Latest / Let's talk Marketplace / Marketplace News Update: TikTok Logistics, Wolt’s local commerce and LOTS of AI #LTM140
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- 0:00This
- 0:00new
- 0:01opportunity,
- 0:02which
- 0:03OpenAI
- 0:03has,
- 0:04not
- 0:05interesting
- 0:05for
- 0:05us
- 0:06as
- 0:06it
- 0:06is
- 0:07not
- 0:07interesting
- 0:07for
- 0:08us
- 0:10to
- 0:10do
- 0:10commercial
- 0:11on
- 0:11retail
- 0:12media,
- 0:12on
- 0:12Amazon
- 0:13or
- 0:13other
- 0:13marketplaces.
- 0:14There's
- 0:15not
- 0:15enough
- 0:15margin
- 0:15for
- 0:16this.
- 0:20Let's
- 0:20Talk
- 0:21Marketplace
- 0:21the
- 0:22Marketplace
- 0:22podcast
- 0:23with
- 0:23Ingrid
- 0:24Lomar
- 0:24and
- 0:24Vana
- 0:25Ritistu.
- 0:29Hello
- 0:29and
- 0:29welcome
- 0:30back
- 0:30to
- 0:30let's
- 0:30Talk
- 0:30Marketplace.
- 0:31It's
- 0:31great
- 0:32to
- 0:32have
- 0:32you
- 0:32again
- 0:33and
- 0:34it's
- 0:34the
- 0:34beginning
- 0:34of
- 0:35the
- 0:35new
- 0:35month,
- 0:36so
- 0:36normally
- 0:36I
- 0:36would
- 0:37do
- 0:37my
- 0:37monthly
- 0:38Marketplace
- 0:39news
- 0:39recap
- 0:39together
- 0:40with
- 0:40Valerie
- 0:41where
- 0:41we
- 0:41normally
- 0:41discuss
- 0:42the
- 0:42most
- 0:42important
- 0:43things
- 0:43that
- 0:43happened
- 0:43in
- 0:44that
- 0:44month
- 0:44and
- 0:44what
- 0:45we
- 0:45think
- 0:45about
- 0:45it.
- 0:46But
- 0:46as
- 0:46you
- 0:47know,
- 0:47if
- 0:47you
- 0:47have
- 0:47been
- 0:48following
- 0:48let's
- 0:48Talk
- 0:48Marketplace
- 0:49for
- 0:49the
- 0:49last
- 0:49month,
- 0:50Valerie
- 0:50is
- 0:51not
- 0:51here
- 0:51because
- 0:51she's
- 0:52not
- 0:52still
- 0:52on
- 0:52maternity
- 0:53leave
- 0:53with
- 0:53her
- 0:54a
- 0:54small
- 0:54baby
- 0:54boy.
- 0:55So
- 0:56I'm
- 0:56lacking
- 0:58my
- 0:58host,
- 0:59my
- 0:59co
- 0:59host
- 1:00for
- 1:00the
- 1:00news
- 1:02episode.
- 1:02So
- 1:03what
- 1:03I
- 1:03thought
- 1:03is,
- 1:04well,
- 1:05I
- 1:05could
- 1:06skip
- 1:06the
- 1:06news
- 1:06episode
- 1:07of
- 1:07course,
- 1:07but
- 1:07there's
- 1:08so
- 1:08many
- 1:08things
- 1:08happening
- 1:09and
- 1:09so
- 1:10many
- 1:10interesting
- 1:10things
- 1:11happening.
- 1:11So
- 1:11I
- 1:11really
- 1:11don't
- 1:12want
- 1:12to
- 1:12skip
- 1:12it,
- 1:12I
- 1:12want
- 1:13to
- 1:13debate
- 1:13it.
- 1:14So
- 1:14I
- 1:14wondered
- 1:15who
- 1:15could
- 1:15I
- 1:15debate
- 1:16it
- 1:16with.
- 1:16And
- 1:17then
- 1:17I
- 1:17came
- 1:17up
- 1:18with
- 1:18the
- 1:18idea,
- 1:18let's
- 1:19do
- 1:19a
- 1:20let's
- 1:20call
- 1:20it
- 1:20Family
- 1:21and
- 1:21friends
- 1:21episode
- 1:22of
- 1:22let's
- 1:23Talk
- 1:23Marketplace.
- 1:24So
- 1:24I
- 1:24invited
- 1:24a
- 1:25very
- 1:25dear
- 1:25business
- 1:26friend.
- 1:27So,
- 1:27and
- 1:27that
- 1:27is
- 1:28Marcus.
- 1:28Hi
- 1:29Markus,
- 1:29it's
- 1:29really
- 1:29great
- 1:30to
- 1:30have
- 1:30you
- 1:30on
- 1:30the
- 1:30show
- 1:30today.
- 1:32Thank
- 1:32you
- 1:33for
- 1:33having
- 1:33me.
- 1:34So
- 1:34normally
- 1:35we
- 1:35meet
- 1:35on
- 1:36conferences
- 1:36or
- 1:38Marketplace
- 1:38Universe
- 1:39Connect
- 1:39events
- 1:39very
- 1:40often,
- 1:41so
- 1:42this
- 1:42is
- 1:42the
- 1:42first
- 1:43opportunity
- 1:43I
- 1:43have
- 1:44to
- 1:44meet
- 1:44you
- 1:44on
- 1:44my
- 1:45podcast.
- 1:45So
- 1:45that's
- 1:45great.
- 1:47Yeah,
- 1:47maybe
- 1:47let's
- 1:48first
- 1:48introduce
- 1:48you
- 1:48a
- 1:49little
- 1:49bit.
- 1:49Markus,
- 1:50tell
- 1:50people
- 1:51who
- 1:51are
- 1:51you,
- 1:51what
- 1:52are
- 1:52you
- 1:52doing,
- 1:54why
- 1:54are
- 1:54you
- 1:54here
- 1:54today.
- 1:57From
- 1:58Hamburg
- 1:59working
- 1:59in
- 2:00a
- 2:00family
- 2:00owned
- 2:01business
- 2:01in
- 2:01shoe
- 2:02retail.
- 2:03And
- 2:04the
- 2:04company
- 2:04I
- 2:05work
- 2:05for
- 2:05is
- 2:07formerly
- 2:08known
- 2:08for
- 2:08brick
- 2:08and
- 2:09mortar
- 2:09stores
- 2:10built
- 2:10up
- 2:10in
- 2:10the
- 2:102000s
- 2:11and
- 2:12in
- 2:12the
- 2:1290s.
- 2:13And
- 2:13I
- 2:14joined
- 2:14in
- 2:15the
- 2:15middle
- 2:16of
- 2:16the
- 2:162010s
- 2:17and
- 2:18transferred
- 2:18the
- 2:20business
- 2:21to
- 2:21mainly
- 2:22E
- 2:22commerce,
- 2:23which
- 2:23is
- 2:23now
- 2:24about
- 2:2460%
- 2:25of
- 2:25our
- 2:25revenue.
- 2:26And
- 2:27on
- 2:28top,
- 2:28I'm
- 2:28having
- 2:29two
- 2:29kids
- 2:29and
- 2:29a
- 2:30wife
- 2:31and
- 2:32my
- 2:32own
- 2:32business
- 2:33aside
- 2:34from
- 2:34this.
- 2:35And
- 2:36yeah,
- 2:37that's
- 2:37the
- 2:38main
- 2:38things
- 2:38to
- 2:38know
- 2:38about.
- 2:39Yeah,
- 2:40absolutely.
- 2:41So
- 2:42we
- 2:42are
- 2:42talking
- 2:42a
- 2:43lot
- 2:43about
- 2:43marketplaces
- 2:44and
- 2:45retailers
- 2:46and
- 2:46brands
- 2:46versus
- 2:47brands
- 2:47sometimes
- 2:48on
- 2:48marketplaces.
- 2:48So
- 2:49these
- 2:49are
- 2:49the
- 2:49topics
- 2:49that
- 2:49we
- 2:49meet
- 2:50on.
- 2:50So
- 2:51what
- 2:52would
- 2:52you
- 2:52say
- 2:52is
- 2:52your
- 2:53USP
- 2:53when
- 2:53it
- 2:53comes
- 2:54to
- 2:54marketplaces?
- 2:54What
- 2:55do
- 2:55you
- 2:55do
- 2:55best
- 2:55in
- 2:55the
- 2:55marketplace
- 2:56business?
