6 E commerce Trends With A Focus On Amazon [Podcast]

► IN THIS EPISODE...
Supply chain, logistics, and e-commerce expert, Marshall Taplits the founder of Ship It Done, joins us to discuss the main e-commerce trends affecting online vendors in the USA in late 2021. He has a special focus on Amazon, so you'll find out how the online giant benefits and negatively affects vendors, and get some helpful tips from Marshall to grow your own online store so you don't need to rely on the expensive shopping platforms as much in future.

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► SHOW SECTIONS
00:00 - Introduction of the topic and Marshall Taplits & Ship It Done

02:10 - TREND 1: The share of products being sold by e-commerce is increasing. 

06:17 - Does e-commerce's market share seem unlikely to go down now? 

09:03 - TREND 2: E-commerce sellers going 'omnichannel' to reduce reliance on just one platform, such as Amazon. 

15:44 - Is FBM or FBA cheaper/preferable for Amazon vendors? 

19:34 - How Amazon are making a killing from FBA. 

21:24 - Are Amazon starting to become another UPS or FedEx? 

24:31 - TREND 3: Companies are paying more attention to being eco-friendly. 

29:08 - TREND 4: Augmented reality being used to improve how shoppers can visualize products on e-commerce. 

31:43 - TREND 5: Amazon competing against its own resellers. 

34:39 - TREND 6: Compliance checks hotting up.

38:37 - Wrapping up

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