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Travel Daily News
30-06-2025
- Business
- Travel Daily News
Ten game-changing e-commerce tools to skyrocket your sales in 2025
Running an e-commerce business today takes more than just uploading products and hoping for sales. With the right tools, you can automate repetitive tasks, gain valuable insights, deliver better customer experiences and most importantly, grow your revenue. The e-commerce world is moving faster than ever. With more competition and smarter consumers, having the right tools in your corner can make all the difference. Whether you're just starting out or looking to scale your online store, the tools you use can help you work smarter, not harder. In this blog, we'll walk you through ten powerful e-commerce tools that are helping online sellers boost sales, improve efficiency and stay ahead in 2025. 1. Shopify – Build and Run Your Store with Ease Shopify remains one of the most popular platforms for setting up an online store. Its ease of use, powerful integrations and range of templates make it ideal for beginners and pros alike. Shopify also supports plugins for inventory, payments, marketing and shipping, so you can manage everything in one place. 2. Klaviyo – Email and SMS Marketing Automation Klaviyo helps you send personalised emails and SMS messages based on customer behaviour. It integrates with your e-commerce platform to track user activity and send targeted campaigns automatically. This kind of automation can significantly improve your conversion rate and keep customers coming back. 3. Jungle Scout – Product Research for Amazon Sellers If you're selling on Amazon, Jungle Scout is a must. It helps you find high-demand, low-competition products by analysing sales data and trends. Jungle Scout also offers supplier sourcing and keyword tools that can save you hours of research. It's especially useful for sellers looking to launch new products or expand into new categories. 4. RepricerExpress – Stay Competitive with Amazon Repricing Staying competitive on Amazon often comes down to price. An intuitive Amazon repricer helps you automatically adjust your prices to stay ahead of the competition. It reacts to changes in the market and updates prices in real time while still protecting your margins. For high-volume sellers, this tool can mean the difference between staying visible and getting buried. 5. Canva – Create Stunning Visuals Without a Designer High-quality visuals can make or break a product listing or ad. Canva is a free, user-friendly tool that lets you design graphics, social media posts, ads and more without needing design experience. With thousands of templates and drag-and-drop features, you can create professional content in minutes. 6. Oberlo (or DSers) – Automate Your Dropshipping Business If you run a dropshipping store, tools like Oberlo or DSers can streamline everything from importing products to fulfilling orders. These tools connect your store to suppliers, allowing you to add products directly and automate the order process. This means fewer errors and more time to focus on marketing and sales. 7. SEMrush – Optimise SEO and Track Your Competitors SEMrush is a powerful tool for anyone serious about SEO. It lets you find the best keywords for your products, track your search rankings and monitor your competitors. By improving your store's visibility in search engines, you'll attract more organic traffic and reduce your reliance on paid ads. 8. Zendesk – Support Your Customers Like a Pro Customer service is critical in building trust and repeat sales. Zendesk helps you manage customer enquiries across email, chat and social media in one place. It also allows you to set up help centres and automate responses to common questions. Faster, better support equals happier customers and more positive reviews. 9. Loox – Boost Trust with Photo Reviews Social proof is one of the most effective ways to convince new visitors to buy. Loox allows customers to leave reviews with photos, giving new buyers a realistic view of what to expect. These photo reviews not only build trust but also provide fresh content that boosts SEO and conversions. 10. Google Analytics 4 – Understand and Optimise Customer Behaviour Data is the key to growth. Google Analytics 4 offers a deep look into how people use your website or app. You can track everything from traffic sources and bounce rates to conversion paths. Knowing where users drop off or what's working well allows you to make smarter business decisions. Running an e-commerce business today takes more than just uploading products and hoping for sales. With the right tools, you can automate repetitive tasks, gain valuable insights, deliver better customer experiences and most importantly, grow your revenue. Tools like a smart Amazon repricer, email automation platforms and product research software aren't just nice to have—they're essential for staying competitive in 2025. Photo by Andras Vas on Unsplash
Business Insider
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Insider
Americans are looking to stock up on gas masks, emergency meal kits, and power banks as anxiety builds
