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How can you increase your visibility on a marketplace?

In the world of e-commerce, marketplaces have become indispensable, offering sellers considerable visibility and audience reach. However,…

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E-commerce Website Cost: how much should you budget?

The e-commerce sector is doing well. In 2023, total sales generated by French e-tailers reached 159.9 billion euros (source: Statistica,…

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How to select the best marketplace for your e-commerce business?

A marketplace can be a powerful lever for increasing your online sales, expanding your audience, improving your visibility and…

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What is omnichannel e-commerce?

Electronic commerce, or e-commerce, has revolutionized the way people buy and sell products and services online. However, with the rapid…

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How to avoid abandoned carts in e-commerce?

Abandoned carts are a frequent problem in e-commerce, depriving you of part of your sales. Find out how to reduce them with our tips. What…

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Fulfillment costs: How to measure and reduce them in e-commerce?

Whether you decide to handle it yourself or outsource it, e-commerce fulfillment has a cost. A cost that you obviously try to keep as low…

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Sales Seasonality: Anticipating Sales Peaks and Calculating Your Seasonal Index

Do your sales fluctuate from month to month? Nothing could be more normal. All businesses experience sales peaks and troughs at certain…

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What is e-commerce fulfillment?

Having discussed the advantages of outsourcing your e-commerce logistics and relying on 4PL logistics to support you on a daily basis,…

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Reverse Logistics: How to Manage Your Product Returns Efficiently?

An essential link in the supply chain, reverse logistics is now an essential and strategic element to increase the attractiveness of your…

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Marketplace: Essential Guide to Boosting Your E-Commerce

8.8 billion dollars: yes, that's quite a sum. And, above all, it's the estimated share of sales on marketplaces between now and 2025. This…

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How to Improve Inventory Management?

Having given you a few tips on how to reduce delivery times and put the spotlight on 4PL logistics, let’s now turn our attention to…

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E-commerce Customer Service: How to Satisfy and Retain Your Customers

In e-commerce, the relationship between customer and brand is unique in that it is dematerialized. Brands rarely meet their buyers…

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Influencer marketing and e-commerce : complete guide

92% of consumers trust influencers' recommendations more than the brands themselves (source: Nielsen). To gain the trust of their target…

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Choosing the Optimal Pricing Strategy for E-commerce

39.4 million French people buy on the Internet: that's 500,000 more buyers than last year, according to Fevad (2024). E-commerce is winning…

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Second Hand: Key Benefits and Tips

The second-hand market is booming. It's worth over 128 billion euros worldwide (source: Tripartie), and more and more buyers are turning to…

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How to calculate your e-commerce shipping costs?

It’s no secret that e-commerce logistics have a cost. This includes inventory management, reverse logistics and, in this case, order…

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Marketplace or dropshipping: which model to choose?

In the e-commerce ring, two key concepts clash. On our left are marketplaces. On the right, dropshipping. But are these two models…

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What is lead time? Definition and best practices

Lead time. Does this term mean anything to you? It's one of the most important e-commerce KPIs to master. Especially today: the commercial…

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