- 2:58I
- 2:58started
- 2:59with
- 3:00like
- 3:00zero
- 3:01competence
- 3:02in
- 3:02that
- 3:03region,
- 3:04in
- 3:04that
- 3:05branch
- 3:05and
- 3:07worked
- 3:07really
- 3:07hard
- 3:07to
- 3:08get
- 3:08insights
- 3:09and
- 3:10connections
- 3:11and
- 3:11network
- 3:12in
- 3:12this
- 3:14business
- 3:15and
- 3:16I
- 3:16switched
- 3:16this
- 3:17the
- 3:18family
- 3:18business
- 3:19to
- 3:20mainly
- 3:21about
- 3:2199%
- 3:23marketplace
- 3:23revenue
- 3:24from
- 3:25our
- 3:25e
- 3:25commerce
- 3:25business
- 3:26is
- 3:26marketplace
- 3:26revenue
- 3:27and
- 3:28I'm
- 3:29doing
- 3:29it
- 3:29now
- 3:30since
- 3:3111
- 3:31years
- 3:32and
- 3:33yeah,
- 3:34that's
- 3:34where
- 3:34I
- 3:35come
- 3:35from.
- 3:36So
- 3:36great.
- 3:37So
- 3:37you
- 3:37are
- 3:38following
- 3:39Marketplace
- 3:39Universe
- 3:40I
- 3:40think
- 3:40right
- 3:40from
- 3:40the
- 3:41start
- 3:41basically.
- 3:42I
- 3:42think
- 3:42you
- 3:42were
- 3:42one
- 3:42of
- 3:43our
- 3:43first
- 3:43newsletter
- 3:45subscribers
- 3:45and
- 3:45first
- 3:46podcast
- 3:46listeners.
- 3:47So
- 3:48huge
- 3:48fan,
- 3:49which
- 3:49is
- 3:49always
- 3:49nice.
- 3:51So
- 3:52what,
- 3:53where
- 3:53are
- 3:54your
- 3:54main
- 3:54interests
- 3:55when
- 3:55we
- 3:55talk
- 3:56about
- 3:56marketplaces
- 3:57and
- 3:57what
- 3:57happens
- 3:58in
- 3:58the
- 3:58marketplace
- 3:59sphere?
- 3:59Because
- 3:59I
- 3:59I
- 4:00know
- 4:00you
- 4:00always
- 4:00have
- 4:01a
- 4:01comment
- 4:01on
- 4:01my
- 4:02LinkedIn
- 4:02posts
- 4:02as
- 4:03well.
- 4:03Always
- 4:03very
- 4:03interested
- 4:04in
- 4:04things
- 4:04that
- 4:04are
- 4:04happening,
- 4:05but
- 4:05people
- 4:06do
- 4:06have
- 4:07specialties
- 4:07and
- 4:07interests.
- 4:08So
- 4:08where
- 4:09where
- 4:09are
- 4:09you
- 4:10most
- 4:10firing
- 4:11up
- 4:11when
- 4:11you
- 4:11read
- 4:11something?
- 4:11New.
- 4:16Things,
- 4:17mainly
- 4:19new
- 4:19marketplaces,
- 4:20new
- 4:21connections,
- 4:23new
- 4:23business
- 4:23opportunities
- 4:25and
- 4:26I
- 4:26have
- 4:28because
- 4:28of
- 4:28the
- 4:28background
- 4:29with
- 4:29the
- 4:29brick
- 4:29and
- 4:30mortar
- 4:30stores,
- 4:31I
- 4:31mainly
- 4:31have
- 4:32the
- 4:32the
- 4:32glasses
- 4:33from
- 4:33a
- 4:34multi
- 4:35channel
- 4:35or
- 4:36omnichannel
- 4:38background.
- 4:39So
- 4:39I'm
- 4:40looking
- 4:41for
- 4:41opportunities
- 4:42for
- 4:42this
- 4:42business
- 4:43case.
- 4:45Okay.
- 4:46Yeah,
- 4:46I
- 4:47think
- 4:47I
- 4:47may
- 4:48have
- 4:48some
- 4:48stuff
- 4:49here
- 4:49to
- 4:50present
- 4:50you
- 4:50today
- 4:51in
- 4:51my
- 4:52news
- 4:52blog,
- 4:52which
- 4:53we
- 4:53will
- 4:53start
- 4:53to
- 4:54talk
- 4:54about
- 4:54right
- 4:55after
- 4:55a
- 4:55very
- 4:56short
- 4:56advertisement
- 4:56break.
- 5:01Repricing
- 5:02on
- 5:02marketplaces
- 5:03is
- 5:03often
- 5:03seen
- 5:04as
- 5:04a
- 5:04margin
- 5:04killer.
- 5:05Many
- 5:05automatically
- 5:06associate
- 5:08with
- 5:08price
- 5:08wars
- 5:09and
- 5:09race
- 5:09to
- 5:09the
- 5:10bottom,
- 5:10but
- 5:11that
- 5:11assumption
- 5:11can
- 5:12be
- 5:12misleading.
- 5:13Together
- 5:13with
- 5:13our
- 5:13partner
- 5:14Base,
- 5:14a
- 5:14solution
- 5:15provider
- 5:15for
- 5:15marketplace
- 5:16integration
- 5:16and
- 5:16repricing,
- 5:17we
- 5:17took
- 5:18a
- 5:18closer
- 5:18look
- 5:18at
- 5:18the
- 5:19topic
- 5:19and
- 5:19one
- 5:19thing
- 5:20became
- 5:20quite
- 5:21clear.
- 5:21It's
- 5:22not
- 5:22repricing
- 5:23that's
- 5:23the
- 5:23problem,
- 5:24it's
- 5:24the
- 5:24lack
- 5:24of
- 5:24strategy
- 5:25behind
- 5:25it.
- 5:26On
- 5:26marketplaces,
- 5:27visibility
- 5:28isn't
- 5:28determined
- 5:29by
- 5:29the
- 5:29lowest
- 5:29product
- 5:30price,
- 5:30but
- 5:30by
- 5:31the
- 5:31total
- 5:31offer
- 5:32price.
- 5:33So
- 5:33including
- 5:33shipping
- 5:34and
- 5:34fees
- 5:34and
- 5:34overall
- 5:35cost
- 5:35logic
- 5:36and
- 5:36without
- 5:36clear
- 5:37guardrails,
- 5:38automation
- 5:38can
- 5:38quickly
- 5:39lead
- 5:39to
- 5:39margin
- 5:40erosion.
- 5:41What's
- 5:41needed
- 5:41instead
- 5:42are
- 5:42solid
- 5:43fundamentals,
- 5:43a
- 5:44clear
- 5:44definition
- 5:45of
- 5:45relevant
- 5:45competitors,
- 5:46category
- 5:47specific
- 5:48repricing
- 5:48rules,
- 5:49minimum
- 5:49prices,
- 5:50margin
- 5:51thresholds,
- 5:51and
- 5:52a
- 5:52realistic
- 5:53understanding
- 5:53of
- 5:53how
- 5:54buy
- 5:54box
- 5:54mechanics
- 5:55actually
- 5:55work.
- 5:56That's
- 5:57exactly
- 5:57what
- 5:57we
- 5:57break
- 5:58down
- 5:58in
- 5:58detail
- 5:59in
- 5:59our
- 5:59new
- 5:59blog
- 6:00article
- 6:00on
- 6:01marketplace
- 6:01minus
- 6:02universe.com
- 6:03you'll
- 6:03find
- 6:03a
- 6:03link,
- 6:03as
- 6:04always,
- 6:04in
- 6:04the
- 6:04Show
- 6:05Notes,
- 6:05A
- 6:05recommended
- 6:06read
- 6:06for
- 6:06anyone
- 6:07who
- 6:07doesn't
- 6:07want
- 6:07to
- 6:07leave
- 6:08repricing
- 6:09decisions
- 6:09to
- 6:10the
- 6:10algorithm,
- 6:10but
- 6:11wants
- 6:11to
- 6:12manage
- 6:12them
- 6:13profitably.
- 6:14And
- 6:14by
- 6:14the
- 6:14way,
- 6:14Base
- 6:15now
- 6:15also
- 6:16supports
- 6:16repricing
- 6:17for
- 6:17the
- 6:17Kaufland
- 6:18Marketplace,
- 6:19helping
- 6:19sellers
- 6:20get
- 6:20more
- 6:21out
- 6:21of
- 6:21their
- 6:21marketplace
- 6:22presence.
