Episode 39 of the eCommerce Matter's Podcast is now available, entitled 'Pricing in 2023'. On this episode, Philip Huthwaite, BlackCurve CEO, and Rob Horton, BlackCurve Chief Product Officer, reflect back on the key talking points from episodes in 2022, and make their predictions for what eCommerce companies should be doing to up their pricing-game in 2023.
Listen now on Spotify:
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Topics:
Pricing Software,
Pricing Strategy,
Pricing Solution,
Competitor Pricing,
Podcast,
Pricing Tools
The latest episode of The eCommerce Matters Podcast is here, entitled "Headless Pricing".
We’re discussing how you can interact with BlackCurve’s powerful rules engine, and get all of its benefits, without even logging into the front end. The flexibility this gives, especially for data-rich organisations is epic.
Example use cases of headless pricing include adding custom data sources to your pricing rules, being able to interact with our competitor insights in your preferred data visualisation tool, all the way through to completing pricing decisions in real-time, and so much more.
Get your headphones to the ready 👇. The possibilities are endless!
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Topics:
Ecommerce,
Podcast,
headless
Gartner - The technological research and consulting firm states that:
"By 2023, more than a third of organisations will be using Decision Intelligence to help make decisions".
If you've not heard of the term, don't worry, there is still plenty of time to be counted as one of the third of organisations, and this podcast is a good place to start!
In this episode, we provide an overview of what actually is Decision Intelligence; and provide real examples of how e-commerce businesses are using Decision Intelligence Tools to help their businesses make faster and more accurate decisions.
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Topics:
Ecommerce,
Podcast,
Decision Intelligence
The latest episode of The eCommerce Matters Podcast is here, entitled "What are the best pricing rules for SMBs".
It's not "Pick of the Pops", but "Pick of the Pricing"!
We're lucky enough to see pricing rules applied across many different sectors. In this episode we pick our top five, and also share with you, the pricing rules that don't live up to all the hype!
We cover competitor pricing, rounding rules (psychological pricing), marketing rules, pricing safeguards, and more.
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Topics:
Pyschological Pricing,
Competitor Pricing,
Price Elasticity,
Ecommerce,
Podcast,
marketing
The latest episode of The eCommerce Matters Podcast is here, entitled "Pricing 101".
We go back to basics – and take you through a checklist of how to get the most of your pricing with BlackCurve.
Tease out every bit of optimisation!
We discuss what is price competitiveness, pricing outliers, the importance of communicating pricing insights across departments, price automation, the connection between pricing data and digital marketing metrics, and much more!
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Topics:
Competitor Pricing,
Ecommerce,
Podcast,
marketing
Episode 33 is here! The Digital Shelf is anywhere your products are visible and available to buy online. The Digital Shelf is how you get found, and how you make an impact. The Digital Shelf is one of the most crucial facets of eCommerce.
In this episode, we look at what is the digital shelf in more detail, why is it important, and how you can win a bigger share of the digital shelf against your competitors.
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Topics:
Ecommerce,
Podcast,
marketing,
digital shelf
Episode 32 is here! We're focusing on how to make the right pricing decisions, quickly, and at scale. Take a listen:
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Topics:
Podcast,
UK Retailers,
Ecommerce Company,
competitor-led retail pricing strategies,
Marketing Strategy
In this, the last episode in the first Series of eCommerce Matters, Philip and Rob discuss how and why maintaining your position in the market gives you a tactical and strategic edge. Not just that, but giving you a breakdown of your 'Pricing Checklist' to help you structure your pricing check-ins.
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Topics:
Pricing Strategy,
Competition,
Pricing System,
Ecommerce,
Podcast
On this week's episode of eCommerce Matters... Who can benefit from better pricing? And the answer is, well, everyone! Thinking about your position in the market, and how you can start to use competitor data to inform your pricing decisions, can transform your sales performance. Philip and Rob discuss some of the different ways all retailers can benefit, and where to start!
See the full blog post for a collection of shorts from this week's episode, including some of the key benefits of keeping a keen eye on your competitors' pricing, and your own pricing strategy to optimise your place in the market.
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Topics:
Pricing Strategy,
Competition,
Pricing System,
Ecommerce,
Podcast
This week, the discussion is on product matching. How do you define an exact match? How do you match products without GTINs? Should product matches be determined by Google search results? All of this and more covered in this episode of eCommerce Matters.
See the full blog post for a collection of shorts from this week's episode, including advice on how to go about collecting data on competitor products and prices, how to determine if you have an exact match, and a bonus tip from the point of view of consumers!
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Topics:
Pricing Strategy,
Competition,
Pricing System,
Ecommerce,
Podcast