If you’re an overseas business looking to sell your products in the United States, you may have some questions on how to get started. Cenports CMO Hillary Read sits down with Cenports CEO Derrick Chen and AndMakers CRO Lily Chan to discuss some of the most important information you need to know to get started selling in the US. (To learn more about how you can sell your products in the US, check out the full video where we cover Customer Service, packaging, merchandising, and more!) Cenports | AndMakers simplifies the process of getting your products to the US so…
Breaking into U.S. eCommerce in 2021: Where Should You Sell Your Products?
Which retailer is right for your products? Well, that can be a tricky question. From Amazon to the most niche boutique shops, there are options out there for you. At Cenports/AndMakers, we specialize in furniture, outdoor products, and pets, and we look for a combination of audience size, reputation, and retail expertise to choose our retail partners. Here are some of our favorites: Wayfair Wayfair is the largest online furniture retailer in the United States, with over 31 million customers to date. They use a wholesale cost model, charge no fees to sell on their platform, and handle shipping and…
2021 eCommerce: How to Break into the U.S. Market
Just a little over a year ago, brick-and-mortar stores dominated retail in the United States. According to Digital Commerce 360, in 2019, more than 80% of shopping was done in-store, with eCommerce accounting for only 16% of purchases. Today, thanks to advances in technology and a sea change in shopping behavior brought on by COVID-19, e-tailers have enjoyed a massive shift in online purchases. Now, everything you could ever want is a few taps away from being at your front door. Retailers and businesses alike have found great success in embracing the pandemic-accelerated shift towards an online marketplace, growing eCommerce…
Cenports: Highlights from a Wild Year – and What’s Coming Next
At Cenports, we entered 2020 hoping to grow our business and prove our concept of blending technology, fulfillment, and partnership expertise to enable retail entrepreneurs around the world to achieve scale and success. Just like everyone else, we had no idea what was actually about to happen: a global pandemic that changed the retail landscape forever. —– Before I dive into our 2020 highlights and what’s on the horizon for 2021, I’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to our partners (both suppliers and retailers) and to the hard-working (and fast-growing) team driving our achievements. Our team hustled and pivoted…
Cenports Vendor Managers: Your Secret Weapon for Sales
Let’s say you’re a global manufacturer with your products being offered for sale on some of the biggest online platforms in the U.S. – think Wayfair, Lowe’s, Overstock, Walmart, Amazon, and more. Now let’s say that your products aren’t selling very well; you only get a trickle of order per day. Your products are sitting in some warehouse in the U.S., collecting dust and fees. You can’t get a rep on the phone from your retail partners because they’re busy dealing with bigger customers. — If this sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone. We’ve had lots of customers come…
What 2020’s Q4 buying behavior will tell us about the future of eCommerce
It might be easy to think that 2020 won’t serve as much of a yardstick for anything and that any “benchmarks’ that usually come out of the wealth of Q4 data should be discarded. And it’s true that COVID-19 and the changes in behavior it has forced won’t be completely replicated in future years. — That said, there are some patterns we should keep a close eye on as Q4 unfolds. Here are some metrics to watch – and what they’ll mean for the eCommerce industry going forward. Traffic by month One of the ways Q4 buying behavior is shifting…
7 Key Takeaways from Wayfair, Payoneer, and AndMakers on Achieving eCommerce Scale
On Oct. 20, AndMakers co-founder Lily Chan joined Wayfair’s Michael Zhang and Payoneer’s T. J. Hyland for a free webinar on helping eCommerce brands launch on Wayfair. Attendees got a ton of insights on how to break into the U.S. market, grow sales, cut down on returns, and more. Here are our top 7 takeaways from the event: COVID-19 is accelerating eCommerce growth. Michael estimates that COVID-19 has accelerated the eCommerce growth curve by five years, with reports showing that eCommerce has made huge gains in its share of the retail market. He also forecasts that many new online customers…