- 6:22Just
- 6:22saying.
- 6:29Okay
- 6:30then,
- 6:30let's
- 6:31dive
- 6:31into
- 6:31what
- 6:31I
- 6:32prepared
- 6:32today
- 6:32because
- 6:32I've
- 6:33been
- 6:33looking
- 6:33over
- 6:33the
- 6:33news
- 6:34of
- 6:35the
- 6:35last
- 6:35few
- 6:36weeks.
- 6:37Our
- 6:37own
- 6:37newsletter
- 6:38is
- 6:38always
- 6:38a
- 6:38good
- 6:39possibility
- 6:40to
- 6:40keep
- 6:41up
- 6:41to
- 6:41Date
- 6:41by
- 6:41the
- 6:41way.
- 6:42And
- 6:43one
- 6:43thing
- 6:43that
- 6:44is
- 6:44really
- 6:44up
- 6:44to
- 6:45date,
- 6:45and
- 6:45I
- 6:45think
- 6:45it
- 6:45just
- 6:46came
- 6:46up
- 6:46last
- 6:46week,
- 6:47is
- 6:48some
- 6:49new
- 6:49developments
- 6:50regarding
- 6:50TikTok
- 6:51shop
- 6:51and
- 6:51logistics.
- 6:52Because
- 6:53TikTok
- 6:54shop
- 6:54at
- 6:54the
- 6:54moment
- 6:55is
- 6:55massively
- 6:55expanding
- 6:56their
- 6:56logistics
- 6:57infrastructure
- 6:58in
- 6:58Europe.
- 6:59They
- 6:59are
- 6:59opening
- 7:00local
- 7:00fulfillment
- 7:01centers
- 7:01in
- 7:01Spain,
- 7:02in
- 7:02Germany,
- 7:03Italy
- 7:03and
- 7:04they
- 7:04already
- 7:05started
- 7:06that
- 7:06in
- 7:07the
- 7:07US
- 7:09but
- 7:11there
- 7:12TikTok's
- 7:13own
- 7:13logistics
- 7:13services
- 7:14are
- 7:14now
- 7:16so
- 7:16merchants
- 7:17have
- 7:17to
- 7:17use
- 7:17those.
- 7:17They
- 7:18can't
- 7:18use
- 7:18their
- 7:18own
- 7:19seller
- 7:19fulfilled
- 7:20shipping
- 7:20anymore.
- 7:21They
- 7:21have
- 7:21to
- 7:21use
- 7:22TikTok
- 7:22shop
- 7:23logistics.
- 7:24So.
- 7:24So
- 7:25we
- 7:26could
- 7:27think
- 7:27that
- 7:27this
- 7:27is
- 7:28what
- 7:28is
- 7:28going
- 7:28to
- 7:28come
- 7:29in
- 7:29Europe
- 7:29as
- 7:29well
- 7:29because
- 7:30now
- 7:30here
- 7:30they
- 7:30are
- 7:31building
- 7:31up
- 7:31the
- 7:31infrastructure
- 7:32to
- 7:32do
- 7:33exactly
- 7:33that.
- 7:34So
- 7:35yeah.
- 7:36Markus,
- 7:36what
- 7:36are
- 7:37we
- 7:37thinking
- 7:37about
- 7:37this
- 7:38first?
- 7:38What
- 7:39are
- 7:39you
- 7:39thinking
- 7:39about
- 7:39TikTok
- 7:40shop
- 7:40anyway?
- 7:41Are
- 7:41you
- 7:41active
- 7:41on
- 7:41TikTok
- 7:42shop
- 7:42already?
- 7:46We
- 7:47have
- 7:47the
- 7:47connection
- 7:48via
- 7:48Shopify
- 7:49plug
- 7:49in
- 7:50and
- 7:52we
- 7:52are
- 7:52not
- 7:52online
- 7:52yet
- 7:54because
- 7:55it's
- 7:56not
- 7:56so
- 7:57convincing
- 7:58at
- 7:58the
- 7:58moment.
- 7:59After
- 7:59the
- 8:01provisions,
- 8:02the
- 8:02commissions
- 8:03climbed
- 8:03up
- 8:05we
- 8:05thought
- 8:05about
- 8:06and
- 8:06the
- 8:07capacities
- 8:07we
- 8:08had
- 8:08were
- 8:08not
- 8:08focused
- 8:09in
- 8:09that
- 8:09direction.
- 8:10But
- 8:12I've
- 8:12thought
- 8:12about
- 8:14this
- 8:14year
- 8:14to
- 8:14start
- 8:15there
- 8:16and
- 8:16then
- 8:18get
- 8:18a
- 8:18foot
- 8:19in
- 8:19the
- 8:20influence
- 8:21based
- 8:22selling.
- 8:26Yeah,
- 8:26okay.
- 8:27But
- 8:29I
- 8:29find
- 8:29that
- 8:29interesting
- 8:30that
- 8:30you
- 8:30were
- 8:32shying
- 8:32away
- 8:32from
- 8:33it
- 8:33when
- 8:33TikTok
- 8:34first
- 8:34raised
- 8:34their
- 8:35conditions,
- 8:36which
- 8:36I
- 8:36think
- 8:36happened
- 8:37last
- 8:37October
- 8:38or
- 8:38November
- 8:38or
- 8:38something.
- 8:39So
- 8:39interesting.
- 8:40So
- 8:40I
- 8:41guess
- 8:41this
- 8:41new
- 8:41development
- 8:43looks
- 8:44like
- 8:44more
- 8:46yeah,
- 8:46fees
- 8:47are
- 8:47coming
- 8:48towards
- 8:48the
- 8:49seller.
- 8:49Is
- 8:50it.
- 8:50I
- 8:50mean
- 8:50would
- 8:51you
- 8:51be
- 8:51using
- 8:52TikTok
- 8:52logistics
- 8:53or
- 8:54would
- 8:54you
- 8:54like
- 8:54to
- 8:55sell
- 8:55fulfill.
- 8:58It's
- 8:59absolutely
- 9:00clear.
- 9:00No
- 9:01stop
- 9:02sign.
- 9:02It's
- 9:02a
- 9:02stop
- 9:03sign.
- 9:04So
- 9:05we
- 9:05always
- 9:05need
- 9:06our
- 9:06shoes
- 9:09in
- 9:09our
- 9:10own
- 9:11fulfillment
- 9:13because
- 9:13we
- 9:14always
- 9:17take
- 9:17care
- 9:18of
- 9:18the
- 9:19stores
- 9:19and
- 9:19that
- 9:20they
- 9:20have
- 9:20all
- 9:20the
- 9:20shoes
- 9:21they
- 9:21need
- 9:22and
- 9:24there
- 9:24is
- 9:24no
- 9:26way
- 9:27to
- 9:27get
- 9:27a
- 9:28second
- 9:28warehouse
- 9:30in
- 9:30logistics
- 9:31within
- 9:31TikTok.
- 9:33And
- 9:33also
- 9:34the
- 9:34question
- 9:34is
- 9:35if
- 9:35I
- 9:36do
- 9:36this,
- 9:37will
- 9:37TikTok
- 9:38be
- 9:38able
- 9:38to
- 9:39fulfill
- 9:39other
- 9:39marketplace
- 9:40orders?
- 9:41So
- 9:42if
- 9:43that's
- 9:43not
- 9:43clear,
- 9:43we
- 9:44are
- 9:44definitely
- 9:45not
- 9:45going
- 9:46to
- 9:46take
- 9:46any
- 9:48step
- 9:48in
- 9:48this.
- 9:50Yeah,
- 9:50that's
- 9:50interesting.
- 9:51I
- 9:51haven't
- 9:51read
- 9:51anything
- 9:52about
- 9:53multi
- 9:53marketplace
- 9:54fulfillment
- 9:55from
- 9:55TikTok
- 9:56shop.
- 9:57I
- 9:57mean
- 9:57we
- 9:57know
- 9:58that
- 9:58Amazon
- 9:58for
- 9:59example,
- 9:59FBA
- 10:00is
- 10:00offering
- 10:01that.
- 10:01EBay
- 10:01is
- 10:02offering
- 10:02that
- 10:02as
- 10:02well
- 10:02with
- 10:02their
- 10:03fulfillment
- 10:03service.
