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Are you ready for Amazon’s new Selling Partner API?

Starting January 1, 2023, all third-party applications that do not fully migrate to Amazon’s new Selling Partner API (SP-API) will no longer be able to efficiently interface with sections in Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS). In addition, Amazon has announced that MWS will no longer be available for use by any developer starting January 1, 2024.

If you are a seller who uses Amazon Marketplace Web Service applications, this transition may result in additional administrative costs, a time-consuming task, and a recurrent expense as APIs are updated over time. However, there is a solution that can help you seamlessly move to the new API.

Despatch Cloud, an innovative eCommerce solution provider, has already successfully integrated with the new Amazon SP-API last year. This means that any seller that integrates with Amazon can now move to the new API via our system without any costly development. By joining Channels, Despatch Cloud will do the work for you, providing you with a number of benefits, including:

Seamless connection to a number of shopping carts and marketplaces through a single, supported, and secure API. This means a centralised, easy-to-use software with a team of developers working in the background, so you never have to worry about the behind-the-scenes.
The ability to easily download and fulfil orders on 40+ of the leading marketplaces and eCommerce platforms, with more added each quarter.
Syncing of orders and stock levels across multiple channels seamlessly and without any back-office input.
Inventory automation with support for kitting and SKU mapping without any costly development.
A smart filtering system that allows you to easily navigate orders.
The ability to manage multiple brands and companies with our channel grouping functionality and set up specific filtering rules per group.
Accounting integrations with Xero, Sage and Quickbooks to help you stay on top of your sales and build a solid business strategy.

Don’t let Amazon’s new API changes disrupt your business. Talk to our experts today and see how Despatch Cloud can help you navigate this transition seamlessly. For more information, please visit our website at https://despatchcloud.com/

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Online alcohol purchases have increased by 20% in the UK

People in the UK are buying more alcohol online than in previous years

Since the pandemic began, consumers have been pushed to purchasing more things online, most specifically alcohol.

A study of 2,000 UK adults’ purchasing habits by London-based courier service Gophr has uncovered how much more alcohol people have been ordering online in comparison to previous years.

The research has revealed that almost a quarter (20%) of adults are purchasing more alcohol online than ever before with a further 9% having recently ordered alcohol online for the first time ever. This increase coincides with a separate study from IBIS World which found that the online alcohol retailing industry grew by 11.4% between 2015 to 2020.

In terms of regional online boozy purchases, the biggest increase was in the North East with 24% of people claiming to have ordered more alcohol online than in previous years. This was followed by Yorkshire & the Humber, the South East and the West Midlands at 22%. However only 14% of people in Northern Ireland said they had bought more alcohol online, which was the lowest in the UK.

The top five increases regionally were (percentage of population buying more alcohol online than before):

  • North East – 24%
  • Yorkshire & The Humber – 22%
  • South East – 22%
  • West Midlands – 22%
  • Wales – 21%

Seb Roberts, Founder and CEO of Gophr said: “Shopping habits have been massively impacted by the ongoing global pandemic. With periods of lockdown forcing vast numbers of non-essential shops to close, shoppers all over the country have had no choice but to look online for the products that they need.

“Although alcohol isn’t an essential item, it’s interesting to see how many people in the UK have altered their habits when it comes to purchasing it.”