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  In the ever-evolving world of e-commerce, a visually appealing and user-friendly website is paramount to the success of any online business. Shopify has emerged as one of the leading e-commerce platforms, providing businesses with the tools they need to create and manage their online stores effectively. However, the key [...]

Nothing has divided seller opinion more than eBay Promoted Listings. For some sellers, promoted listings are just an additional fee designed to fill eBay's coffers. For others, Promoted Listings provide a valuable promotional opportunity to increase sales in a highly competitive online marketplace. So who's right? Are eBay Promoted Listings [...]

With more than four million eCommerce sites built on the platform, you won’t be the first eBay seller who has had their head turned by Shopify. If you’ve not already taken the plunge into developing your own eCommerce store, there are many reasons why you should consider setting up a [...]

With more than 135 million users worldwide, eBay remains one of the most vibrant communities of buyers and sellers anywhere on the internet. Over its 27-year history, the online marketplace has matured from a quirky sales venue populated by hobbyists and thrift store sellers to a legitimate place of business [...]

One of the many good things about selling on eBay is the ease with which you can add items to the online marketplace. If you are just starting out, eBay's seller tools will actively help you to create the perfect listing and set you on your journey towards becoming a [...]

US-based Amazon sellers looking to grow their business internationally can access the lucrative European market and start selling on Amazon Europe thanks to readily available tools in their Seller Central account. These tools can help you streamline your sales operations and handle the intricacies of international selling. But before they [...]

Money only grows on trees if you are growing those trees to sell. If you have green fingers and are looking for a potentially lucrative side hustle or even to grow a full-time business, selling plants online might be a good option. But selling plants online doesn’t come without its [...]

In an increasingly digital world, small businesses face unique challenges in establishing their presence and competing with larger corporations. But not all big corporations are "out to get" the little guy. In many ways, huge online businesses like eBay and Amazon actually do a lot of work to facilitate online [...]

Whatever you want to sell on eBay, customers are there. And with eBay’s average visit duration being 50% longer than on Amazon, eBay is the perfect place to cross sell to browsers and increase your average sale value. Competition is fierce, trends change fast, and popular items can quickly fall out [...]

  eBay has recently announced the 2023 edition of its eBay Up & Running Grant program, a yearly initiative that aims to provide financial grants and resources to promising small business sellers on eBay.   The programme will award 50 Small Business Sellers in the US with a financial grant and technology package [...]

Here are our tips for selling on eBay from professional sellers and experts - dive in. eBay's Cassini search engine uses an algorithm to decide which products to display first when a buyer searches for a product on eBay. That algorithm looks at listing titles and descriptions but also takes [...]

If your target market is the lucrative Gen Z demographic (18 to 25-year-old shoppers), TikTok Shopping should be high on your list of priorities for eCommerce channels to explore right now. But how seriously should you take the social shopping opportunity, and what are the challenges and opportunities of this [...]

Titles are one of the most important aspects of your eBay listings. You must get your titles right if you want to sell more on the online marketplace. A good eBay title not only improves your chances of appearing in eBay search. It will also influence more potential buyers to [...]

It would be too easy to start this blog post with phrases like "cost of living crisis", "industrial action", and "supply chain crisis", but here at Frooition, we are great believers in a little bit of optimism going a long way. This is especially true if that optimism is backed-up [...]

With the end of the 2022 festive shopping season in sight, online retailers will be turning their attention to optimising their retail businesses for the year ahead. As a certified Gold eBay partner and a Preferred BigCommerce design agency, Frooition offers a full range of bespoke eCommerce design and optimisation [...]

In episode #5 of the Frooition podcast, we speak with Richard Meldner, co-founder of the eCommerce news and information website eSeller365, about his career in the automotive spares and accessories industry. https://youtu.be/jigCC9iAfsc As well as sharing his best practices for listing and selling on eBay, Richard talks about the new [...]

eBay has announced a new partnership with clothing resale, sanitisation and repair experts ACS to expand the online marketplace's secondhand offering and help reduce waste in the fashion industry. The partnership will help more brands and retailers to create and quickly scale resale offerings while giving eBay UK's 20 million [...]

Hot off the heels of BigCommerce’s incredible Black Friday results, Shopify has released data from across the entire Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. The Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend is the highest volume shopping event of the year for Shopify merchants. Globally, more than 52 million consumers purchased from brands powered by Shopify [...]

We love a good podcast here at Frooition and so were delighted to learn that eBay has recently launched its own show: The eBay Seller Spotlight Podcast. The podcast, which is available across all major streaming channels, focuses on seller stories and is designed to offer an inspiring and entertaining [...]

Like many other eBay and Amazon sellers, Vanessa McDowell's online business can best be described as a side hustle. But what make's Vanessa's story so fascinating is her adoption of sophisticated sales tools. She's also unafraid of the kind of hustle small and large sellers need to commit to stay [...]