Billion Dollar Baby! Etsy’s Q4 Results
Whilst winter was having a leaving party at the end of February, Etsy was celebrating its first ever quarter with over $1,000,000,000 in sales and if that wasn’t enough, their other financials were pretty impressive too. Growing In A Sea of Sameness This is a huge milestone for creative marketplace Etsy, who demonstrated strong growth across […]
Black Friday Eat My Dust: Cyber Monday 2017
What was once Black Friday’s little sister, now buys her own diamonds and buys her own rings. Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day of the year and 2017 was no exception. Record Sales This year’s Cyber Monday was the US’ largest online shopping day in the history of forever with $6.59 BILLION sales – more than […]
Double Trouble: Amazon Handmade Teams Up With Prime Now
If Amazon Handmade wasn’t already Etsy’s nightmare before Christmas, it certainly is (Prime) now. Amazon Handmade Launched in 2015, Amazon Handmade offers Amazon customers access to hundreds of thousands of handcrafted gifts from small businesses and local Artisans. Amazon Prime Now Amazon Prime Now is the super-quick delivery service offered by Amazon to over 30 […]
“I don’t know about that eBay so I looked on Amazon”
So in love with multichannel selling, is the team at Expandly, that even in our downtime our ears prick up at the sound of ‘Amazon’, ‘eBay’ and ‘Etsy’. “I don’t know about that eBay so I looked on Amazon.” This gem was overheard in a Waitrose Cafe (fancy!). Someone had recommended the coffee drinker a […]
Amazon’s On Santa’s Naughty List
Amazon might be appearing on Santa’s naughty list, after a series of complaints about its Prime Delivery Service. Advertising Standards Authority The advertising watchdog is investigating complaints by a number of Amazon Prime customers who have failed to receive their Christmas deliveries within the promised two-day time frame. Amazon Prime Amazon Prime is the premium […]
Return to Sender: eBay’s New Returns Search Filter
Recent research by UPS showed that for the majority of online shoppers, free returns was an important consideration and eBay took note. eBay Search Filter UK buyers can now filter their searches by those offering free returns and that’s not all. Earlier this year eBay announced that it would be rewarding sellers who offer buyer friendly […]
Expandly Now Supports Etsy’s SKUs – Let’s Find it out
2017 was the year Etsy finally introduced SKUs and Expandly are proud to confirm that, of course, we not only support SKUs but we excel at them. What Is An Sku? SKU stands for stock keeping unit: A set of numbers and/or letters, which are assigned to unique products. Why Should I Be Using SKUs? SKUs have […]
eBay’s Promotions Manager Explained
Back in the Autumn (when you only needed two layers instead of 20), eBay announced a change to its Promotions Manager tool but what is the Promotions Manager and how can you best utilise it? Don’t sweat it (in your 20 layers); we’re here to explain. eBay’s Promotions Manager The Promotions Manager is an eBay […]
Our Pick Of The Shopify Apps
The Shopify App store has over 1,200 apps and with Expandly joining the elite earlier this month (see here) we thought now would be a perfect opportunity to see what other apps are out there: 1. MailChimp Mail Chimp for Shopify enables you to connect your Shopify store with your MailChimp account – adding customer details […]
It Could Be You – eBay Millionaires
We live in exciting times: Cars are driving themselves, shopping is being delivered by small pilotless aircrafts, you can control your heating from your phone and you no longer have to rely on seven lucky numbers in order to become a millionaire. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Yes, that’s right – eBay now boasts […]
Fingers on Buzzers: How to Win Amazon Buy Box
Not to be confused with beatboxing (but perhaps just as hard) Amazon’s Buy Box is at the top of any Amazon seller’s wish list and here’s why: What is the Amazon Buy Box? The Buy Box is the box on an Amazon product page where online buyers add an item to their basket. Simple? Hold that […]
Find out eBay’s Exciting New Features
We might not yet be as road-free as Doc predicted but we are at least half a step back to the future with word-free searching. Two New eBay Search Features eBay announced not one but two new futuristic developments last week: Image Search Allowing buyers to enter an image instead of text, this new eBay […]