Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In her classic book, “ We-Commerce: How to Create, Collaborate, and Succeed in the Sharing Economy ,” veteran marketing strategist Billee Howard calls this movement an economy centered on the power of “we” instead of “me.” The days of mass production and commodity pricing as an asset are gone.

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MAY 1, 2019

The Seattle e-commerce giant told analysts the move would cost around $800 million but that didn’t appear to concern investors. Amazon’s stock price rose by 2.5 percent the day after it announced financial results and changes to the Prime program, while rivals Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) and Target (NYSE: TGT saw their stock prices.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

San Diego-based GovX , which operates an online, e-commerce site specifically serving active, reserve and veteran U.S. GovX offers up special pricing on everything from home products to sports tickets, to verified users. Military, law enforcement, fire, emergency rescue, and government employees, has raised $11.5M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

Carlsbad-based Zoovy , the e-commerce software firm run by Brian Horakh, said this week that it has launched a new Amazon Repricing Engine, a software tool which helps e-commerce retailers automatically raise or lower their product pricing on Amazon.com, based on their competitor's prices.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Rowe Price Associates, Inc. The online website creation and hosting service — which has now expanded into e-commerce by hosting online stores — then raised another $40 million round in 2014. Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is targeting e-commerce site owners this morning with a new product, the company said. The firm said its new CloudCache.com content delivery network service is aimed at e-commerce site owners, and offers up to 200 gigabytes of bandwidth for prices starting at $12.00

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe , a startup developing an e-commerce marketplace which lets people set their own price on appliances, photo equipment, home theater, baby products, music, and more, has raised $500,000 in angel funding. Names of the investors in the company were not announced.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Undoubtedly, e-commerce has been the biggest growth driver recently for shipping giants UPS and Fedex. Once shoppers experienced the ease of ordering online, the inevitable subsequent challenge was to put the products into their hands quickly enough to encourage continued use of e-commerce for making purchases. Looking Ahead.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team. Pricing on the new software options were not announced.

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JULY 26, 2021

The size of the IPO, pricing, and other details of the IPO were not announced. iHerb operates an online e-commerce business which sells vitamins, minerals, and supplements. The company did not say who is underwriting the IPO effort or what exchange it is targeting with its IPO.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based inVia Robotics , which develops warehouse automation robots to help e-commerce companies with their operations, has enhanced its system, with a new product called inVia Connect, to help manage replenishment, cycle counting and returns. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Chiefly, the concern is that some retailers have been overrun with counterfeit products or unauthorized sellers that undercut pricing and dilute the brand’s value with knock-off products, the company observed. “Right now we don’t work with any other e-commerce retailers,” said Manshoory.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based online electronics e-commerce retailer Newegg has just hit ten years in the country of Canada, the company said this week, which the company said has been instrumental in its position in North America over the last decade. Newegg has a dedicated Canadian e-commerce site. Newegg now reaches more than 80 countries.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion.

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg says it is expanding its services to help its vendors, with a new "Direct-to-Consumer" initiative. Pricing on the new service were not announced. According to Newegg, the effort helps its vendor partners "maximize their reach" within the Newegg platform. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

West Hollywood-based OroCommerce , a new startup founded by Magento's Yoav Kutner and Roy Rubin, said today that it has launched a new e-commerce platform specifically aimed at B2B e-commerce. Kutner and Rubin were behind the creation of the immensely successful Magento e-commerce engine, which was acquired by eBay back in 2011.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. How e-commerce companies can brave the new retail environment.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Sendgrid offers up API-based email services, used by many Internet, e-commerce, on-demand and other service providers to send emails to their customers. per share based on today's closing prices. Twilio said it would pay 0.485 shares of Twilio Class A common stock for each share of SendGrid common stock, or approximately $36.92

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Change is always hard, so people already on Amazon are not easy convert to another e-commerce system. Supply and demand ignored.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

That includes e-commerce retailers, which continue to claim a growing slice of overall retail sales. Any discussion of the 2015 e-commerce holiday season has to focus first on consumers; they’re always the most important factor in the equation. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Download free website tools. Open an account with PayPal.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Irvine-based Advantage Solutions , which provides technology-enabled sales and marketing services to manufacturers and retailers, has acquired Quantum Networks , a New York City-based e-commerce retailer and agency. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

It looks like holiday shopping season has officially launched, at least for electronic e-commerce retailer NewEgg , which said Thursday that it has launched its "Black November" deals, offering up sales on popular products such as laptop, ultrabooks, tablets, televisions, cameras, computer components and video games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Tags: e-commerce entrepreneur startup website. Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

Greentoe.com , a new online e-commerce marketplace, wants to let consumers set their own pricing for electronics products.

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JULY 11, 2012

Los Angeles-based SteelHouse , a startup developing e-commerce software to provide special offers and pricing to consumers based on their online behavior, has raised $8.25M more. The funding came from Qualcomm Ventures and Daher Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Free’ doesn’t make it stand out when there are a million alternatives at the same price.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Pasadena-based payment services provider DoubleBeam said Friday that it has acquired GoPago , a provider of e-commerce solutions for merchants and mobile payment products. DoubleBeam said that the deal will help it deliver a turnkey mobile commerce platform that includes an integrated POS system. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Pricing and other details on the new mobile rebate product was not announced. Doublebeam''s technology helps retailers, e-commerce sites, and others support payment by e-check, which generally have much lower transaction costs than credit and debit cards. The company said the new product includes a mobile SDK and other resources.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Santa Monica-based BeachMint , the social commerce firm headed by Josh Berman, has launched yet another celebrity e-commerce site--this time, HomeMint.com , a home fashions site launched in conjunction with Justin Timberlake and interior designer Estee Stanley.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

PayPal has announced price hikes for some of its merchant fees. As usual with price hike announcements, PayPal's Dan Leberman senior vice president of small to medium businesses and partners skirted around the topic. Check out our guide to Square POS Pricing for more. to as much as 3.49% for some PayPal Digital Payments.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based electronics and computer e-commerce provider Newegg announced this week that it has launched a new program,w hich will provide computer, networking, and other IT support to small businesses. Pricing on the new support service was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Los Angeles-based inVia Robotics has rolled out a new robotics system, aimed at warehouse automation, specifically aimed at e-commerce retailers and fulfillment providers. Pricing on the new system was not announced. inVia said it can get its own systems up and running in as little as one week.

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Tech.Co

MAY 11, 2022

Amazon Has Deployed a Secret Delivery Program Since last summer, the e-commerce juggernaut Amazon has been recruiting small businesses to deliver its packages within a 10-mile radius from their grounds. So for businesses considering taking part – what would partnering with the world's biggest e-commerce company actually look like?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Magento , the developer of e-commerce software headed by Roy Rubin, said Wednesday that it has launched an iPhone version of its product. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Magento develops electronic commerce software used by online retailers to list their products and take orders. READ MORE>>.

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