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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

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. The equity will go toward hiring more talent to join Ghost’s 25-person team.

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Amazon’s Selz Acquisition is Encouraging News for Small Businesses

Tech.Co

Selz currently offers three monthly pricing plans which allow you to create your own store using its platform, or attach Selz' smarts to an existing site. Shopify has even partnered with TikTok to facilitate in-app sales for small businesses. Physical Product Sales. Digital Product Sales. Service Sales. See Deals*.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

I instantly hit it off with Greg because we was a fountain of knowledge. He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. ” I always felt the same. Watch this space.

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How OneRoof Energy's Solar Leases Save Money, Not Just The Planet

socalTECH

But, since it''s priced against the local utility, that investors can get a 9, 10, 11, or 12 percent yield. The sales process for solar in California is, although I don''t want to say it, archaic. They already have clients, who they know would benefit from a lease, and they already have the knowledge base associated with the client.

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Can you profit by serving early adapters?

Berkonomics

Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. The system coordinated decisions between the reservations department which accepted individual or transient reservations and the group sales department booking groups at a discounted rate, allocating available rooms between each to achieve maximum revenue for any future date.

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It is satisfying, but rarely profitable, serving early adopters.

Berkonomics

Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. The system was priced at $150 thousand, but we calculated that the average decision implemented for the 300 room property should be worth $5 thousand, making payback within an amazing 60 days if all worked as planned. I became even more excited about the concept applied to the hotel industry.