It’s no secret that we enjoy strong alliances to complement our offerings and provide our merchants with the best services possible. One of our key existing partnerships in the digital goods and services industry is Vindicia. GlobalCollect and Vindicia have been working together for a while and I am proud of our partnership, which has boosted both companies and enabled us to go further for our clients. 

At the end of last year, as we were preparing our 2015 marketing priorities and plan, we decided to solicit input from our most valuable resource – our clients – on the hot topics for the year. What better way to guarantee that our campaigns and content resonate and add value than to ask our primary audience?

Today is the word’s biggest online shopping day, driven mainly by shopping in one country – China.  I have been thinking about the symbolism of number 1 on this day, and it is actually intriguing to think that this number - “1” is the core of the cyber-world that Chinese singles will be roaming today. 

'It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.'

Developing countries offer eCommerce merchants a great opportunity to grow their businesses. Aided by the growth in mobile internet penetration, eCommerce in regions like South America and Eastern Europe is growing by 20% annually, and is expected to continue growing at such rates through 2020*. According to a World Trade Organization 2013 report, “next-generation technologies and devices will increase usage of advanced mobile services, which in turn will open up many new, eCommerce business opportunities in developing countries.”