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Southeast Asian retailer Shopee’s long path to profit: Are we there yet?

Inside Retail

Supersized pandemic revenue growth is waning and losses are mounting, but Shopee is now the clear Southeast Asia market leader. Shopee opened for business as a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace in the first quarter of 2015 and evolved into a hybrid B2C/C2C business model that by late 2019 was growing fast. on 24 June.

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10 Online Businesses for Sale in May

Small Biz Trends

Established in 2015, this Online Wakesurfing Retailer manufactures ballasts. market by licensing the product and two trademarks as the world’s first and only patented Far Infrared Heated Health, Fitness and Anti-Aging sauna. The revenue comes from advertiser earnings (85%) and the remainder 15% from direct advertising campaigns.

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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

Indigo 9 Digital

Lowest prices” came in second and “fast shipping” came in eighth place. After Walmart suffered its first decline in sales in 2015 since 1970, it realized it had to be more aggressive. Those investments don’t even include all of the money Walmart has invested in pickup services, fast shipping and its mobile app.

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How Buy One, Get One Can Improve Your Sales

Wiser

When Amazon first introduced free shipping in some parts of Europe, they saw a significant increase in sales for all places except for France. The reason why France’s sales were not on par with the other countries was because instead of free, shipping’s cost was mistakenly reduced to 1 franc (about 10 cents at the time).

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Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Merchants are charged a fee to list on Tmall as well as a sales commission and advertising fees. Then sellers ship merchandise directly to customers via third party logistics providers.

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What You Need to Know To Run a Successful Online Business

Rain Pros

Opportunity to Collect Valuable Customer Data “Being able to collect customer data enables you to construct a detailed portrait of your target market : who they are, and what makes them tick,” says Small Business Trends. This effectively broadens your potential target market from thousands to millions.

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

Indigo 9 Digital

And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly. In the beginning beverage maker Dirty Lemon like many direct to consumer brands used Facebook and Instagram to market its products. High customer acquisition costs.

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