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Everyone loves a good TikTok challenge. Unless you’re talking about ecommerce. The challenge? Breaking through a massively popular platform whose audience is wildly different from that of other channels.
In this post, we’ll look at the techniques we’ve used to help our customers’ listings rise above other free listings.
In this blog post, we’ll look at some of the reasons why TikTok might be your favorite new ecommerce marketing channel.
In this post, we dive into each of Google’s retail-specific solutions. We look at what makes each solution unique, why it may or may not be right for your business, and where and how your products will appear for shoppers.
After eight years of Google Shopping being a paid product, Google is changing things up.
To help sellers navigate these uncertain times, we are sharing a list of resources from around the retail industry, the ecommerce community and beyond.
Ah, product feeds – these ubiquitous data dynamos baffle ecommerce marketers on a daily basis. But what are product feeds, really? And why would you need one?
Google Shopping could be great for your business, or it could lead to some wasted time, wasted ad spend, or both. What you need to know is where to focus your efforts – set your sights on these three areas.
Inaccurate product data is costly. Not only do you incur the cost of each click, but you also miss out on an opportunity to close a sale. And now you’ve lost that shopper’s trust, possibly forever.
Selling on Google via Shopping Actions sounds great, and it sounds even better with no monthly fees... but does that mean steep commission rates? Not quite!
Google tends to diversify search results as much as possible unless it’s close to 100% certain of the searcher’s intent. But there are ways to optimize for your brand. Here's how.
While plenty of strategies exist for bringing traffic to your Amazon listings, it’s vital to focus on the options available to you in Seller Central.
With devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home, people are getting used to the idea of verbally controlling their environment. So how do you take advantage of voice search while the competition is still relatively minimal?
Google recently announced that Shopping Actions will play an increasingly important role in its retail ads strategy. From image SERPs to YouTube videos, Shopping Actions will be the exclusive format to deliver shoppable experiences.
From product data, to campaign settings, to account-related issues, this is why your Shopping ads aren't showing up on Google – and what you can do about it.
How do you know if your campaigns are actually successful? By using these 7 KPIs.
6 Winning Strategies for Amazon Sponsored Products
Finding an international audience can be daunting. Use these channels for a smoother transition.
6 Customer Retention Strategies for Online Marketplaces
Getting started with Google Shopping can seem daunting even to seasoned digital marketers. But it doesn't have to be. Here's how.
Use these traditional SEO principles to give your ecommerce campaigns a boost.
PLAs will now be eligible to appear as shoppable images on Google searches.
Branding is the name of the game. Learn how to boost your online branding with these steps.
Your products vary by price, margins, inventory, seasonality, etc. While these attributes might seem trivial on paper, they can help you create smarter Google Shopping campaigns (or hurt your campaigns if ignored).
The final leg of a successful Google Shopping campaign is less about what you do on Google and more about how you tie the overall strategy together. Even if you’ve done everything right up to this point, a poor shopping experience can cost you a sale.
To help you sort it all out, we'll go over some of the most popular online marketplaces and break down their benefits to sellers. No matter where you're selling today, expanding to more marketplaces is the most efficient way to multiply your income.
Google Shopping Actions makes selling on Google not only possible, but also affordable and scalable. And Google has done a great job of rolling out the program and educating sellers and service providers along the way. But like any marketing platform, there's bound to be questions about the setup, the process, timelines, etc. That's true of the sellers we've helped onboard into the program and it'll probably be true for you (future Shopping Actions seller) too.
It's holiday sales season! But before you get ready to sit back and enjoy the rewards from your big sales, make sure you’ve checked the following final steps off your list.
If your company manufactures products, Google Manufacturer Center is a no-brainer. Although it's only a few years old, Google Manufacturer Center has completely changed the way manufacturers are able to market their products. In this article, we’re going to explain what the Google Manufacturer Center is, why it’s so important, and what you can do to ensure your products are benefiting from it.
