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Pharmapacks, largest health and beauty seller on Amazon, on plans to do $300 million next year

Pharmapacks, largest health and beauty seller on Amazon, on plans to do $300 million next year

We have featured Pharmapacks in many of our fastest growing amazon sellers reports. They are projecting to do between $140 and 160 million in revenue this year, and if all goes well do as much as $300 million in 2017. Keep in mind that they did $32 million in 2014, just two years ago. Only a few sellers ever have achieved such growth.

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Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers April 2016 Report

Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers April 2016 Report

In the previous fastest growing eBay sellers reports we showcased that top spots were always taken by international sellers. This is not the case this time - Top 3 are all based in the United States. Fastest growing seller is The Stamp Professor by stampprof. Based in Naples, Florida they offer a selection of postal stamps from 1941 all the way to current times. A good example of focusing on a niche and offering a unique selection.

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eBay Reports 2016 Q1 Financial Results

eBay Reports 2016 Q1 Financial Results

Today eBay Inc. reported 2016 first quarter results. eBay Inc. reported $20.5 billion in gross merchandise volume, up by 5%. $19.6 billion was generated by marketplaces like eBay USA, eBay UK, etc. Marketplaces revenue was up by 3% from 2015 Q1.

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How to Properly Benchmark Your Amazon Business

How to Properly Benchmark Your Amazon Business

Good, you know how to optimize your listing. Great, you know how to market your product. Awesome, your products are selling well and have earned a nice flow of cash. But then you feel it – the boredom of monotony. Selling is fine, but the real fun of e-commerce is selling MORE than your competition. Sorry – CRUSHING your competition. But now we’re taking a macro look at your business. How do you benchmark yourself and compare yourself to other businesses? How do you peek at your overall market and crush the competition.

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Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers March 2016 Report

Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers March 2016 Report

Just like in the Ebay.com February 2016 report the fastest growing sellers in March were not based in the US, and are largely selling out of China. The top seller this month is COSPLAY WIG 999 by style-trends-365, selling wigs, as the name suggests. Overall we are seeing a lot of niche sellers growing like rybaanat out of Russia selling vintage postal stamps, which are able to offer unique products despite not being based in the US. Shipping and logistics have became so good that even retailers thousands of miles away are competitive with local businesses.

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We are now tracking Amazon and eBay Germany

We are now tracking Amazon and eBay Germany

This week we’re happy to announce that our dataset now includes research from Amazon.de, as well as Ebay Germany. This is of particular interest because Amazon.de is the largest Amazon marketplace after Amazon.com and also accounts for the largest ecommerce site in Germany.

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Amazon Departments With The Most Marketplace Sellers

Amazon Departments With The Most Marketplace Sellers

We are happy to announce that we have included categories a seller sells in into the data available. This is displayed for all Amazon countries. Now when browsing sellers you can quickly glance at the amount of products they have in stock and also what categories are those products spread across. This makes it that much more easier to understand what focus does a seller have.

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Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers February 2016 Report

Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers February 2016 Report

We only just launched Ebay analysis, but we are ready to start analyzing the growth of all sellers in the marketplace. What surprised us is how many of the top sellers are not based in the USA. China and India both look very strong in the list, offering great selection and prices to buyers thousands of miles away. Ebay is still a new marketplace for us, so we are just learning about the intricate details of it - expect much more in the future as we unravel more details.

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Fastest Growing Amazon.com Sellers, January 2016 Report

Fastest Growing Amazon.com Sellers, January 2016 Report

January had a lot of new faces like Sky Organics, RockCityBooks and USA DEFENDER. Our congratulations goes to Sky Organics for being the fastest growing seller in January, but also for achieving this by selling handmade products.

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Amazon vs eBay 2015 Q4 financial reports compared

Amazon vs eBay 2015 Q4 financial reports compared

Both Amazon and eBay recently announced their 2015 Q4 results. Since the fourth quarter has most of the key shopping events - Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas shopping - everyone was excited to see how well those companies did. We have recently started monitoring eBay sellers so we looked at which one came out ahead.

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