Amazon’s Fastest Growing Markets
Brazil, Mexico, and Australia are Amazon's fastest-growing markets. Amazon's web traffic has nearly tripled in Brazil in three years, and in Mexico and Australia, it more than doubled.
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E-Commerce Winners and Losers in 2022
Shein and Shopify were the biggest e-commerce winners in 2022. Their sales are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels too. Etsy was strong, Walmart with Amazon did okay, and eBay struggled the most.
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Amazon Takes a 50% Cut of Sellers' Revenue
Amazon is pocketing more than 50% of sellers' revenue - up from 40% five years ago. Sellers are paying more because Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable.
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SaaS Unicorns Built on Amazon Marketplace
A dozen startups became unicorns betting on the Shopify ecosystem. Amazon has zero. A lot of capital is racing to change that.
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Chinese Sellers Didn’t Quit Amazon
Chinese sellers have recouped the market share they lost on Amazon over the past two years. It looked like they were abandoning Amazon for a while, but that has since turned out false.
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Temu Is Most-Downloaded Shopping App in the US
Temu is the most-downloaded shopping app in the U.S. It is the latest shopping app, launched by China's Pinduoduo in early September to bring China-made goods to Western consumers.
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Amazon Stole the World From eBay
Ten years ago, Amazon was more popular than eBay only in the U.S. It has since dethroned eBay around the world, and Australia is the last remaining country to fall.
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The World’s Top eBay Sellers
The largest eBay sellers have each sold tens of millions of items. And despite eBay struggling to grow over the past few years, those sellers still run massive businesses.
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eBay Loses Pandemic’s E-Commerce Surge
eBay has lost all sales growth from the pandemic's e-commerce surge and will finish 2022 with GMV at 2019 levels.
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Thousands of Etsy Sellers on Strike
Thousands of Etsy sellers closed their shops for the April 11-18th week and are going on strike over increased fees. That's only a tiny sliver of Etsy's active sellers; however, the strike attracted viral attention on social networks and from the media.
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