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Ready to Expand? Add Your Own Branded Products to Your Mix in 2021

April 3, 2025February 2, 2021 by Henrik Johansson

Your e-commerce business may be humming along, but are your financials in need of a boost in 2021? Are you ready to go bigger? Online shopping has seen a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, up 30 percent over last year, as people aren’t getting out as much as usual. And like many resellers, you likely … Read more

How the Chinese New Year Will Impact Production and What You Can Do Now to Prepare

November 5, 2024January 15, 2021 by Henrik Johansson

The Chinese New Year Is Almost Here The Chinese New Year may begin on February 12, 2021 and last until February 26th, 2021, but the holiday isn’t limited to just one week. In fact, people in China celebrate the New Year for a full month, shutting down factories, businesses, restaurants, and shops up to two … Read more

How to Research a Better Product Opportunity

November 4, 2024December 11, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

If you are an e-Commerce brand or Amazon reseller, the key to your success is your research. You have to understand which products present the greatest opportunity. The right data will point you in the right direction, but do you know exactly what data you need to look for? Can you trust the data … Read more

How to Overcome Your Toughest eCommerce Cash Flow Challenges

December 3, 2024December 1, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

The Cash Flow Problem The importance of having enough funds on hand is well known to all entrepreneurs, and when it comes to selling online, things are no different. Even the best online sellers experience drops in sales and supply-chain complications that can impact cash flow. But sometimes, growth opportunities drive the needs for more … Read more

How to Use a Product Development Plan to Build a Valuable Business

November 4, 2024November 30, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

Focus on a Product Development Plan, Not a Reselling Plan If you are a reseller of existing products on Amazon or Shopify and have never considered creating your own product, you likely don’t think much about a product development plan. Your primary focus is probably on finding products that have little competition and decent opportunities … Read more

How Product Creation Increases Company Value

November 5, 2024November 18, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

What kind of business are you building? Are you looking to grow your brand to increase revenue or is your ultimate goal to grow your brand to attract a buyer? If you are reselling products on Amazon or another e-Commerce site, achieving either of these goals is a long, uphill battle. Ultimately, your best bet … Read more

Product Design and Development: What You Need to Know

March 25, 2025October 29, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

sketching a product design on paper for development

We often don’t think much about what went into our favorite products. If we could peer into those products and see how many people were involved in the product design and development, how many steps were followed, and likely, how many risks were averted, we would be amazed. It is no small feat to take a concept and see it through development.

The Ultimate Guide to Product Design

January 30, 2025June 9, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

Think of the last time you used a product that took your breath away. What was unique about product design? How did it make you feel? What about the aesthetics that caught your attention? Did the color pop? Was it a unique shape you couldn’t have imagined, but made sense? Or, was using it easy … Read more

Coronavirus & ECommerce

November 4, 2024April 21, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

woman shopping in grocery store during coronavirus

As the coronavirus continues to change our daily lives, we’re committed to bringing you a weekly roundup with stories about how it’s effecting eCommerce sellers around the world. Here are a few of the past week’s highlights: Visual Capitalist Takes a Look at Category Fluctuations The team from Visual Capitalist put together an interesting look … Read more

New Product Ideas: 4 Creative Ways to Brainstorm

November 4, 2024April 6, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

people working together around a computer

A driven entrepreneur is never satisfied with their product mix. Even if sales are great today, competition and trends are always evolving. This month’s cash cow can quickly become next month’s sales dud. The competition’s always thinking of new angles, how to improve existing products, or about new product ideas that haven’t been made. The … Read more

Personal Protective Equipment: China Expands Production

November 4, 2024April 4, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented rush on equipment to help medical professionals and individuals fight it and push toward recovery and a resolution. On April 1, the Chinese Government put out an expansive list that includes over 1,000 factories certified to export Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) products. Personal protective equipment examples … Read more

How to Improve Product Innovation at Your Company

November 4, 2024January 30, 2020 by Henrik Johansson

Even big companies struggle with innovation. Take, for example, Gerber’s 1970s attempt to penetrate the adult food market. Instead of developing a new line with a unique distribution strategy, the baby food brand re-labeled existing pureed products and placed them in a different aisle. Or, more recently, look to the flop of Pizza Hut’s ill-fated “Flavors of … Read more