Every year, Amazon.com (AMZN) tells the world — sort of — how well sellers did on its platform. But Amazon’s numbers can generate more questions than answers. “It’s a typical Amazon press release,” ChannelAdvisor (ECOM) Executive Chairman Scot Wingo told IBD about Amazon’s release Tuesday, which disclosed several data points about seller performance on Amazon. “It’s frustrating. It all sounds good, but (the numbers) don’t give you a tie to another
Amazon.com (AMZN) and Google sharply outpaced the rest of U.S. e-commerce in their September same-store sales, according to data from ChannelAdvisor, a software maker that helps third-party retailers sell on big online websites. EBay (EBAY), which said on Sept. 30 that it’s spinning off payments unit PayPal, showed more mixed results, underperforming the industry’s average growth. ChannelAdvisor (ECOM) CEO Scot Wingo said in a blog post Wednesday
Online marketplaces for third-party sellers, such as those provided by Amazon.com and eBay, are taking the e-commerce world by storm, says a survey of retailers in the U.S. and U.K. The Aug. 13 study by ChannelAdvisor (ECOM), a software maker that helps third-party retailers sell on big websites that offer marketplaces, focused on identifying major trends and challenges in online commerce. The poll found that 90% of retailers sell their products