Expandly: Global E-Commerce Insights

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast GEE CEO and host, Andy Hooper interviews Tristan Leif of Revstep.  Tristan works at Revstep alongside Adam Marriott, who we interviewed just over a month ago, as the Director of Account Management.  They are an international e-commerce management company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. With a primary focus of managing branded prod...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast GEE CEO and host, Andy Hooper is having a chat with Amy Wees CEO of AmazingAtHome.   Her coaching focuses on helping brands develop unique products, validate them in the marketplace, source at profitable margins, and launch with amazing brand messaging, copywriting, and search engine optimization.   Amy's courses and consulting w...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast host, Andy Hooper is joined by Jérôme de Guigné of e-Comas - eCommerce Made Simple.   Founder and Managing Director of e-Comas - eCommerce Made Simple, Jérôme de Guigné is an Amazon expert with 20 years of experience in brand management and distribution, and an inside-out knowledge of how Amazon works.   Jérôme and his team of ex...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast GEE CEO and host, Andy Hooper is having a chat with Payoneer's Partnerships Manager Daniel Marsland.   Payoneer offers an all-in-one solution for sellers sending and receiving global payments. It is Daniel's job to help broaden their presence throughout the UK and Western Europe, democratizing the ability for marketplace sellers to re...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast GEE CEO and host, Andy Hooper is joined by guest Jana Krekic of YLT Translations.  Jana is a certified translator, international speaker, an e-commerce consultant, and also the founder of a 7-figure Amazon dedicated translations agency - YLT Translations.   She has had over 5 years of experience working with various 7 to 9-figure...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast host, Andy Hooper is joined by Pearl Ausch, of FCS.  Pearl Ausch helps sellers expand their businesses internationally from start to finish.  As the Chief Operations Officer, she facilitates sellers in getting the proper registrations, shipping, and educating clients about their different market options. She has helped thousands...

In this episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast GEE CEO and host, Andy Hooper interviews Adam Marriott of Revstep.   Adam co-founded Revstep after successfully launching his own business on Amazon. He successfully sourced, branded, and promoted his own products to sell on the Amazon platform. His authentic experience and knowledge translated into a premier one-stop-shop for all thi...

In next week's episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast host, Andy Hooper is joined by Tom Meek, from AVASK.   Tom Meek is the International Business Development Manager at AVASK Accounting & Business Consultants. Within the company, he has a particular focus on Corporate and Private entrepreneurs' accounts selling on global e-commerce platforms.   During the past four year...

E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast host Andy Hooper is joined by David Dayon, from AmazonXperts. David Dayon teamed up with his childhood friend to set up his own agency called AmazonXperts based on the great experience he acquired over the years with selling on Amazon.   This collaboration of two eCommerce expert powerhouses, both members of the ECom Cooperative one UK and one US guru, comi...

In this week's episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast, host Andy Hooper is joined by Steven Pope, from MyAmazonGuy.   Steven is the founder of My Amazon Guy.  An 160+ client full service Amazon Agency based in Atlanta, Georgia. They growth hack sales through traffic and conversion improvements. PPC, SEO, Design, Catalog Merchandising, and more all in-house.    He ha...

In this week's episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast, host Andy Hooper is joined by Cas Paton, CEO of OnBuy.  A highly driven and passionate entrepreneur, Cas Paton is the founder and CEO of OnBuy.com, the fastest-growing marketplace in the world. Cas utilises decades of business insight to drive OnBuy’s mission of bringing fair and transparent eCommerce around the world.  L...

▶ https://globale-commerceexperts.com/   In this week's episode of the E-Commerce Expander Secrets podcast, host Andy Hooper is joined by Paul Rice the Director of Marketing at eComEngine, LLC    Check it out to hear him share information about what products eComEngine can offer sellers to help their EU Expansion as well as his personal experiences with e-commerce, selling on his ow...

