First, a brief house-keeping note. I edited my last post, because I had a conversation with one of our users and I realized I had not made something clear: the arrays (which I called “lists”) that are passed to REDUCE are not at all the same thing as a ShoppingAdvisor Lookup List. You can’t use a Lookup List as one of the inputs to REDUCE at all.

I always strive to be as clear as I can with these posts. Clear writing about technical subjects is tricky, though. However, the good news is that this conversation I had was the genesis of a new function that is coming with the next release. I hate to keep writing these teaser posts, but I guess it’s better than only writing a post after every release, isn’t it? Here’s the full story…
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The ChannelAdvisor UK team has been having a lot of fun recently putting together a series of video newsletters – http://www.channeladvisor.co.uk/video

It’s amazing how normally confident and professional public speakers can be reduced to the level of giggling schoolgirls or timid rabbits caught in the glare of car’s headlights when a camera is turned on them – but after hours in makeup and even more time spent in the editing suite – we’re pretty “chuffed” with the results.

The latest installment from the Richmond office explores the opportunity available on Amazon.co.uk’s Merchants@ platform (sometimes referred to as Seller Central), introduces Metapack – a new member of CA’s Development Partner Program and announces the latest news from our Catalyst UK Conference to be held in central London on April 21st and 22nd.

Enjoy: http://www.channeladvisor.co.uk/video

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All right, I’m finally going to write that piece I’ve been promising everybody for the last couple of months. What I’m covering in this post applies mainly to ShoppingAdvisor accounts that have their inventory in MarketplaceAdvisor Premium and that have matrix (aka “parent/child”) inventory. Remember, this one is going to be kind of technical, unlike my usual posts.

Also, it’s REALLY long.
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eBay has introduced a lot of changes at its recent PowerSeller eCommerce Forum in Washington, D.C. and one thing is clear: online retailers operating on eBay must adapt to Best Match, Finding 2.0, DSR (and more) to continue to be successful on this marketplace. Join us next Wednesday, February 13, at 2 p.m. for a webinar with ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo to get the inside story on the changes, including:

• CEO John Donahoe’s long-term strategy.
• Lower insertion fees and higher FVFs.
• How Finding 2.0, Custom Item Specifics and the new Best Match algorithm will drive eBay search results.
• How going multi-channel – now more than ever — could be your ticket to survival.

Click here to sign-up.

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No matter how good you are at any particular thing, such as marketing, sourcing, negotiating or creating an easy and fun shopping experience, there’s always room for improvement. The recent eBay changes are a great example of enhancing functionality (Finding 2.0, Best Match), getting customer feedback (from both buyers and sellers) and then tweaking the model. In fact, never being satisfied with the status quo is what drives innovation and success.

For us here at ChannelAdvisor that same spirit propels our product strategy and development methodology. Release a new feature, talk to customers (many of our customers are great at proactively reaching out and sharing what works and what could be improved upon via our Strategy & Support Center), make changes, release again. Rinse & repeat.

We are so committed to this incremental and flexible approach (called agile development by connoisseurs) that we’ve opened our very own Agile Development Center (ADC) here in North Carolina and are looking for engineers to join us with their arms swinging. If that’s you then here’s your chance to test-drive us: we are hosting an Open House next Tuesday, February 12th, at 6 p.m. and invite anyone to come by and possibly win a Nintendo Wii (I still don’t have one — and I love presents …).

And we promise loads of excitement, vision, accomplishments and above all fun to everyone joining us.

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