expandly reveals Xero 2.0 integration – making eCommerce accounting easier
Expandly multichannel management software’s integration with Xero just got better. The release of our Xero 2.0 update brings improved functionality and connectivity between the two platforms for eCommerce businesses and e-accountants across the world. E-retailers and their accountants will spend less time manually pushing orders into Xero, less time updating orders once they’re in Xero, […]
Making Tax Digital is the push that all eCommerce business owners need
Our businesses are online, our banking is online, our insurance is online, our mail is online, heck, even our cinema tickets are online. So, why are so many eCommerce businesses still using spreadsheets and, dare we say it, jotters, when it comes to business accounting? Luckily, things are about to change as phase one of […]
Making Tax Digital for eCommerce – everything you need to know
Making Tax Digital for eCommerce businesses (and everyone else) is set to come into force this year – revolutionising the way that eCommerce business owners collect and report their tax information. From 1 April 2019 spreadsheets, jotters and (dare we say it) post-it notes are out; online software, real-time reporting and digital records are in. […]