Month: June 2024

When you’re permanently banned from a social media platform like TikTok, you’ll know immediately—you won’t be able to log in or find your profile in a search. A shadow ban, on the other hand, is much more subtle—the platform will hide your account from other users without ever letting you know. While there is some…

Before you start a business, it’s often a good idea to know about the overall market size and potential revenue opportunities for a product, service, or even an entirely new business idea. Enter the total addressable market, or TAM. TAM helps you estimate the total demand and monetary value for your business idea, considering factors…

A product you order online goes through several stages before arriving at your doorstep. A small business might retrieve the item from a storage area, manually record details, pack and turn the product over to a shipper. Large brands, however, use extensive warehouse networks, with items moving along shelves, conveyor belts, and loading docks, while…

After targeting private sellers, eBay Germany is introducing a number of enhancements for commercial sellers this summer. These improvements include upgrades in marketing and logistics. According to Andreas Häntsch, who is responsible for commercial trade at eBay Germany, the company has “exciting news” for commercial sellers aimed at further strengthening their business on eBay. “Among…

The European online consumer electronics market is valued at 90 billion euros in 2023. It is expected to increase 19 percent by 2025, reaching 107 billion euros. Retailers and C2C marketplaces selling used and refurbished electronics are driving this growth. These data come from the first edition of the ‘Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retail Europe’…

Ecommerce giant Alibaba has announced an exclusive membership package for sellers in Germany. It wants to support SME’s in their digitalization efforts. Starting in September, retailers can join the platform with a trial period of 3 months for 9 dollars, instead of 399 dollars. The online B2B platform announced this at a flagship event in…

Intangible assets can be hard to grasp. It’s kind of in their nature—in fact, it’s right there in the name. But just because you can’t touch them doesn’t mean you can’t understand them. Let’s take a close look at what intangible assets are, how to calculate their value, and how to account for them in…