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Gurpreet Sidhu Guest post by – Gurpreet is the founder of Cross-BorderVAT – a software solution which helps sellers meet EU VAT compliance legislation. Let CBV take the pain away by collecting and collating your online sales, applying currency exchange rates, monitoring your sales across EU countries, normalising your data and working out your sales VAT for each
Sponsored by Khaos Control, our first 2018 Manchester Meetup was organised last week with three fantastic topics on e-commerce. Each presentation lasted for 20 minutes with a Q & A round at the end. It was a relaxed evening with lots to learn and a chance to network with other online sellers. Please find below
The role of accounting firms in an environment as dynamic as that of online businesses must undergo a change. The UK-based FD Analytical is therefore focusing attention on the specialist requirements of online ventures. As Chartered Management Accountants, FD Analytical’s mission is to go beyond traditional accounting and taxation and extend support for complex global
August is normally a month to reflect on the past and make improvements. We get bookings when we least expect them. Recently we had an exceptionally busy week with businesses seeking Amazon consultancy. The week started with a brand with 40 years of history of producing kitchen and home-ware. Traditionally their customers were generated via
As a company, Online Seller UK has been providing affordable e-commerce and digital marketing courses for the last few years and we have been asked for remote training regularly so, we are glad to announce that all of our training courses are now available online. Online Seller UK remote training is personal, instructor-led training via
For the last 10 years, I have worked with online sellers of all sizes, from growing retailers with 50k monthly sales to a million. Whatever the size of the business one thing is very common, they all have operational issues. The problem of too many orders and system failure. Mistakes are made in customer support
Last week, I noticed Amazon products in Google shopping results. It is an interesting development for Amazon products with huge potential. Amazon customers are loyal and they have trust with regards to delivery of goods so these ads are winners. Here are three key points about this recent development: #1 Existing sellers depending on Google
The world of couriers, for both national and international deliveries, is an exceptionally competitive market but as e-tailers we have the chance to make the most of the competitive pricing and special offers. Parcel Station certainly have some eye-catching offers on their website – Just £4.50 for a tracked & signed parcel to the USA
We have recently delivered Google Analytics and Google Adwords training courses in Bristol. These are 4-hour courses, packed with lots of information on how you can improve your digital performance. Check out full course details below Google Adwords Training and Google Google Analytics Training We have been delivering these courses for the past few years
BQool is a SaaS company offering great software solutions that help Amazon merchants resolve daily business challenges. They strive to create products that will increase Amazon sellers’ feedback rating, product reviews and sales. Each feature is designed to make your job easier and save time. The BQool suite consists of Repricing, Feedback, Review Central and
Are you dreading the task of completing the end of year reports? Join Taxify for a webinar on Wednesday, December 6 to get ahead of the reporting season. The team is here to help you prepare so you have a stress-free reporting experience. In this webinar you will learn: – Updates to sales tax legislation
Online Seller UK has been delivering Amazon training to brands, manufacturers and SMEs for the last 4 years. We have met sellers at various stages of their growth and helped them with whatever support they need to move to the next level. One of the pressing topics in our training is GTINs, also known as
With the rise of online businesses there is increasing demand of fulfilment warehouses which can support businesses which lack space to handle regular incoming stock. Vdepot, a warehouse & fulfilment business based in Norwich is booming with customers both from the UK and abroad. Features Powerful ecommerce system allows for you to have total control
eBay is a competitive shopping channel and shoppers commonly use “price + postage” lowest option when they search so your chance of winning the sale is minimal if you are 50p more expensive. This is when repricing plays a very important role. I have worked with eBay for the past 10 years and my involvement
Finding a reliable delivery service for your online retail business is crucial. Royal Mail remains a popular choice for large letters and small parcels with couriers coming in cheaper for larger items. If you are selling large items such as white goods, fitness equipment, sofas or mattresses then who are you going to call? XDP
Set up in 2011 by Simon Beckerman in Milan, but is now based in London, Depop is one of many shopping channels that are challenging normal shopping sites like eBay. Like eBay, Depop uses PayPal to improve shopper’s security. It is popular amongst young shoppers, typically under the 30s, and it appears to look like
We held our last set of online seller Meetups in Manchester and London last week. As always we had a group of 25-30 online sellers and there were actionable for online sellers. If you have never been to one of our Meetups, I’d love to see you in 2018. Check out www.onlineselleruk.com for the latest
We have all heard about Amazon’s B2B platform through our seller central in the past few months and it is very likely that you have signed up for it already. If you have, you will be able to access a suite of features designed to help drive sales to businesses, including VAT-exclusive pricing and VAT
Plentymarkets is a unique multi-channel platform which efficiently handles all your listing management and order management. -It integrates with all major couriers so you can dispatch products on time -It has a built-in customer support system so you can respond to customer queries quickly -It has a comprehensive sales reporting system so
A few years ago when I started writing content I did not imagine that I was going to become a full-fledged digital marketing training provider. Currently, Online Seller UK delivers training from Google Adwords, google shopping to content marketing and email marketing. “Relevant content which answers the informational needs of your target audience means you’re
Structured data is being talked about a lot lately. It is an organised data that conforms to a certain format. To clarify this litter better for online sellers, this podcast with Thomas at Pricesearcher would help. This 10 mins podcast includes an introduction to structured data and how easy it is to implement. If you did not
Amazon Sponsored Ads work quite well for many businesses and in fact, it can bring in up to 30% of your Amazon sales which is not something you’d want to be missing out. We have been working on Amazon sponsored ads very closely this year and experimenting with various strategies. “Ads appear right where customers
E-commerce in Turkey is growing and with a population of just under 80 million its e-commerce market is expected to grow. Marketplaces are widely used and the most popular shopping sites are GittiGidiyor, Hepsiburada, Araba.com and Trendyol. Apart from marketplaces, Whatsapp is widely used as a sales channel. With its internal e-commerce growth, Turkey has ambitions to grow
Asendia, the joint venture between La Poste and Swiss Post, has published a new whitepaper, The secrets of e-commerce success in Switzerland, which aims to give cross-border retailers a toolkit they can use to expand their e-commerce business in Switzerland. According to Asendia, 61% of Swiss online shoppers (3.1m people) spend £2.4b annually in
This is a great time of year for online sellers and I am hoping Amazon will double your overall sales. 10 years ago when I started to learn to work with Amazon, there was hardly any talk about paid ads. It was a very good playing field and now that it has become very crowded,
Join us for our November Meetup in Manchester to learn about improving your sales on Amazon, eBay and Google. This evening event is free to register and you will have an opportunity to meet the experts and network with other online sellers. Our topics for the evening #1 eBay – How to research your competitors selling
Search is the main way customers find your products on Amazon. When customers search by entering any words, Amazon matches it against product information including title, key features, description and search terms. In the last few months, I have been looking at the impact of Amazon search terms on organic search and sponsored search result. Search
Content on Amazon pages is very important because any part of the content is indexed on search. Brand spends quite a lot of resources on creating a great content that helps to sell their product. Questions and answers are one the most important part of the content because it includes content that is important to
Vdepot is a fulfilment solution provider based in Norwich. Led by Iain Hill with an extensive knowledge of e-commerce, the business is going from strength to strength with both national and international clients. Their services include order fulfilment, storage, product re-work and FBA shipment. Vdepot is a truly customer-friendly business providing bespoke solutions to every
Getting reviews on your new product has been very difficult since Amazon banned the incentivised reviews. Many retailers have chosen to go with a low-cost strategy for the product launch to build organic reviews and this has worked for a lot of sellers. And for sellers selling across Europe, this has to be done all