- 10:04But
- 10:05this
- 10:05is
- 10:06not
- 10:06really
- 10:07standard
- 10:07and
- 10:08from
- 10:08what
- 10:08I
- 10:08read,
- 10:09I
- 10:09don't
- 10:09know
- 10:10if
- 10:10TikTok
- 10:10is
- 10:10looking
- 10:11for
- 10:11that.
- 10:12So
- 10:12interesting
- 10:13that
- 10:13you
- 10:13would
- 10:14say
- 10:14that
- 10:14this
- 10:14is
- 10:14a
- 10:15stop
- 10:16sign.
- 10:16Do
- 10:16you
- 10:16think
- 10:16that
- 10:17is
- 10:17just
- 10:17because
- 10:17you
- 10:18have
- 10:18your
- 10:18own
- 10:18logistics
- 10:19set
- 10:19up
- 10:19or
- 10:19would
- 10:20that
- 10:20be
- 10:20a
- 10:20stop
- 10:20sign
- 10:20for
- 10:21many
- 10:21sellers
- 10:22and
- 10:22brands,
- 10:24multi
- 10:25channel.
- 10:27Retailers,
- 10:28it's
- 10:29A
- 10:29stop
- 10:29sign
- 10:31perhaps
- 10:33only
- 10:34less
- 10:35a
- 10:35bit.
- 10:36A
- 10:36small
- 10:36gate
- 10:37open
- 10:38for
- 10:38a
- 10:38small
- 10:38assortment
- 10:39to
- 10:39play
- 10:39around
- 10:40on
- 10:40TikTok.
- 10:41But
- 10:42we,
- 10:43we
- 10:43don't
- 10:44have
- 10:44our
- 10:44full
- 10:45assortment
- 10:45power
- 10:47or
- 10:47another
- 10:48retailer
- 10:48would
- 10:48not
- 10:49put
- 10:49his
- 10:50whole
- 10:50assortment
- 10:51power
- 10:51online
- 10:52on
- 10:52TikTok
- 10:53if
- 10:53they
- 10:53need
- 10:54it.
- 10:54Also
- 10:54for
- 10:55stores
- 10:55and
- 10:55also
- 10:56for
- 10:56their
- 10:56own
- 10:57shop
- 10:57and
- 10:57also
- 10:57for
- 10:58other
- 10:58marketplaces.
- 10:59So
- 10:59for
- 11:00me
- 11:00it's
- 11:01cutting
- 11:02off
- 11:02a
- 11:02bit,
- 11:03a
- 11:03large
- 11:03bit
- 11:03of
- 11:04the
- 11:04business.
- 11:05Yeah,
- 11:05I
- 11:05think
- 11:06so.
- 11:06For
- 11:06me
- 11:06it
- 11:06also
- 11:07looks
- 11:07like
- 11:08TikTok
- 11:08is
- 11:08addressing
- 11:09more
- 11:09the
- 11:10D2C
- 11:10brand
- 11:12direction,
- 11:13smaller
- 11:14companies
- 11:14with
- 11:15no
- 11:15setup
- 11:16to
- 11:16speak
- 11:16of
- 11:17and
- 11:17they
- 11:18would
- 11:18appreciate
- 11:19if
- 11:19someone
- 11:19is
- 11:19taking
- 11:20over
- 11:20all
- 11:20this
- 11:20logistics
- 11:21business
- 11:21for
- 11:21them
- 11:21of
- 11:22course.
- 11:22But
- 11:23that
- 11:23would
- 11:23include
- 11:24the
- 11:25established
- 11:26e
- 11:26commerce
- 11:26retailers.
- 11:27That's
- 11:27absolutely
- 11:28true.
- 11:29Yeah.
- 11:30So
- 11:30that's
- 11:30TikTok
- 11:31shop.
- 11:31Let's
- 11:31talk
- 11:32about
- 11:32another
- 11:32topic
- 11:33that
- 11:33is
- 11:33being
- 11:34discussed
- 11:34at
- 11:34the
- 11:34moment
- 11:35in
- 11:35a
- 11:35lot
- 11:36of
- 11:36detail
- 11:36and
- 11:37that
- 11:38is
- 11:38agent
- 11:38E
- 11:38commerce.
- 11:39And
- 11:39of
- 11:40course
- 11:40I
- 11:41have
- 11:41the
- 11:41problem
- 11:42that
- 11:42today's
- 11:43Monday
- 11:43when
- 11:43we're
- 11:43recording
- 11:44this
- 11:44episode
- 11:45and
- 11:45it
- 11:45will
- 11:45come
- 11:45out
- 11:45on
- 11:46Thursday
- 11:46and
- 11:47possibly
- 11:48things
- 11:49will
- 11:49have
- 11:49happened
- 11:50between
- 11:50now
- 11:50and
- 11:50then
- 11:51that
- 11:51we
- 11:51don't
- 11:52have
- 11:52in
- 11:52this
- 11:52episode
- 11:53because
- 11:53things
- 11:54are
- 11:54happening
- 11:54so
- 11:55fast
- 11:55at
- 11:55the
- 11:55moment
- 11:56it's
- 11:56hard
- 11:56to
- 11:57keep
- 11:57track
- 11:57of
- 11:58Anyway.
- 11:59So
- 11:59what
- 11:59happened
- 12:00in
- 12:01January
- 12:01was
- 12:02on
- 12:02the
- 12:02one
- 12:02hand
- 12:03Google
- 12:03with
- 12:04their
- 12:04new
- 12:05approach
- 12:05with
- 12:06their
- 12:06universal
- 12:07commerce
- 12:07protocol,
- 12:09they
- 12:09are
- 12:09aiming
- 12:10to
- 12:10standardize
- 12:10AI
- 12:11driven
- 12:11product
- 12:11search
- 12:12and
- 12:12checkout.
- 12:13And
- 12:13then
- 12:14we
- 12:14had
- 12:14on
- 12:14the
- 12:14other
- 12:14hand
- 12:15Amazon
- 12:16and
- 12:16ebay
- 12:17closing
- 12:17their
- 12:17doors
- 12:18to
- 12:18AIM
- 12:19agents,
- 12:20shopping
- 12:20agents,
- 12:21not
- 12:21letting
- 12:21them
- 12:22in
- 12:22and
- 12:22not
- 12:22letting
- 12:22them
- 12:23crawl
- 12:24their
- 12:24catalog
- 12:25to
- 12:25be
- 12:25exact.
- 12:28And
- 12:29we
- 12:29also
- 12:29had
- 12:30OpenAI
- 12:31introducing
- 12:32for
- 12:32the
- 12:32first
- 12:32time
- 12:33a
- 12:33commission
- 12:34for
- 12:34ChatGPT
- 12:35instant
- 12:35checkout.
- 12:36So
- 12:36if
- 12:37they're
- 12:37actually
- 12:38ChatGPT
- 12:38is
- 12:39really
- 12:39buying
- 12:39stuff
- 12:40for
- 12:40their
- 12:41users,
- 12:42then
- 12:43the
- 12:43seller
- 12:44has
- 12:44to
- 12:44pay
- 12:45a
- 12:454%
- 12:45commission.
- 12:46And
- 12:46they
- 12:47also
- 12:47introduced
- 12:49new
- 12:50advertisement
- 12:51options
- 12:52that
- 12:52are
- 12:52actually
- 12:53three
- 12:53times
- 12:53as
- 12:54expensive
- 12:54as
- 12:55meta
- 12:55ads.
- 12:56So
- 12:56yeah,
- 12:57there's
- 12:58lots
- 12:58going
- 12:59on
- 12:59at
- 12:59the
- 12:59moment.
- 13:00And
- 13:00of
- 13:01course
- 13:01from
- 13:01a
- 13:02journalistic
- 13:02point
- 13:02of
- 13:02view,
- 13:03I'm
- 13:03reading
- 13:04a
- 13:04lot
- 13:04of
- 13:04it,
- 13:04I'm
- 13:04writing
- 13:05a
- 13:05lot
- 13:05about
- 13:05it,
- 13:06but
- 13:07I
- 13:07wonder
- 13:07Marcus,
- 13:08from
- 13:09a
- 13:09retailer
- 13:09point
- 13:09of
- 13:10view,
- 13:10how
- 13:10are
- 13:10you
- 13:10looking
- 13:11at
- 13:11these
- 13:11movements
- 13:12in
- 13:12this
- 13:13area?
