ChannelAdvisor Acquires Another $20million In VC Funding

ChannelAdvisor announced that they have acquired another $20 million of VC funding from New Enterprise Associates. Also, they announced some staff reductions.
Pushing towards an IPO, the lay offs are an effort to control expense and move toward profitability.
Apparently around 45 people will be/have been laid off from headquarters with some more staff cuts expected at [...]


ChannelAdvisor Users: Your store of choice?

I know I have a few ChannelAdvisor customers reading my blog. This post is for you!
We are developing some automation tools for ChannelAdvisor customers, and to assist with a development roadmap I would LOVE some feedback on whether or not you use the ChannelAdvisor Store or another store altogether…
I put together a quick poll in [...]


ChannelAdvisor Premium Stores - What will they be like?

We are currently part of a beta test group for ChannelAdvisor, testing their integration into a new ‘premium’ storefront.
I was pretty eager to put my hand up for this, as the old store has a lot of limitations and shortcomings. It certainly isn’t a best of breed product. Is the new premium store going to [...]


eBay to Phase Out 3rd Party Checkout

eBay annouced that it is to phase out 3rd party checkout.
This is a move that will impact many thousands of (usually large) eBay sellers.
It will affect us, as we use ChannelAdvisor, as do many larger sellers. ChannelAdvisor’s main markets are US and UK, and they have some very big eBay sellers using their systems.
For us, [...]


2008 - Year of the Australian Online Retail Summit?

Summits coming up that you might be interested in attending:
“The eBay Seller Summit, by eBay sellers for eBay sellers”, June 12th
I think that one could be related to eBay? The ESS08 summit is being held in Sydney on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at the Bankstown Sports Club in Bankstown, Sydney.
This event will give an opportunity [...]


Release : ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference Coming Soon!

I got sent this press release information from ChannelAdvisor today regarding their upcoming conference at the Sunshine Coast in July. The early bird discount rate is nearly over, so if you are considering attending to learn more about online business, how to grow and improve it then you might like to consider attending.
Yours truly will [...]


ChannelAdvisor Australia Holding Catalyst, for Multi-Channel eCommerce Strategies

For the first time, ChannelAdvisor is holding a Catalyst event in Australia, following the launch of their Australian office last year.
I haven’t been to a Catalyst before, but by all accounts they are well worth going if you want some good analysis of the online retail marketplace, and a chance to network with lots of [...]