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B2B ecom stats, influencer earnings, Spotify ads and more
💲30 second ecommerce update
No Time For Dat
February 10, 2023
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Poll
Results from Monday
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Today’s Poll:
Ecommerce News, Tips and Trends
News & Numbers
Webflow removed ecommerce pricing limits - you won’t have to upgrade your plan with them just because you sold too much anymore
ReCommerce (i.e. 2nd hand stuff sold on marketplaces) grew by 60% in Europe last year, and more stats
BigCommerce is making it easier for sellers to run multiple storefronts, opening up its Multi-Storefront to small and medium sellers. The feature was previously available only to enterprise merchants
Amazon running some tests and changing their UI without telling sellers
A large influencer portal releases a report describing influencer earnings across the major platforms
Tips
Some really handy charts on B2B ecom marketing
Highly actionable post on strategies and tactics to retain customers for DTC brands
Shopify: How to Deliver DTC-Style Experiences Your B2B Buyers Crave. Some tips on how to bring the bespoke DTC experience to B2B ecommerce.
Some great potential acquisition deals (3 Amazon FBA, 4 Aged And 6 Branded Domains) highlighted by Import Dojo
McKinsey with a long, high level report on B2B ecom sales
A great podcast with a founder who took a food biz to 9000 retailers
Trends
Spotify is pivoting from making money through podcast exclsuives (like Rogan) to building a full fledged ad network
Omnichannel ecommerce, without a brick and mortar store? Woocommerce explain the trend towards homogenising the experience across all digital channels
Not just hype - a proper store in the metaverse
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1 million followers in 30 days.
How did Brendan Kane do it?
He attributes his success to the 6 principles of virality:
— Gianni Cara (@giannicara)
5:37 PM • Sep 15, 2022
Make sure you know the difference between what a value prop is.
What is not a value prop:
• Description of product
• Mission statement
• List of features
• List of benefits
• TaglineWhat a value prop is:
• Unique/Different
• Desirable
• Specific
• Concise— Samantha Leal (@samanthalcc)
2:06 PM • Feb 9, 2023
How to build a brand from 0 → 1
(without spending 5 figures on an agency):
— Neal O'Grady 🍉 (@NealOGrady)
3:30 PM • Feb 8, 2023
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