- 13:14Is
- 13:14that
- 13:14something
- 13:15that
- 13:15you
- 13:16want
- 13:16to,
- 13:16I
- 13:17don't
- 13:17know,
- 13:17keep
- 13:17track
- 13:18of
- 13:18or
- 13:18would
- 13:19you
- 13:19say,
- 13:19ah,
- 13:19let's
- 13:19see
- 13:20how
- 13:20it
- 13:20all
- 13:20plays
- 13:20out
- 13:20and
- 13:21I'm
- 13:21going
- 13:21to
- 13:21look
- 13:22what
- 13:22came
- 13:23out
- 13:23in
- 13:23the
- 13:23end
- 13:23in
- 13:23about
- 13:24half
- 13:24a
- 13:24year
- 13:24or
- 13:24how
- 13:25are
- 13:25you
- 13:25looking
- 13:25at
- 13:25this?
- 13:27We
- 13:27want
- 13:28to
- 13:28be
- 13:29from
- 13:29start
- 13:31in
- 13:32this
- 13:33agentic
- 13:33AI
- 13:34business
- 13:35but
- 13:38there's
- 13:38nothing
- 13:39surprising
- 13:40me
- 13:40at
- 13:40the
- 13:40moment.
- 13:42You
- 13:42had
- 13:42a
- 13:42very
- 13:43interesting
- 13:43Episode
- 13:44with
- 13:44Malte
- 13:45regarding
- 13:46to
- 13:46the
- 13:46closing
- 13:47of
- 13:47Amazon
- 13:48or
- 13:50defending
- 13:51its
- 13:51own
- 13:51business.
- 13:53It's
- 13:54not
- 13:54wondering
- 13:55that
- 13:55ebay
- 13:55is
- 13:55doing
- 13:56the
- 13:56same.
- 13:56I
- 13:57think
- 13:57they
- 13:57need
- 13:57a
- 13:58strategic
- 14:00way
- 14:00to
- 14:00get
- 14:01on
- 14:01with
- 14:02this.
- 14:03How
- 14:03do
- 14:04they
- 14:04want
- 14:04to
- 14:04play
- 14:05this
- 14:05game?
- 14:08Not
- 14:08surprising
- 14:09that
- 14:10Google
- 14:10starts
- 14:11an
- 14:11open
- 14:13way
- 14:14to
- 14:14get
- 14:15all
- 14:15the
- 14:16data
- 14:16they
- 14:16need
- 14:17to
- 14:18provide
- 14:18a
- 14:19nice
- 14:19solution,
- 14:21nice
- 14:22shopping
- 14:22solution
- 14:22for
- 14:23the
- 14:24customers.
- 14:26And
- 14:27so
- 14:27the
- 14:28open
- 14:28way
- 14:29with
- 14:30the
- 14:30partners
- 14:30they
- 14:31have
- 14:31already
- 14:33is
- 14:33very
- 14:33interesting.
- 14:34So
- 14:34we
- 14:34are
- 14:35also
- 14:36selling
- 14:36on
- 14:36those
- 14:37partners.
- 14:38Perhaps
- 14:38we
- 14:38are
- 14:39profiting
- 14:39from
- 14:39that.
- 14:40Zalando
- 14:41is
- 14:41for
- 14:41example,
- 14:41one
- 14:42of
- 14:42them.
- 14:42Yeah,
- 14:43and
- 14:44the
- 14:454%
- 14:46commission
- 14:46on
- 14:47OpenAI
- 14:47is
- 14:48also
- 14:48not
- 14:49surprising
- 14:50because
- 14:52which
- 14:52marketplace
- 14:53or
- 14:53which
- 14:54sales
- 14:54channel
- 14:55does
- 14:55not
- 14:55take
- 14:56any
- 14:56commission
- 14:57or
- 14:58convert
- 14:58any
- 14:59money
- 14:59out
- 15:00of
- 15:00it?
- 15:00Yeah,
- 15:00they
- 15:01all
- 15:01want
- 15:01your
- 15:01money.
- 15:02So
- 15:03the
- 15:034%
- 15:03are
- 15:04totally
- 15:04fine
- 15:04for
- 15:05me.
- 15:07But
- 15:08the
- 15:09question
- 15:09is
- 15:09or
- 15:10was
- 15:10also
- 15:11on
- 15:11LinkedIn
- 15:12discussed
- 15:12with
- 15:13Stefan
- 15:13Wenzel
- 15:14who
- 15:15said
- 15:16if
- 15:16the
- 15:16normal
- 15:17marketplaces
- 15:18are
- 15:19winning
- 15:19the
- 15:19buy
- 15:19boxes
- 15:20within
- 15:20the
- 15:20agentic
- 15:21AI
- 15:23like
- 15:23the
- 15:23OpenAI
- 15:25instant
- 15:25checkout,
- 15:26who
- 15:26will
- 15:27pay
- 15:27the
- 15:274%
- 15:28in
- 15:28the
- 15:28end?
- 15:29And
- 15:31it's
- 15:32very
- 15:32possible
- 15:32that
- 15:33this
- 15:33will
- 15:33also
- 15:34be
- 15:34at
- 15:34the
- 15:34end
- 15:35on
- 15:35our
- 15:36payroll.
- 15:37And
- 15:38yeah,
- 15:40the
- 15:40marketplace
- 15:41takes
- 15:4115%
- 15:42and
- 15:42the
- 15:42payment
- 15:43provider
- 15:43takes
- 15:432
- 15:44and
- 15:44now
- 15:44ChatGPT
- 15:45comes
- 15:45and
- 15:45takes
- 15:45another
- 15:464
- 15:47all
- 15:47for
- 15:47the
- 15:48same
- 15:48purchase.
- 15:50It's
- 15:50getting
- 15:51very
- 15:51low
- 15:51in
- 15:51the
- 15:52margin
- 15:52region
- 15:53reacting.
- 15:54And
- 15:55for
- 15:55us
- 15:57not
- 15:57being
- 16:00an
- 16:00own
- 16:00brand,
- 16:01just
- 16:01a
- 16:01reseller,
- 16:03we
- 16:04don't
- 16:04have
- 16:04the
- 16:04margin
- 16:05to
- 16:06do
- 16:07that
- 16:07merchandise
- 16:09which
- 16:09our
- 16:09brands
- 16:10doing.
- 16:10So
- 16:12this
- 16:13new
- 16:13opportunity
- 16:15which
- 16:15OpenAI
- 16:16has,
- 16:18not
- 16:18interesting
- 16:18for
- 16:19us
- 16:20as
- 16:20it
- 16:20is
- 16:20not
- 16:21interesting
- 16:21for
- 16:21us
- 16:22to
- 16:25to
- 16:25do
- 16:25commercial
- 16:26on
- 16:27retail
- 16:27media
- 16:27on
- 16:28Amazon
- 16:28or
- 16:28other
- 16:28marketplaces.
- 16:30There's
- 16:30not
- 16:30enough
- 16:31margin
- 16:31for
- 16:31this.
- 16:32Interesting.
- 16:34Are
- 16:34you
- 16:34thinking
- 16:35about
- 16:36optimizing
- 16:37your
- 16:38own
- 16:39online
- 16:39store
- 16:40so
- 16:40that
- 16:40it
- 16:40can
- 16:40be
- 16:41scrolled
- 16:42better
- 16:42by
- 16:43AI
- 16:43agents?
- 16:44Yes,
- 16:45absolutely.
- 16:46I'm
- 16:47still
- 16:47thinking
- 16:47on
- 16:47the
- 16:48way
- 16:48how
- 16:48to
- 16:50provide
- 16:52information
- 16:53on
- 16:53Reddit
- 16:53because
- 16:54it's
- 16:55a
- 16:55very
- 16:56broad
- 16:57part
- 16:57of
- 16:59the
- 17:00database
- 17:01which
- 17:01AI
- 17:02uses.
- 17:03Still
- 17:04in
- 17:04this
- 17:04thinking
- 17:05about
- 17:05it,
- 17:05perhaps
- 17:06I
- 17:06should
- 17:06get
- 17:06things
- 17:07done.
- 17:10But
- 17:10yeah,
- 17:11we
- 17:11will
- 17:11be
- 17:11open
- 17:12in
- 17:13my
- 17:13perspective.