It's been a long time since there was this much buzz about an online selling platform. What makes Google Shopping Actions unique is its combination of clout and infrastructure. Having "Google" on the label doesn't hurt, but having Google Shopping as an ad delivery system is the real winning detail here.
Once your Facebook Business/Ads accounts are set up and your Facebook product feed is ready, follow the steps below to get your products into Instagram
By understanding how a site approaches mobile customers, you can optimize your listings for those sites. And you can also take a page out of an ecommerce giant’s book to figure out the best mobile strategies for your own website.
Google Shopping campaign optimization is a key part of your selling strategy. In this step-by-step guide, we'll review 5 proven techniques for optimal Google Shopping campaigns. From data optimization to employing custom labels, we'll dive deep into some of the most talked-about concepts in Google Shopping strategy and present five ways in which you can effectively optimize your Google Shopping campaigns to improve performance.
Your success depends getting products to customers efficiently, handling your expenses, and staying organized as a business. So how do you keep it all together as your company’s responsibilities expand?
One of the most effective ways to bolster revenue is to focus on your highest-performing products.
Google Shopping Campaigns are designed to give companies like yours another opportunity to engage shoppers using the world’s most popular search engine.That’s an absolutely massive opportunity.
This year's Top 10 Shopping Channels list is giving us plenty of reasons to be excited about the future of online retail.
Here's how to use your channel data to create customer profiles.
When most people think about their online KPIs, they tend to think about website traffic – how many people are coming to my site? While traffic is definitely an important metric to understand and improve, it’s not worth any money to your company – at least not on its own.
We've compiled a list of WooCommerce plug-ins to improve your site functionality and customer shopping experience, all with the goal of helping you bring in more shoppers and close more deals.
Google Shopping is the entry point to all things retail on Google. Product listing ads, dynamic remarketing ads, local inventory ads, Manufacturer Center, you name it, these all depend on a Google Shopping foundation. So it makes sense that Google Shopping is far and away the most important marketing channel for ecommerce marketers looking to reach Google's one billion users.
Your Google Shopping product descriptions are more important than you might think. Use this guide to optimize them.
Customer Match uses remarketing lists to target Google shoppers. Pretty awesome, huh?
Product reviews could make or break your ecommerce efforts. It's time you gave them their due.
The Buy Box is the key to winning on Amazon. Here's how to lock it down.
Newegg presents untapped potential for sellers looking to break out of the Amazon-eBay-Google gridlock.
Use these KPIs to establish goals, measure progress and find success.
Key Differences for Marketing Products on eBay vs. Amazon
How to Use Analytics to Identify Ecommerce Performance Trends
Wondering why you’re not seeing the kind of growth other Shopify sellers are? The answer may be that you are making a major mistake when taking advantage of these new shopping channel integrations.
Supplemental product data could hold the key to successful ecommerce campaigns.
Omnichannel marketing is the new normal. Use this guide to make the switch.
5 Tips for Delivering High-Quality Omnichannel Customer Service
Do you know exactly what ASINs are and why they play a key role in your Amazon listings?
The privacy of your shoppers an issue that merits your full attention. Here are some key points to consider.
If you want to succeed as an Amazon seller, you need to take every competitive edge you can get. This is why A+ content is such a big deal.
Today, we look to the future with the greatest of optimism. Below are a few "predictions" that we think will come to fruition over the course of this year and the next few years.
Here's something to consider: you may be misjudging your ROI. In this post we show you how to squeeze more ROI out of each Google Shopping conversion.
In this post, we’re taking the reverse approach. Here are the top 10 things you WON’T have to do anymore with your product feeds once you have our service. All packaged nicely in a Letterman-style countdown. Boom. You’re welcome.
eBay has its own specific requirements and best practices. Here is a list of seven things your eBay feed needs – which should serve as a good starting point for newbies and a refresher for sellers already experienced on the marketplace.
Are you paying attention to the KPIs for which you have to dig and do math to uncover? Yeah, those are just as important. Here are some measures of marketplace selling success you're probably ignoring.