When the going gets tough, Americans go shopping. Following the US bombing of Iran last weekend, Google search interest for topics including "Survival kit" and "Nuclear fallout" spiked in the US to levels not seen since the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, data through Thursday shows. On Amazon, data from marketplace analytics company Jungle Scout shows searches and sales for products like gas masks, first aid kits, and solar-powered flashlights have ticked up notably in the past 30 days. The data also show increased searches for "riot gear" and "hurricane preparedness kit" during the same period, which suggests US shoppers have a lot more on their minds than nuclear war alone. The product with the largest increase in search interest in the Jungle Scout data was a Uvex Bionic Face Shield that went viral earlier this month in connection with the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. The search terms offer a lens into customer concerns this summer, though actual demand is affected by multiple factors, said Jungle Scout's chief operating officer Tom Werle. While the prospect of World War III may have loomed large last weekend, it seems Americans might also be anxious about a host of domestic concerns: a trade war possibly interfering with essential supplies; civil unrest surrounding arrests and deportations; or increasingly hot and violent wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The military uses the acronym OBE, or "overcome by events," when circumstances spiral out of control and beyond the scope of a mission's plan and preparation. Chad Huddleston, an anthropology professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville who has studied prepper communities for more than a decade, said that may describe how Americans are feeling about recent events. "People are looking in their immediate area to see what's going on with that to determine, 'Well, what should I be worried about?'" he said. Huddleston started following preppers back in 2008 when the phenomenon was becoming more mainstream. He found that the events that motivated people to start prepping then weren't the 9/11 attacks or subsequent wars in the Middle East — it was something closer to home. "They all said Katrina," he said. "When Katrina happened, they could watch on TV all these people suffering." "They're like, 'Oh no, that could happen here,'" he added. Among the TikTokers posting about a possible World War III this week, one user shared a video showing how to build a survival kit for less than $20 at Dollar Tree. Her items included a headlamp, some paracord, batteries, a can of beans, body wash, and a bottle of water. A bit of retail therapy in the form of off-the-shelf solutions can offer people the illusion of preparedness. "I think for a lot of people — and people that I probably would not call preppers — it is a first and only step," Huddleston said. "They go and buy the Costco food bucket, and then a bag off Amazon, and they throw it in the closet, like, 'Cool, we're done.'" He said true preppers are more focused on skills and planning than on gear: "The more you know, the less you need." For some (who can afford it), that sense of comfort has taken the form of investing in safe rooms, underground bunkers, or survival condos advertised as able to withstand threats ranging from weather to war. Two such companies told BI they typically receive a spike in new customer interest following incidents like the Iran bombing, but calls to several other builders did not indicate a significant uptick in inquiries in the past week. Of course, a five- or six-figure underground shelter is likely less of an impulse buy than a ready-made bug-out bag from Amazon. "I think that more immediate stuff is much more prominent in people's minds and maybe in their algorithms," Huddleston said. If doomsday comes to the US, it's BYOB: Bring Your Own Bomb Shelter America's retail-first approach to disaster prep also stands in stark contrast to other nations' civil defense strategies. In some countries like Switzerland or Finland (which have seen invasions and ground wars on their doorsteps in the past 100 years), there is a more communitarian attitude toward preparedness. When warning signals go off, entire towns can seek cover in well-provisioned, blast-proof shelters under soccer fields and parking garages nearby. "America doesn't know what a real bomb shelter looks like," said Paul Seyfried, a disaster preparedness consultant in Utah. Seyfried has designed and built bunkers for several clients in the US based on principles from nuclear science and European practice. He said he's skeptical of the efficacy of many of the more heavily promoted doomsday survival concepts on the market today. Unlike other nations that invest heavily in hardened civil defense infrastructure and detailed emergency planning, Seyfried said the US does far less than it did during the height of the Cold War. He said the main messaging now is "stay inside and listen to your radio." In the US, individuals typically bear responsibility for building, supplying, and maintaining their own families' disaster response options. Americans also generally have high levels of mistrust toward the government. Public trust in the federal government remains at historic lows, according to Pew Research. A 2024 FEMA survey found that about half of Americans expect any level of government to provide help in the event of a disaster or emergency, though health and financial worries far outranked disaster concerns in the survey. "It follows our general American ideal of individualism and bootstrap mentality," Huddleston said. "I filled my bunker with Kirkland stuff. If you didn't do that, then too bad. That's your fault." That could speak to the ultimate driving force behind any surge in sales of disaster supplies: if people see that their friends and neighbors have a stockpile of survival supplies, they may want their own as well.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Pulls Plug on Some China Orders, Footing Vendors with Tariff Bill
