EP021 - Local SEO, Amazon Shareholder Letter and eBay Seller Release
 


ChannelAdvisor March Same Store Sales Data:It was another good month for Google with Google Shopping/Product Listing Ads showing strong growth at 41.8%, which seems to have come at the expense of eBay which was flat.
Scot has noticed very aggressive placement of PLAs and a number of experiments with new ad units, such as a new 12 pack PLA.
Amazon News:

Prime Now is coming to Web – Something we suggested should happen in Episode 18.
Amazon Adding External Payment Partner program
Amazon Acquires Image Analysis Startup Orbeus
2015 Amazon Shareholder Letter is out (and is a must read).  This year, Amazon became the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales. Also this year, Amazon Web Services is reaching $10 billion in annual sales. Prime Now took only 111 days to launch it’s first market from the inception of the idea.

eBay announced their first Seller Release of the year – Spring 2016 seller release
Upcoming events:

Catalyst (April 11-13) in Las Vegas – Jason will be presenting.
Magento Imagine (April 11-13) also in Las Vegas
Facebook F8 – April 12/13
Shoptalk May 15-18
Google I/O – May 18

Episode 21 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016.


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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.