Before you launch your startup and expect to bring in the big bucks, you need a plan for reaching customers and marketing your brand.
More and more, seasoned sellers are turning to Amazon listing tools – software that allows businesses to update product listings in bulk, sync orders and more. But how do you know which tool is the right one for you? What features should you look for? Read on to find out.
Businesses that use advanced analytics have profitability and productivity rates higher than their peers. Here are some of the most effective ways you can put analytics to work for you.
In this post we look at some of the sellers who should immediately consider hopping on the Walmart marketplace bandwagon.
Consider adding the following steps to your ecommerce marketing plan to ensure more customers, more purchases, and more revenue this holiday season – and beyond.
Here are a few reasons why your product data can hold you back from reaching more Amazon shoppers.
There are many cost-effective ways to reach online shoppers. Lets take a look at your options and how your approach should differ with each.
Here are a few strategies for making use of your analytics to improve your bottom line – starting today.
Managing multiple product feeds can be a lengthy, meticulous, intensive process that not only requires a lot of grunt work but can also be prone to errors.
Google is certainly a force to be reckoned with, but by bringing in help from the world’s largest retailer, it has a powerful new angle.
How do you break out of the cookie cutter ecommerce mold? By using these niche sales channels.
As you can see, we had a great time at Pubcon this year learning about the latest digital marketing strategies.
What is Google Customer Reviews, you ask? It's a free program that lets you gather and display reviews from shoppers using Google customer surveys that are sent to shoppers who’ve recently made a purchase on your site.
This year, though, the Pubcon SFIMA Summit is extra special. Our very own ecommerce guru Steven Hope will be presenting on optimizing your Amazon listings.
Customer Match is still new and has a lot of options for targeting ads, so here are some tips on how to use its features in your next campaign.
Walmart Marketplace announced this week some coming changes to the Transit Time Settings.
What was surprising was the Tuesday after Cyber Monday, which saw the second-highest total with $2.2. billion according to comScore.
When it comes to specific shopping channels and the way individual purchases are carried out, 2017 will be a year of big milestones. There are likely to be several big moves, mostly related to improving customer service and furthering the convenience of online retail in general.
Overall, retailers should be pleased with this year's Black Friday ecommerce stats, which included a 9% boost to e-retail sites as well as a 39% spike in peak hours traffic.
GoDataFeed is pleased to have partnered with World First, the international payments specialists.
By tapping Connexity's family of ecommerce channels -- Shopzilla, PriceGrabber, BizRate and Become -- and a wide network of publishers, Connexity puts your products in front of 30 million shoppers.
To help you diversify your ecommerce portfolio, we’ve created this Ecommerce Marketing Landscape graphic. Use it to identify the channel types you want to focus on and to narrow down the channels where you want your products to appear.
From awards to lectures, we have a few key insights from the Shop.org Digtital Summit to consider for the upcoming holiday season and the following year.
Walmart acquired Jet.com, one of the fastest-growing ecommerce sites, earlier this month. The news comes as Walmart continues to make a big push to expand its ecommerce footprint.
Predictive Analytics and the Future of Ecommerce
Is your product feed ready to take advantage of this annual opportunity? Use these tips and tools to make sure you are.
Amazon is a must, sure, but there are alternate and less competitive roads to ecommerce success.
This infographic shows the increasing role of ecommerce in back-to-school sales.
Walmart aquired new-kid-on-the-block marketplace Jet. What does that mean for sellers?
eBay has made big moves lately and shoppers are taking notice. You should too.
Rakuten -- the Japanese online retail giant -- is making big moves in the US and now is a good time to join in.
Selling apparel online isn't much different than selling in your local mall.
This year's eBay Seller Update features changes to Product Pages, View Item and the Seller Hub.
Google testing Shopping ads in image query SERPs.
Bryan is a digital marketer with roots in journalism and creative writing. Over the past decade, he's helped hundreds of online retailers develop and implement ecommerce marketing strategies. When he isn't educating retailers on ecommerce, he's out exploring South Florida and stalking local breweries.
