Norvestor to bundle Seat24 and SRG Online

Private equity group Norvestor IV, L.P. (Norvestor) has just acquired two succesful online travel agencies, Seat24 Travel AB and SRG Online AB.
These two companies will be combined into a new holding: European Travel Interactive AB (ETI). ETI represents the brands Seat24, Supersaver, Flygvaruhuset, EasyT, Marco Polo, Töölö, Gullivers, Flygcentrum, Travelfinder. ETI operates in 6 countries [...]

Checking out e-commerce in Spain… probably not!

Hi, don’t expect any new articles on my weblog in the next two weeks, I am on a well-deserved holiday (at least I think it is). I will be lying on the beach somewhere in Spain! So, when I return you can expect some new insights on Spanish e-commerce from me, but probably not [...]

Compare Group to shift to market driven CPC

Every comparison engine in the world basically uses two ways to invoice their merchants; either on a CPC (cost-per-click) basis or on a CPS (cost-per-sale) basis. I have talked about the advantages (and disadvantages) before but I will briefly explain that again:

CPC: favored by comparison engines because it is transparent and it can be measured [...]

Large take-over pending in Dutch e-tail sector

Rumors are getting more prominent that a possible take-over is at hand in The Netherlands. As the companies involved are probably still in secretive negotiations I am quite reluctant in revealing the company names. But these companies are quite big and well-known in the Dutch e-tail sector. If you know which companies I am talking [...]

Investment frenzy for gaming companies?

A few days after the funding announcement from Germany’s browser gaming company Northworks Software by ICS and the investment of Accel (London branche) in Gameforge (also German), another Internet gaming company has secured new funds.
Spill Group, a Dutch specialist in casual game traffic generation, has raised an investment from Van den Ende & Deitmers’s Crossmedia [...]

Critics growing for comparison engines?

A survey by UK cashback website Quidco (something like Jellyfish in the US) has found that one in three British consumers have stopped using price comparison sites, with a further 47% put off by ‘biased’ results. The consumers are reportedly concerned that results on these sites are displayed according to which company pays the [...]

Web Trend Map 2007

Ok, I must admit that this post is more fun than that it will give you more insight in e-commerce. But hey, perhaps you will stumble upon some great sites anyway, which will open your eyes or give you some great new ideas!
iA have managed to fit in the 200 most successful websites on the [...]

Some valuable e-commerce tips?

Probably a lot of merchants are already aware of the tips I mention below, but I hope these will help beginning e-tailers and maybe even seasoned ones to grow their business online!

Your business is all about repeat customers. If you want to be succesful, invest in them (give them coupons, free overnight shipping, next day [...]

Ready for some advertiming?

A typo or a new buzz word? When I surf the Internet, it seems that combining two words into one compelling buzz word is hot, so why not try it myself! If you haven’t encountered such combinations yourself, here are a few to refresh your mind: metrosexual, transumers, trysumers, tryvertising, youniversal branding, crowdsourcing. And now [...]

The world according to Internet…

The world around us is changing and it is changing rapidly. If your business is online, this map indicates where your potential customers live. The vast majority of them are outside the U.S. and living in Europe, Japan and South-Korea.
The map also indicates that Africa has other things to worry about right now, as well [...]