- 17:14We
- 17:14have
- 17:14to
- 17:15be
- 17:15where
- 17:15the
- 17:15customer
- 17:16is
- 17:17and
- 17:18it
- 17:19will
- 17:19be
- 17:20in
- 17:21agentic
- 17:21AI
- 17:22and
- 17:22commerce
- 17:23in
- 17:24the
- 17:24near
- 17:24future.
- 17:26We
- 17:26will
- 17:26have
- 17:27a
- 17:27lot
- 17:27of
- 17:27years
- 17:29where
- 17:29it
- 17:29slowly,
- 17:30slowly
- 17:31turns
- 17:32the
- 17:33normal
- 17:33way
- 17:34customers
- 17:35buy
- 17:35to
- 17:35agentic
- 17:36buy.
- 17:37But
- 17:38we
- 17:38want
- 17:38to
- 17:38be
- 17:38there
- 17:38at
- 17:39the
- 17:39start
- 17:39or
- 17:39from
- 17:40the
- 17:40beginning.
- 17:41So
- 17:42we
- 17:42have
- 17:42to
- 17:42do
- 17:42our
- 17:42homework
- 17:43now
- 17:44and
- 17:44be
- 17:44present
- 17:45and
- 17:46then
- 17:46we
- 17:46will
- 17:47profit
- 17:47later
- 17:48on.
- 17:48I
- 17:48think.
- 17:50Yeah,
- 17:51problem
- 17:51here
- 17:52is
- 17:52that
- 17:52it's
- 17:53at
- 17:53the
- 17:53moment
- 17:54not
- 17:54easy
- 17:54to
- 17:54decide,
- 17:55you
- 17:55know,
- 17:55on
- 17:55which
- 17:56horse
- 17:56to
- 17:56put
- 17:56your
- 17:56money
- 17:57in
- 17:57a
- 17:57way
- 17:58because
- 17:58there's
- 17:58these
- 17:59different
- 18:00approaches,
- 18:01like
- 18:01Open
- 18:01Air
- 18:02has
- 18:02their
- 18:02own
- 18:02approach
- 18:03and
- 18:03now
- 18:03Google
- 18:03comes
- 18:04along
- 18:04with
- 18:04their
- 18:05framework
- 18:06that
- 18:06they
- 18:06put
- 18:06behind
- 18:07things
- 18:08and
- 18:09of
- 18:09course
- 18:09at
- 18:10the
- 18:10moment
- 18:10they
- 18:10are
- 18:12saying
- 18:13yeah,
- 18:14we
- 18:14are
- 18:14just
- 18:14creating
- 18:15the
- 18:15framework
- 18:15and
- 18:16that
- 18:17framework
- 18:17is
- 18:18open
- 18:18to
- 18:18everyone.
- 18:18But
- 18:19well,
- 18:20I
- 18:20think
- 18:21of
- 18:21course
- 18:21they
- 18:21want
- 18:22to
- 18:22push
- 18:22Gemini
- 18:23to
- 18:23do
- 18:24the
- 18:24shopping
- 18:24work
- 18:25for
- 18:25them
- 18:25in
- 18:25the
- 18:25end.
- 18:27So
- 18:27yeah,
- 18:28I
- 18:28think
- 18:28it's
- 18:28really
- 18:28hard
- 18:29to
- 18:29decide
- 18:29at
- 18:29the
- 18:30moment
- 18:30where
- 18:31to
- 18:31go
- 18:31to.
- 18:31And
- 18:31I
- 18:32think
- 18:32you
- 18:32could
- 18:32still
- 18:33make
- 18:33a
- 18:33case
- 18:34for
- 18:34Amazon
- 18:35strategy
- 18:36in
- 18:36saying
- 18:36that
- 18:37Amazon
- 18:37has
- 18:38the
- 18:38product
- 18:38data
- 18:39that
- 18:39all
- 18:39the
- 18:39AI
- 18:40agents
- 18:40need
- 18:41if
- 18:42they
- 18:42want
- 18:42to
- 18:42give
- 18:42you
- 18:43a
- 18:43really
- 18:43good
- 18:44shopping
- 18:44consultation
- 18:45within
- 18:46the
- 18:46chat
- 18:46box.
- 18:47And
- 18:47without
- 18:48all
- 18:48the
- 18:48products
- 18:49listed
- 18:49on
- 18:49Amazon
- 18:50and
- 18:50all
- 18:50the
- 18:50data
- 18:50listed
- 18:51on
- 18:51Amazon
- 18:51that
- 18:52comes
- 18:52with
- 18:52these
- 18:52products,
- 18:53it
- 18:53will
- 18:54be
- 18:54hard
- 18:54for
- 18:54ChatGPT
- 18:55to
- 18:55give
- 18:56you
- 18:56good
- 18:56advice.
- 18:57So
- 18:58let's
- 18:58see.
- 18:59Still
- 18:59open,
- 19:00I
- 19:00think.
- 19:01Very
- 19:01interesting
- 19:02times
- 19:02indeed.
- 19:03Yes,
- 19:03of
- 19:04course.
- 19:06Absolutely.
- 19:07We'll
- 19:08continue
- 19:08this
- 19:09discussion
- 19:09after
- 19:10another
- 19:10short
- 19:11break
- 19:11and
- 19:12a
- 19:12look
- 19:12at
- 19:12our
- 19:12partner
- 19:13Edesk
- 19:14with
- 19:14the
- 19:14next
- 19:14topic.
- 19:15Just
- 19:15a
- 19:15minute.
- 19:22Before
- 19:22we
- 19:22move
- 19:22on,
- 19:23I'd
- 19:23like
- 19:23to
- 19:24talk
- 19:24about
- 19:24something
- 19:24that
- 19:25drives
- 19:25every
- 19:25Marketplace
- 19:26operations
- 19:27manager
- 19:28crazy.
- 19:29And
- 19:29that's
- 19:29the
- 19:29Monday
- 19:30morning
- 19:30Inbox.
- 19:31We
- 19:31recently
- 19:32published
- 19:32a
- 19:33deep
- 19:33dive
- 19:33in
- 19:33our
- 19:33blog
- 19:34called
- 19:34Marketplace
- 19:35Support
- 19:35Reality
- 19:36where
- 19:36we
- 19:36analyze
- 19:37the
- 19:37data.
- 19:37And
- 19:38here's
- 19:38the
- 19:38crazy
- 19:38part.
- 19:39Even
- 19:39though
- 19:39your
- 19:39support
- 19:40box
- 19:40with
- 19:41all
- 19:41the
- 19:41customer
- 19:42questions
- 19:44might
- 19:44feel
- 19:45quite
- 19:45chaotic,
- 19:46it's
- 19:46actually
- 19:47totally
- 19:47predictable.
- 19:48Our
- 19:49research
- 19:49showed
- 19:50that
- 19:50the
- 19:50vast
- 19:51majority
- 19:51of
- 19:51your
- 19:52tickets
- 19:52come
- 19:52from
- 19:53just
- 19:5310
- 19:53identical
- 19:54questions.
- 19:55You
- 19:55know
- 19:55them.
- 19:56You
- 19:56know
- 19:56where
- 19:57is
- 19:57my
- 19:57order?
- 19:58Well,
- 19:58that's
- 19:58a
- 19:59no
- 19:59brainer.
- 19:59Can
- 20:00I
- 20:00cancel?
- 20:01Has
- 20:01this
- 20:01shipped
- 20:01yet?
- 20:02So
- 20:03if
- 20:03your
- 20:03team
- 20:04is
- 20:04answering
- 20:04these
- 20:05questions
- 20:05manually
- 20:06typing
- 20:06out
- 20:07these
- 20:07same
- 20:07tracking
- 20:08updates
- 20:0850
- 20:09times
- 20:09a
- 20:09day,
- 20:10you
- 20:10aren't
- 20:11doing
- 20:11support,
- 20:12you
- 20:12are
- 20:12doing
- 20:13admin
- 20:13and
- 20:14burning
- 20:14cash.
- 20:15This
- 20:16is
- 20:16where
- 20:16our
- 20:16friends
- 20:16at
- 20:17Edesk
- 20:17come
- 20:18in.
- 20:18Edesk
- 20:18is
- 20:19our
- 20:19new
- 20:19partner
- 20:19and
- 20:20the
- 20:20only
- 20:20help
- 20:21desk
- 20:21solution
- 20:22built
- 20:22specifically
- 20:23for
- 20:23e
- 20:23commerce
- 20:24sellers.
