Addressing more than 1000 attendees at the company's annual Catalyst conference, held in Las Vegas earlier this week, ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo.

The latest technology company to join the IPO bandwagon is e-commerce optimization company ChannelAdvisor. The S-1, filed with the SEC today, indicates that C..

Online Commerce Overview According to comScore’s eCommerce Brief, total online spend grew 9% Y/Y to $18.5B, which reflects a moderate acceleration vs. up 7% Y/Y in June and up 8% Y/Y in May. Reportedly, comScome reveals that July Y/Y growth also shows a modest acceleration vs. 8% Y/Y growth reported in Q2: 10 & Q1: [...]

On their Q2 call, Amazon executives dropped a little number on analysts that was a pretty big surprised.  They noted they are adding 13 fulfillment centers (FCs)  to the ~38 they have now.  That’s a > 30% increase in fulfillment centers and depending on the size could be an even larger expansion from a sq-ft [...]

A focus on international growth strategy is a must for online retailers looking to expand their market and keep up with the competition. Very few companies are able to work through the complexities of going global on their own. One avenue to international growth and development is to join forces with a trusted company that [...]

What’s up? I promise that you guys will get all the goodies, cause that is why I blog man. So here is some valuable stuff that I got from attending this year’s Channel Advisor conference. Presentations were given by eBay, Google and of course the Jedi Mind of Scot Wingo. Here are my personal notes [...]

A very insightful discussion with the CEO of shopping search engine TheFind.com, Siva Kumar. While at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference I was able to grab Siva and get this interview. Of particular note, pay attention to his outlook on eCommerce for 2010. It really is an eye-opening analogy TheFind is the vertical search engine for shopping [...]

Man, I really do not know how to adequately describe my arrival…hmmm SO MUCH was going on. So check this out, I was awaken by some heavy rains in Atlanta about 7:00 am. Could not get that last hour of sleep cause the rain was record heavy. But we had to drive nearly 7 hours [...]

This is a 3 part series that I started over the weekend. You can get Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE Well, I am finally back home in Atlanta. I got in about midnight last night and we then had work to catch up on so we stayed up till 3:00 am fixing stuff [...]

ChannelAdvisor Primes Online Auto Parts Retailers to Maximize ROI on eBay Upgrades ChannelAdvisor leads the industry as the first to announce support for latest eBay changes Research Triangle Park, NC – February 22, 2010 – ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, today announced support for key new [...]

On Monday, John Donahoe the CEO of eBay declined to give out much information on eBay sales for the holiday season. At the investors conference, Donahoe was giving most of the hype to PayPal which has seemed to be the song and dance of 2009. You talk about the moving ball to keep all eyes [...]

Scot Wingo blows the roof off! This interview is so full of sizzle and STEAK. Man, I have not heard this much great information and insight anywhere, honestly. This is such a good "exclusive" interview. Hey, Scot even brought some brand new stats on Amazon CGM, eBay Antique Sellers, Google vs. Bing…Damn I could go [...]

Company continues to add key Internet Retailer 500 customers including Blue Bay andTool King, launches next-generation Amazon solution Research Triangle Park, NC– November 3, 2009 – ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, today announced another strong quarter with $2.6 million in bookings and 229 new customer additions.  [...]

ChannelAdvisor Launches New Amazon Solution to Save Retailers Time and Drive Online Revenue Next-generation solution eases inventory and product updates and delivers unparalleled ROI Research Triangle Park, NC– September 22, 2009 – ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of e-commerce channel management solutions, announced today a next-generation Amazon solution that automatically manages time-intensive data entry and enhances [...]

Our topic of conversation every week in September on B.S. Walks When Money Talks has been about the coming holiday season. Check out the show this Wednesday at 1:00 est. where we will detail some strategies. Many of which are coming from this cool checklist from ChannelAdvisor get if FREE Hey, I got to hang [...]

Scot Wingo kicked off the Catalyst conference by providing his insights into the consumer-driven e-commerce marketplace. Scot discussed the state of online retail and how you can evolve your business and efficiently distribute products across multiple channels, drive shoppers to those products and convert shoppers to customers.  Scot also unveiled ChannelAdvisor’s latest product innovations.   [...]

Mr. Scot Wingo just launched new blog the other day at www.amazonstrategies.com   So if you are  looking for someone to cover many of the interesting strategies being developed for sellers on Amazon, look no futher! As this 3rd party platform from Amazon begins to really take hold in our ecommerce circles it is GREAT to [...]

So I am kicking it around in the hallway and then guess who walks by? OMG, it is Scot Wingo the CEO of ChannelAdvisor. He just got off the stage and my eyes are still burning from the SMOKE! Dude, his presentation was seriously smoking. He brought out all the charts and graphs and laid [...]

Dude, I love being in a space with a pocket camera! I am a whip it out and shoot kinda guy. It was so FUNNY with these guys at eBay. Believe it or not, they do not watch the ColderICE videos! OMG, and I spend so much time reporting on their eBay movement…wink. OK, so [...]

The first session out at CA Catalyst last week was probably one of my favorites from last year and I am SO HAPPY that they brought it back again this year. They have a panel of 10 randomly selected internet shoppers brought out on stage to answer audience questions. Some people will poll them and [...]

My head is still spinning. Nearly 5 days later, I am still getting myself together and shuffling through all the GREAT information I got for you guys from ChannelAdvisor Catalyst last week. Overall I have to give this event an "A" which is actually hard to do in my book. But this is the one [...]

Dude, I had so much fun and go so much LUV at ChannelAdvisor’s Catalyst event this week. I must send thanks and shout-outs. You guys know how to throw an event!!! This year was FANTASTIC, it simply rocked.

Well, eBay has made its changes and boy it is a lot of work AGAIN for eBay seller to deal with. I guess if you constantly change directions you will ultimately end up somewhere right? LMAO. I am not sure what direction eBay wants to go in right now, but they seem to have a [...]

Somewhere between CEO and eBay provider, Scot Wingo inserted “Not Fake” when it comes to analyzing facts. I can not stand fake facts and made up pundit mush. Long ago in my own business I had laid before me several paths to take for services. My tipping point was the leadership of the companies offering [...]

Triple whammy eBay news day weighs on the stock… I hate to interrupt, but there was so much negative eBay news today I need to break in and provide some highlights. As of this writing the stock is down to $23.25 and seems to have gone below the $24 support level that has been there this year. Whammy1: [...]

HEY, This is the interview I have been waiting for….game, set, match, baby! Since the first day I started doing interviews, there was this one guy I had to get. He is the man that has helped my business (www.3rdPO.com) grow at a phenomenal pace over the past 3 years, using the services of his [...]