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

Inside Retail

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. Some have lost patience and deserted the ship. Advertising revenues have a lot of upside, and so have commissions on marketplace sales.

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10 Online Businesses for Sale in May

Small Biz Trends

Established in 2015, this Online Wakesurfing Retailer manufactures ballasts. The revenue comes from advertiser earnings (85%) and the remainder 15% from direct advertising campaigns. SaaS – Amazon & eBay Drop Shipping Automation Tool. The sale includes control of all related platforms and mining technology.

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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

Merchants are charged a fee to list on Tmall as well as a sales commission and advertising fees. Alibaba.com generates revenues through advertising fees as well as by charging a fee to list on the platform. Then sellers ship merchandise directly to customers via third party logistics providers. Source: Statista.

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What You Need to Know To Run a Successful Online Business

Rain Pros

When you gather this type of intelligence, you’re able to create detailed customer profiles that guide your online advertising, landing page optimization, product development, and more. With the supply chains and shipping capabilities available today, even the smallest online companies are able to handle international sales.

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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. The company used to incur between $20,000 and $30,000 per day on advertising for Dirty Lemon on Facebook and Instagram alone. There are now over 170 mattress companies that sell online.

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