Insights Archive
How to Rank Higher in Product Search Rankings on Marketplaces
Most marketplaces use a more-than-straightforward score-based algorithm to showcase and rank products and seller options on their website. There are two broad buckets or aspects that can be thought...
Best Ways to Delight Ecommerce Customers This Festive Season
Last 3-4 months of the year mark the season of great festivities and fabulous online sales. As a seller you expect to do brisk business. This is a good...
How to Avoid Order Backlogs in the Festive Season
The festive season gives everyone a reason to cheer. Customers look forward to incredible deals. Marketplaces also gear up to multiply their GMV many times over through sales promotions....
How to maximise ROI from Marketplaces this Festive Season
India is a land of year-round festivals, a time for every Indian to give, receive and get the best things money can buy. Online marketplaces have perfected the art...
How to build an Online Brand on Marketplaces and get repeat sales
No matter what the sales channels are, building a brand can get you that extra pull of customers to generate more sales. Through brand building, you familiarize your customers...
Top Reasons for Seller Account Registration Rejection
As a new online seller, you’ve done all the groundwork. You can run a quick check here. Inventory check. Pricing check. Marketing plan check. Account-opening check? You find yourself...
How to avoid losses while discounting this festive season?
The festive season is when ecommerce discounts turn big and bold. All this is done in the hopes to receive massive orders that bring that glorious cha-ching! But, simple...
Multi-item orders- Your 3-step guide to encourage multiple purchases
Multiple purchases are a great way to push your sales graphs. And, if you have loyal customers, encouraging multiple sales is a cake walk. Loyal customers are the best...
Diwali, the Golden season of Indian ecommerce – What did the past years’ sales reveal?
Diwali festive season, the happiest days in the ecommerce calendar is fast approaching, when online sellers find their cash registers ringing by the minute. Over the years, customers have...
Major reason for RTOs & frauds – ecommerce courier companies, reveal sellers
During Indian Online Seller’s (IOS) survey for the 30-day return policy story, a seller shared that he has suffered huge losses because the ecommerce courier partners lack empathy and...
Is a 30-day return policy still necessary in ecommerce? Sellers answer
One of the first points that sellers raised when Indian Online Seller (IOS) asked them to review online marketplaces’ return policy was, ‘Why customers need 30 days to decide...
Is drop shipping a better option to manage inventory for selling online?
Drop shipping is a supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to the manufacturer,...
How should you price your products?
Indian consumers are a price-conscious lot. Period. So when you think of pricing your products, you may want to ensure your prices are such that your target audience does...
There’s nothing express about Xpressbees’ delivery service, say Snapdeal & Paytm sellers
Logistics is defined as ‘the commercial activity of transporting goods to customers’. So it is safe to assume that the courier partners selected by Indian ecommerce companies as part...
4 ways of selling products that don’t sell
In the past few years, the emergence of online retail has ensured that the already burgeoning consumer retail industry reaches unprecedented scale. Just take a look at the numbers...