- 20:25They
- 20:25don't
- 20:25just
- 20:25pull
- 20:26your
- 20:26emails
- 20:26into
- 20:27one
- 20:27place,
- 20:27they
- 20:28connect
- 20:28directly
- 20:29to
- 20:29over
- 20:29300
- 20:30more
- 20:31marketplaces,
- 20:31from
- 20:32Amazon
- 20:32and
- 20:32ebay
- 20:33to
- 20:33Miracle
- 20:33Marketplaces
- 20:34and
- 20:34Kaufland.
- 20:35And
- 20:35that
- 20:35means
- 20:36when
- 20:36a
- 20:36customer
- 20:37asks
- 20:38where
- 20:38is
- 20:38my
- 20:38order?
- 20:39Edesk's
- 20:40AI
- 20:40already
- 20:41knows
- 20:41the
- 20:41answer,
- 20:42grabs
- 20:42the
- 20:42tracking
- 20:43data
- 20:43and
- 20:43can
- 20:43answer
- 20:44the
- 20:44customer
- 20:44automatically.
- 20:45No
- 20:46tap
- 20:46switching,
- 20:47no
- 20:47copy
- 20:47pasting,
- 20:48just
- 20:48solved
- 20:49tickets
- 20:49and
- 20:50protected
- 20:50SLAs.
- 20:51If
- 20:52you
- 20:52want
- 20:52to
- 20:52see
- 20:52the
- 20:53full
- 20:53list
- 20:53of
- 20:53the
- 20:53big
- 20:53ten
- 20:54questions
- 20:54and
- 20:55how
- 20:55to
- 20:55automate
- 20:56them,
- 20:56then
- 20:56go
- 20:56to
- 20:57marketplace
- 20:57universe.com
- 20:58and
- 20:59check
- 20:59out
- 20:59our
- 20:59new
- 21:00deep
- 21:00dive
- 21:00in
- 21:00our
- 21:01Insight
- 21:01section.
- 21:02Or
- 21:03if
- 21:03you're
- 21:03ready
- 21:03to
- 21:03stop
- 21:04the
- 21:04inbox
- 21:04madness
- 21:05right
- 21:05now
- 21:05you
- 21:05can
- 21:05head
- 21:05over
- 21:06to
- 21:06eders.com
- 21:07and
- 21:07see
- 21:07how
- 21:08they
- 21:08can
- 21:08help
- 21:08you
- 21:09clear
- 21:09up
- 21:09your
- 21:10customer
- 21:10support.
- 21:16Okay,
- 21:17let's
- 21:18look
- 21:18at
- 21:18another
- 21:19news
- 21:19that
- 21:19is
- 21:19a
- 21:20bit
- 21:20more
- 21:20down
- 21:20to
- 21:21earth
- 21:21and
- 21:22maybe
- 21:22a
- 21:22bit
- 21:22easier
- 21:23to
- 21:23digest,
- 21:25though
- 21:25it
- 21:25was
- 21:25still
- 21:26surprising
- 21:26to
- 21:26me
- 21:27and
- 21:27that
- 21:27was
- 21:27the
- 21:28news
- 21:28about
- 21:28Volt.
- 21:29Volt
- 21:29is
- 21:29a
- 21:30delivery
- 21:30app.
- 21:31Normally
- 21:33you
- 21:33would
- 21:34think
- 21:34about
- 21:34delivering
- 21:35food
- 21:35with
- 21:36Volt
- 21:37and
- 21:37they
- 21:37have
- 21:38now
- 21:38opened
- 21:39their
- 21:39app
- 21:40over
- 21:40the
- 21:41last
- 21:41years
- 21:41to
- 21:42not
- 21:42only
- 21:43deliver
- 21:43food,
- 21:43but
- 21:44also
- 21:44deliver
- 21:44other
- 21:45things
- 21:45from
- 21:45local
- 21:46stores
- 21:47in
- 21:47the
- 21:47vicinity
- 21:48directly
- 21:49to
- 21:49the
- 21:49customer.
- 21:51And
- 21:51now
- 21:52they
- 21:53sort
- 21:53of
- 21:53turned
- 21:54the
- 21:54logic
- 21:54of
- 21:55their
- 21:56app
- 21:56around
- 21:56because
- 21:57up
- 21:57to
- 21:57now
- 21:57you
- 21:58would
- 21:58first
- 21:58choose
- 21:59a
- 21:59retailer
- 22:00in
- 22:00your
- 22:01vicinity
- 22:01and
- 22:02then
- 22:02say,
- 22:02okay,
- 22:02I
- 22:02want
- 22:03from
- 22:03their
- 22:03store
- 22:05this
- 22:05and
- 22:05that
- 22:06food
- 22:06or
- 22:06this
- 22:07and
- 22:07this
- 22:07product,
- 22:07and
- 22:08now
- 22:08deliver
- 22:08it
- 22:09within
- 22:09two
- 22:09hours
- 22:10to
- 22:10my
- 22:10home.
- 22:11But
- 22:11now
- 22:13this
- 22:13search
- 22:13is
- 22:14turned
- 22:14around.
- 22:14So
- 22:15you
- 22:15search
- 22:15for
- 22:15products
- 22:16first
- 22:17and
- 22:17across
- 22:18all
- 22:18the
- 22:18merchants
- 22:19that
- 22:19are
- 22:20connected
- 22:20to
- 22:20Vault
- 22:21and
- 22:21then
- 22:22a
- 22:22Vault
- 22:23delivery
- 22:24guy
- 22:24will
- 22:24bring
- 22:24you
- 22:25the
- 22:25product
- 22:26from
- 22:26the
- 22:27next
- 22:27Vault
- 22:27market.
- 22:29So
- 22:30that
- 22:30basically
- 22:31turns
- 22:31Vault
- 22:32into
- 22:32a
- 22:33local
- 22:34commerce
- 22:34platform,
- 22:36doesn't
- 22:36it?
- 22:37What
- 22:38would
- 22:38you
- 22:38say
- 22:38about
- 22:38that,
- 22:39Marcus?
- 22:40Yeah,
- 22:40it
- 22:41turns
- 22:41them
- 22:41to
- 22:42a
- 22:42local
- 22:43platform,
- 22:45but
- 22:45the,
- 22:45the
- 22:45question
- 22:46is
- 22:46about
- 22:47the
- 22:47relevance.
- 22:48So
- 22:50we
- 22:50tried
- 22:51a
- 22:51lot
- 22:51of
- 22:52local
- 22:55platforms.
- 22:56There
- 22:56were
- 22:57also
- 22:57initiatives
- 22:58from,
- 22:59from
- 22:59a
- 23:00few
- 23:00other
- 23:01competitors
- 23:01from
- 23:01Volt
- 23:02and
- 23:05also
- 23:05the,
- 23:05the
- 23:06Click
- 23:06and
- 23:06Collect
- 23:07initiatives
- 23:08we,
- 23:08we
- 23:08had
- 23:08also
- 23:09Amazon
- 23:10with
- 23:10Click
- 23:10and
- 23:11Collect.
- 23:12We
- 23:13tried
- 23:13and
- 23:13it
- 23:14was
- 23:14not
- 23:15very
- 23:15successful.
- 23:16Really
- 23:17interesting.
- 23:17I
- 23:18mean,
- 23:18you
- 23:18live
- 23:18in
- 23:18Hamburg.
- 23:19I
- 23:19thought
- 23:19that
- 23:19would
- 23:20be
- 23:20a
- 23:20good
- 23:20city
- 23:21to
- 23:21try
- 23:21that,
- 23:21try
- 23:21that
- 23:22out
- 23:22with
- 23:22all
- 23:22these,
- 23:22you
- 23:23know.
- 23:23Yeah,
- 23:24I
- 23:25thought
- 23:25that.
- 23:26But
- 23:26geeky
- 23:27people
- 23:27there,
- 23:28the
- 23:28customer
- 23:29want,
- 23:29if
- 23:30they
- 23:30come
- 23:30to
- 23:31a
- 23:31platform
- 23:32like
- 23:32Amazon.
- 23:33Yeah.
- 23:34And
- 23:35if
- 23:35you
- 23:35don't
- 23:35push
- 23:37that
- 23:39Click
- 23:39and
- 23:39Collect
- 23:41on
- 23:41the
- 23:41platform
- 23:41itself,
- 23:44you
- 23:44don't
- 23:44have
- 23:44a
- 23:44chance.
