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ChannelAdvisor clients selling on Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) saw major growth slowdowns in...

  • Tuesday, January 8, 6:09 PM ET
    ChannelAdvisor clients selling on Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) saw major growth slowdowns in December, though growth rates are still impressive: Amazon's same-store sales (SSS) growth fell to 29.8% from 43.7% in November, and eBay's to 22.2% from 27.4%. comScore has also reported of a December slowdown. Google (GOOG) is seeing a migration in e-commerce ad dollars from paid search to a revamped Google Shopping, something that could lead to ad price volatility: SSS for search traffic fell 18%, while comparison shopping rose 15%. (previous)
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    What's "SSS"?
    8 Jan, 06:39 PM Reply Like
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    Same-store sales
    8 Jan, 06:44 PM Reply Like
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    Didn't realize it could be that. What does same store sales for search traffic mean?
    8 Jan, 06:48 PM Reply Like
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    I think ChannelAdvisor's talking about e-commerce sales that stem from search ad traffic.

    http://bit.ly/UUNO1j
    8 Jan, 06:52 PM Reply Like
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    So would that mean search to retailers who were around 12 months ago (ie. excluding new retailers) was down 18%?
    8 Jan, 07:03 PM Reply Like
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    Yes - at least for the ones reporting their sales to ChannelAdvisor. The chart is pretty dramatic.

    http://bit.ly/WvL0EA
    8 Jan, 07:07 PM Reply Like
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