It was only a matter of time before the new tariffs on China forced the hand of America's largest e-commerce company. Amazon has reportedly canceled orders for multiple products made in China and other Asian countries, according to a report from Bloomberg. More from Sourcing Journal Amazon's China connection is vast. In 2024, China-based sellers took up more than 50 percent of market share on the tech titan for the first time, according to data from e-commerce intelligence firm Marketplace Pulse. But Chinese goods dominate the marketplace like no other. More than 70 percent of Amazon sellers and brands say they source their products from China, according to a survey conducted last year by Amazon seller software platform Jungle Scout. That origin number is well beyond that of second-place U.S. sourcing (30 percent) and third-place India (14 percent). The Seattle-based company doesn't officially disclose the amount of goods coming out of China and neighboring sourcing countries. But in its February annual report, it said 'China-based suppliers provide significant portions of our components and finished goods.' A document viewed by Bloomberg reportedly showed that orders for beach chairs, scooters, air conditioners and other merchandise from multiple Amazon vendors were halted after President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' announcement on April 2. These canceled orders mostly affect Amazon's first-party vendors, manufacturers and wholesalers that sell products directly to Amazon, which then resells them to customers. The vendors often rely on bulk deals and shipping arrangements made through Amazon. According to the report, the vendors received no warning of the cancellations. While Amazon serves as the importer of record—which means it pays tariffs when the products reach U.S. ports—cancelling the orders puts the tariff exposure back on the vendor. Sourcing Journal reached out to Amazon. Amazon's abrupt cancellations come as chief competitor Walmart—and the rest of retail—tries to navigate the uneasy landscape. Walmart said it currently gets one-third of its U.S. inventory from abroad, with China being one of its largest sourcing markets for products like apparel, electronics and toys. Reports ahead of Trump's country-specific tariff declaration indicated that the retail giant was pushing its Chinese suppliers to cut prices to offset the impact of the looming duties. Bloomberg reported that Walmart was demanding that some Chinese manufactures offer price cuts of up to 10 percent for each round of Trump tariffs.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon CEO: Tariffs Haven't Brought Down Demand…Yet
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sought to calm investors after the tech titan released a second-quarter guidance that brought into question the impact tariffs could have on the e-commerce giant. 'We haven't seen any attenuation of demand yet. To some extent, we've seen some heightened buying in certain categories that may indicate stocking up in advance of any potential tariff impact,' Jassy said in a Thursday earnings call. 'We also have not seen the average selling price of retail items appreciably go up yet. Some of this reflects some forward buying we did in our first-party selling, and some of that reflects some advanced inbounding our third-party sellers have done. But a fair amount of this is that most sellers just haven't changed pricing yet.' More from Sourcing Journal Jassy said the company had been encouraging its sellers to pull forward goods so they could have inventory on hand in the U.S., thus keeping prices down. The comments came weeks after a report indicated that Amazon had canceled orders for multiple products made in China. More than 70 percent of sellers and brands on Amazon say they source their products from the country, according to a survey from Amazon seller software platform Jungle Scout. In the call, Jassy spoke favorably of sellers that source directly from China. 'As it relates to China, retailers who aren't buying directly from China are typically buying from companies who themselves are buying from China, marking these items up, rebranding and selling to U.S. consumers,' Jassy said. 'These retailers are buying the product at a higher price than Chinese sellers selling directly to U.S. consumers in our marketplace, so the total tariff will be higher for these retailers than for China direct sellers. Addressing the concerns that the tariffs on China would be passed onto consumers, Jassy admitted it would be a mixed bag of sorts. 'When you've got 2 million-plus sellers, they're not all going take the same strategy if there ends up being higher tariffs. There are going be plenty of sellers that decide to pass on those higher costs to end consumers,' said Jassy. 'Not all of them are going to pursue the same tack. When you've got larger diversity like we have, we have a better chance of some of those sellers deciding that they're going to capture share, and they're not going to pass on all or any of those tariffs to the customers.'
