4 ways to convert dead inventory into actual cash
Running low on inventory can cost money. You may lose out on customers ready to buy your product. Or, in case your inventory doesn’t show as out of stock in time, you may need to pay a fine to cancel orders for products you don’t have. So, will doubling up your inventory help? Strangely, no, […]
Confused about shipping options? Here are the choices marketplaces offer
Shipping and transporting products is the main part of an online business. If you want smooth functioning of your business and a bunch of happy customers, then you must have an effective shipping plan. Your logistics partner must be reliable and responsible when it comes to consignment handling and delivery. A strong shipping policy can […]
5 ways to sniff out the latest trends in ecommerce
Every year, new trends come into play. These signify what the market is focusing on and what customers yearn for. In online retail trends are initiated by a number of factors like customer demand, competition, profit or sales targets and even the government. This year too we noticed new trends are evolving on the ecommerce […]
Marketplace rejected your seller application? This could be why!
So, you decided to take the plunge into online selling and made the necessary arrangements. After some research, you zeroed in on selling first on a marketplace before you diversify to your own site. You kept all the documents ready, checked them, and submitted the lot. Just as you were getting ready to service your first […]
Best Practices for Ecommerce Payment Reconciliation
While a huge proportion of the sellers trust marketplace payment practises to compensate them for the sale of the product, not many have an effective mechanism in place to check the glitches in the marketplace’s payment system. Typically, orders through a marketplace such as Flipkart or Amazon may reach the seller in the order of […]
Date with GST looms near. Do you know all you need to about it?
The government has announced that the much feared and much loved Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be hitting the stands on 1st July 2017. But do you know everything there is to this new law? Are you aware of how it will affect you and your online selling business? What are some of the impacts […]
What should you do if Your Amazon Account is Suspended?
We all know that with online sales, every second matters. It can only take a sale or two to tamper with your seller’s rating, and that every moment you are offline, your competitor is making all the sales. Naturally, selling on a massive platform like Amazon, with hundreds of thousands of sellers and millions of […]
Are online marketplaces responsible for their users’ actions?
Online marketplaces operate as a medium between buyers and sellers, quite similar to a mall or shopping complex. However, when there is a dispute between a buyer and a seller in the mall, they are able to sort it out without involving the mall authorities because of the physical proximity. The same cannot be said […]
Ecommerce product image guidelines you should not ignore
When selling online what’s the first thing a consumer notices? It’s your product’s images. This is the only way a consumer can be sure of what he’s buying. A product image is your first and last shot at making an impression. That is why you need to make every image count. Unlike at a physical […]
How can Online Sellers out do their competitor’s Order Fulfilment Speed?
With the intense amount of competition that you face as an online seller in the e-commerce market it becomes a mammoth task to establish a point of difference. Last year, Amazon India claimed to have crossed 1 lakh sellers registered on their website. The numbers of Flipkart and Snapdeal are not too different from this […]