"If you look at the walled garden of content today, whether its eBay or Monster.com or Overture, etc. They basically create and get a lot of value from the ownership of the data. As we get to the UGC (user-generated content) world where users own their own data, what happens to a Monster.com if anybody can publish a job announcement off the website? It then gets syndicated and anybody can aggregate that. The value that they believe in ownership of the data will disappear and where you will get value as a service to layer on top of them." Join discussion...

Prominente Verstärkung für das Mymusli Team. Herzlichen Glückwunsch :) Join discussion...

Bravisa provides free virtual personal stores, called bStores, for everyone to enjoy the benefits of online retailing. People can quickly and easily earn 20-40% profit on sales from their free bStores. In 3 clicks, bStore owners can add Bravisa’s product catalog, set their own price markups, and get tools and widgets to attract buyers. When customers buy products from a bStore, Bravisa takes care of order fulfillment and pays the bStore owner their profits. Since purchases take place inside their bStore, the bStore owners have total visibility to and 100% tracking accuracy on all sales. Detailed Description: Background Today, individuals who want to make money by opening virtual online stores and selling products through their blogs and websites have to live with substantial compromises: Competition from merchants, marginal financial benefits, lack of transparency in tracking earnings, upfront and ongoing fees, and/or a limited set of products. Bravisa changes all of that with the introduction of the bStore, a free virtual online store where the store owner: •Has complete control over their store (products, earnings, customization, marketing tools, and more) •Can markup wholesale prices to set their own retail prices •Has total visibility to sales and has no competition from store providers or merchants How Bravisa Works: 1.Easily create a fully functional online store (bStore) •Add products: Easily add entire catalog, specific categories or individual products •Set product price markups: Globally set markup or choose different markups for different categories or products •Control product data: Edit product content such as description, price and keywords at any time 2.Use Bravisa-provided tools to market bStore •Serve contextual widget to blogs and websites •Embed bStore in other sites •Submit product data feeds to Google Base •Include meta tags to make bStore more friendly to search engines 3.Customers buy from the bStore •Sales take place in the bStore •Bravisa commerce engine takes care of fulfillment, returns and service •bStore owner just sits back and relaxes 4.Earn 20-40%profit on sales from bStore •100% of the markup (difference between wholesale and retail price) for every sale goes to the bStore owner •No investment or out-of-pocket expenses…ever •The bStore owner “owns” the customer with no competition from Bravisa…ever •100% tracking accuracy on sales Bravisa’s offering is complete and unique •Free personal online bStores - bStore owners can set up as many bStores as they like for free and can personalize the look and feel of their stores. bStore owners can create everything from a large, many-product department store to as many focused, niche stores as desired. •Growing list of products - Bravisa currently has a wide variety of distinctive, custom, and mainstream products. The product catalog is growing rapidly and bStore owners can help prioritize the product list. Current products include home decor, gifts, fine foods, leather goods, children's puzzles, toys, green products, handmade artisan goods, ethnic furnishings, kitchen & bath accessories, print-on-demand products, and more. •Reputable manufacturers - Bravisa actively qualifies product manufacturers and suppliers based on analysis of their product quality, performance history, and business practices. Bravisa negotiates wholesale prices with them to allow room to markup the products to retail price. •Complete control over products - bStore owners can add and delete products, set and change price markups, and edit product descriptions at any time. •Promotion tools to help bStore owners attract buyers. Current tools include: contextual product widgets for blogs, ability to embed a bStore in other sites or stores, submission of product data feeds to sites such as Google Base, and meta tags to make bStores search engine friendly. •Market intelligence - Bravisa provides rich data about customers so the bStore owners can better serve them and increase earnings. Bravisa also helps increase bStore earnings by tracking and analyzing a number of important statistics throughout the Bravisa system. This includes manufacturer performance, product prices, and more. Bravisa's analytics help maximize and optimize bStore revenue. •World class shopping experience for customers - Bravisa provides an easy and secure shopping environment for bStore customers. Bravisa also takes care of order fulfillment, warranty, service, and returns related issues thus providing an end-to-end shopping experience. •Bravisa minimizes competition with bStore owners - Bravisa doesn't cross sell bStore customers on products outside of their bStore or entice them to other bStores... the customers “belong” to the bStore where they’re shopping. As a result, everything bought in a given bStore can be authoritatively tracked and credited to that bStore owner. Competition: •Amazon aStore, Zli Join discussion...

(sneak peek, maybe of interest) "People love buying and selling online, trading with each other, doing deals, getting a bargain, shifting stock. We think we’ve found a better way to do it, something which is faster and cheaper for sellers. And which not only gets a great price for buyers, but saves them hours of searching." Join discussion...

"Shopify has been getting quite a bit of coverage lately due to their new pricing model and the launch of the Shopify Marketplace. Their stores have great designs and a number of features to help merchants build and display an Online store for a small cost each month (free - $299.00) and percentage of each transaction (0.5% - 2.0%). Shopify Marketplace is a place where Shopify store owners can showcase their store brand, products and design in front of many new shoppers and potential customers who visit and shop from the Shopify Marketplace. In addition, the Marketplace features a Shop of the Day on the front page that gives those stores the ability to receive even more exposure for their brand name and product line.To include your Shopify store and products within the Marketplace you must login to your account and request an API so you can opt in." Join discussion...

"# The e-commerce business is built upon repeat customers. Like most Web merchants in the early days of online, Zappos spend a fortune on high-profile ads to acquire customers. It’s since learned that it pays off to focus on repeat buyers. # Word-of-mouth really works online. Unfortunately, WOM can work against you as well as for you, as Zappos realized when customers would CC their friends on complaint e-mails to the merchant. # Don’t compete on price. Early on Zappos offered a $10 coupon to Join discussion...

" I was shopping for a digital camera this weekend and my first stop was naturally Amazon. While browsing pages I noticed the new look and feel: There is even more information on each page, the reviews are displayed in a new way and tags are being leveraged more. These changes ranged from useful to interesting to perhaps a bit too much. But there was one thing that was very surprising. The Amazon pages feature text and banner advertising. " Join discussion...

"Thomas Promny von Gimahhot / Adfire stand uns am Spreeufer in Berlin Rede und Antwort. Außer vorbeifahrenden Dampfern gibt es Antworten zu folgenden Themen zu hören: - Elevator Pitch Gimahhot - Unternehmenskultur / Dotcom-Flair - Abgrenzung zu anderen Shoppingplattformen - Kommunikation des USP - SEO - eingesetzte Technologie - Personalsuche - Marktumfeld & Wachstumschancen - verbale Schneeballschlacht" Join discussion...

Jason forwarded me this funny ecommerce site and I didn’t know what to expect when I clicked on the link…but have a look for yourself. The Norwegian estore Arngren.net inspired me to write a tongue-in-cheek usability evaluation. Because it’s Friday, I thought it would be appropriate to point out 13 usability problems on this ecommerce site… ;-) Join discussion...

"Das US-Marktforschungsunternehmen eMarketer hat aktualisierte Statistiken und Prognosen der E-Commerce-Umsätze für Europa veröffentlicht. Die Werte liegen sowohl in Summe für Europa als auch in den wesentlichen europäischen Hauptmärkten über den allseits zitierten Forrester-Statistiken. Das Marktvolumen wird sich laut eMarketer bis 2011 verdreifachen. Was ist sonst noch interessant an der Werten? Wir haben die zentralen Erkenntnisse für Shopbetreiber kompakt zusammengestellt" Join discussion...