Aggressive China-specific tariffs announced and rapidly escalated by the Trump administration will not reverse the fundamental dynamics that have led Chinese sellers to dominate U.S. e-commerce marketplaces. Historical evidence shows they simply make products more expensive for American consumers.
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Amazon's AI shopping assistant is great at answering questions about a specific product but cannot help sort through the endless aisles of its infinite catalog.
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Amazon offers dozens of services that sellers and brands can use to grow their businesses. It insists these are optional, and strictly speaking, that is correct. But while Amazon itself doesn't require them, it has created an ecosystem that does.
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Threecolts has acquired Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce industry publication founded by Juozas Kaziukėnas in 2015.
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eBay's new goal is to "reinvent the future of e-commerce for enthusiasts." It says it has 16 million of them.
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Amazon is summarizing reviews using AI, turning all reviews for each product into a few sentences that best describe consumer feedback. The feature is a building block of Amazon's AI ambitions.
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One hundred software tools help businesses sell on Amazon with product research, pricing, inventory forecasting, advertising management, accounting, and more.
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The pool of buyers acquiring Amazon sellers has expanded beyond Amazon aggregators. Thus despite challenges faced by some, the M&A market remains active since it isn't solely reliant on aggregators.
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Many of the top Amazon third-party sellers have been at the top for nearly a decade. They persevered despite growing competition, increasing fees, and other headwinds.
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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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