In light of Andy's trip to the Netherlands this week to finalise it's setup, we thought we'd highlight some of the benefits of being registered and selling in the Netherlands for today's Compliance Corner. Watch now to hear Andy discuss some of the below benefits in further detail and if you'd like some assistance in getting registered to sell there or even store and fulfil goods, please get in to...

In today's E-Commerce Content Corner we thought it would be a good time to discuss the big sales event of next week - Black Friday and Cyber Monday! Next Friday the 27th of November is Black Friday followed by Cyber Monday on the 30th. There will be a huge spike in sales over this whole weekend period where sales are expected to be as much as 4x their usual amount.  While typically Black Frid...

As part of today's E-Commerce Content Corner, we are pleased to announce our warehouses in both the Netherlands and Germany are now live! Helping to cater for those of you looking to continue selling in the EU after Brexit, as you'll need to be both store inventory and be registered there. Specifically talking about the Netherlands today as it is the gateway to Europe - giving you easy access into...

In today's Compliance Content Corner, Andy is covering the latest changes Changes to product compliance and labelling requirements that are coming as a result of the UK formally leaving the EU’s single market and customs union on January 1, 2021.   While he lists what these changes are applying to namely those listed below: New Energy Labelling requirements New UKCA mark of conformity, to rep...

You might notice a slight difference in the production of today's, and the next month's, Content Corners as the UK is now in its second lockdown. This just happens to be one of the topics Andy covers in this little e-commerce update. He touches on the fact that with this Lockdown going up until early December and potentially beyond, people are starting to realise they may be unable to get their lo...

Brexit! Yes, we know we've done the topic to death and you might think we're droning on but seriously, this is big news and a lot is about to change. We're just making sure the message is loud and clear and you all have the relevant information you need to ensure you're best prepared for upcoming changes to selling on the Amazon platform in the UK and Europe! For any of those who may have somehow...

It's an E-Commerce Content Corner today, and Andy is talking about the new daily Prime order limit to help protect you from the busy Q4 period. With key Q4 dates, such as Black Friday and Christmas just around the corner, Amazon are recommending setting a daily Prime order limit on your account in order to protect you against a sudden increase in Prime orders that you cannot reliably ship to custo...

We recently did a social post sharing some information on the newly announced UK VAT regulations, and Amazon claiming tax, coming into effect in 2021. Since then we've had a lot of questions on this subject such as; 'Do I no longer need to be VAT registered?', 'Will Amazon do my VAT return for me?', 'Do I no longer need to use you?' All of those questions and more will be answered in today's Compl...

It's a Compliance Corner double bill this week as we need to stress the importance of some key dates you need to be aware of, for FBA changes before Brexit. We already covered it in a recent social post, but in case you missed it listen to hear Andy discuss the upcoming changes and what you'll need to do in order to prepare. Saturday 14th November 2020 - Cross-border inventory removal orders will...

In today's Compliance Content Corner Andy is talking about getting Product Category Approval for the UK and EU Markets. We had a question from a client recently who had applied for product but been declined as their product packaging pictures were unclear, including illegible text as well as the image not meeting the labelling requirements as the label had to be in the local language of the market...

In today's E-Commerce Content Corner Andy's here to remind you that while Prime day has just gone, Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren't far away. While the submission period for the actual event ended on October 9th, you can still meet the deadlines for the early Black Friday Deals Weeks if you act quick. The deadlines are as follows... • Early Black Friday Deals Week 1: Oct 19th • Early Black Fri...

For the Compliance Corner today we're talking product labels and translation. Now I know what you're thinking, we've talked at quite some length about this already, what more can there be. Well, we've had lots of clients more recently asking us about translating their physical product labels into the main European Marketplace Languages. Now, it might be very obvious that your product listings need...

In today's E-Commerce Content Corner advising you on using platforms like Amazon to their fullest, we're urging the importance of market research.    When you go to launch a new product or expand your business ensure you know their is a market for you. Understanding the existing market, Pricing/Sales volume of the Competition, can help you determine the opportunity of the product an...