- 23:46So
- 23:46you
- 23:46need
- 23:46the
- 23:47local
- 23:47relevance.
- 23:48So
- 23:49if
- 23:49you
- 23:50have
- 23:50the
- 23:50local
- 23:51customer
- 23:51and
- 23:52if
- 23:52he's
- 23:53looking
- 23:53for
- 23:53something
- 23:53local,
- 23:55if
- 23:55you
- 23:56then
- 23:56provide
- 23:56your
- 23:56data
- 23:57there,
- 23:59that's
- 24:00the
- 24:00right
- 24:00choice.
- 24:01But
- 24:02if
- 24:02they
- 24:02come
- 24:02with
- 24:03an,
- 24:04with
- 24:04a
- 24:04broader
- 24:07vision
- 24:07of
- 24:08they
- 24:09just
- 24:09want
- 24:09a
- 24:09product
- 24:09and
- 24:10they
- 24:10don't
- 24:10care
- 24:11about
- 24:12from
- 24:12whom
- 24:13they
- 24:13get
- 24:13it,
- 24:14when
- 24:14they
- 24:14get
- 24:15it,
- 24:15it's
- 24:15important,
- 24:16but
- 24:17they
- 24:17don't
- 24:17want
- 24:18to
- 24:18go
- 24:18outside
- 24:19and
- 24:20take
- 24:21it
- 24:21themselves,
- 24:21they
- 24:22want
- 24:22to
- 24:22deliver
- 24:22it.
- 24:24And
- 24:24so
- 24:25this
- 24:25is
- 24:25perhaps
- 24:27a
- 24:27new
- 24:28way
- 24:29to
- 24:29get
- 24:29to
- 24:30the
- 24:30local
- 24:30customers.
- 24:31And
- 24:31with
- 24:31our
- 24:32local
- 24:32stores,
- 24:34we
- 24:34will
- 24:35definitely
- 24:35want
- 24:35to
- 24:35try
- 24:36that
- 24:36out.
- 24:37I
- 24:38think
- 24:38it's
- 24:38also
- 24:38interesting
- 24:39because
- 24:39as
- 24:39you
- 24:39said,
- 24:41instant
- 24:42shop
- 24:42checkout
- 24:43does
- 24:43not
- 24:43really
- 24:44work
- 24:44out
- 24:44for
- 24:45Amazon
- 24:45and
- 24:46such
- 24:46likes
- 24:46and
- 24:47also
- 24:47not
- 24:47for
- 24:47ebay
- 24:47either,
- 24:48because
- 24:49people
- 24:49don't
- 24:49come
- 24:49to
- 24:50these
- 24:50platforms
- 24:51thinking
- 24:51that,
- 24:52oh,
- 24:52I,
- 24:52I'm
- 24:53looking
- 24:53for
- 24:53a
- 24:53product
- 24:53that
- 24:53I
- 24:54want
- 24:54here
- 24:54in
- 24:54two
- 24:54hours.
- 24:55But
- 24:56with
- 24:56Volt
- 24:57it's
- 24:57different.
- 24:57I
- 24:57mean
- 24:58you
- 24:58just
- 24:58open
- 24:58the
- 24:59Volt
- 24:59app
- 24:59if
- 25:00you
- 25:00have
- 25:00an
- 25:01instant
- 25:01need
- 25:02for
- 25:02something,
- 25:02whatever
- 25:03it
- 25:03is,
- 25:04otherwise
- 25:04you
- 25:04wouldn't
- 25:04be
- 25:04opening
- 25:05Volt.
- 25:05Right.
- 25:06So
- 25:07that
- 25:07need
- 25:07for
- 25:08local
- 25:09delivery
- 25:09is
- 25:09already
- 25:10there
- 25:10in
- 25:10the
- 25:11product
- 25:11itself.
- 25:12And
- 25:13then
- 25:13that
- 25:13might
- 25:13be
- 25:14interesting.
- 25:14Absolutely.
- 25:15And
- 25:16I
- 25:16don't
- 25:16know
- 25:16about
- 25:16Hamburg,
- 25:17but
- 25:17there's
- 25:17a
- 25:17lot
- 25:17of
- 25:17vault
- 25:18delivery
- 25:18guys
- 25:19running
- 25:19around
- 25:19Munich.
- 25:20So
- 25:20there
- 25:20seems
- 25:21to
- 25:21be
- 25:21quite
- 25:21the
- 25:21customer.
- 25:22Customer
- 25:22base
- 25:22around
- 25:22here
- 25:23at
- 25:23least.
- 25:23And
- 25:24I've
- 25:24seen
- 25:24them
- 25:24in
- 25:25other
- 25:25European
- 25:25cities
- 25:26as
- 25:26well,
- 25:27so
- 25:27could
- 25:28work
- 25:28out.
- 25:28Yeah.
- 25:29I'm
- 25:29just
- 25:29wondering
- 25:30if
- 25:30your
- 25:30products
- 25:30are
- 25:31the
- 25:31right
- 25:31ones
- 25:31for
- 25:31those.
- 25:32I
- 25:32mean
- 25:32do
- 25:32you
- 25:32also
- 25:32just.
- 25:33Do
- 25:33people
- 25:33have
- 25:33an
- 25:33instant
- 25:34need
- 25:34for.
- 25:34Shoes
- 25:36sometimes
- 25:38ask
- 25:39a
- 25:39woman
- 25:40which
- 25:41needs
- 25:41to
- 25:41go
- 25:42to
- 25:43a
- 25:43wedding
- 25:44and
- 25:45the
- 25:45shoes
- 25:45she
- 25:46wanted
- 25:46to
- 25:47wear
- 25:48are
- 25:48broken.
- 25:49And
- 25:50why
- 25:50not,
- 25:51why
- 25:51not
- 25:52deliver
- 25:52it
- 25:52in
- 25:52time?
- 25:53Yeah,
- 25:53those
- 25:53would
- 25:54be
- 25:54interesting.
- 25:54It's,
- 25:54that's
- 25:55the
- 25:56thing.
- 25:56But
- 25:57wedding
- 25:57shoes
- 25:58in
- 25:58the
- 25:58Internet
- 25:59is
- 26:00another
- 26:00case,
- 26:01a
- 26:01very
- 26:01hard
- 26:01business,
- 26:04as.
- 26:04Is
- 26:04the
- 26:04whole
- 26:05wedding
- 26:05business,
- 26:05I
- 26:06think.
- 26:06Yeah,
- 26:06yeah.
- 26:07But
- 26:07still.
- 26:07Yeah,
- 26:07interesting.
- 26:08Yeah.
- 26:08If
- 26:08you
- 26:08try
- 26:08that
- 26:08out,
- 26:09let
- 26:09me
- 26:09know
- 26:10what
- 26:10your
- 26:11experiences
- 26:12is
- 26:12because
- 26:12as
- 26:13I
- 26:13would
- 26:13agree,
- 26:14I'm
- 26:14still
- 26:14looking
- 26:15for
- 26:16a
- 26:16successful
- 26:16local
- 26:17commerce
- 26:17case.
- 26:18I've
- 26:19yet
- 26:19to
- 26:19see
- 26:19one
- 26:20actually
- 26:20because
- 26:21I've
- 26:21been
- 26:21in
- 26:21the
- 26:22market
- 26:22for
- 26:22a
- 26:22while
- 26:22and
- 26:22I
- 26:23haven't
- 26:23seen
- 26:23really
- 26:23a
- 26:24good
- 26:24local
- 26:24commerce
- 26:25case.
- 26:25But
- 26:25with
- 26:26this
- 26:26one
- 26:26I've
- 26:26got
- 26:26a
- 26:27good
- 26:27feeling.
- 26:27So
- 26:28we'll
- 26:28see.
- 26:29Okay,
- 26:30what
- 26:30else
- 26:30do
- 26:31I
- 26:31have?
- 26:31Yeah,
- 26:32let's
- 26:32talk
- 26:32a
- 26:33bit
- 26:33about
- 26:33TEMU
- 26:33again.
- 26:34I
- 26:34mean
- 26:34we
- 26:34have
- 26:34been
- 26:34talking
- 26:35about
- 26:35TEMU
- 26:36a
- 26:36lot
- 26:37last
- 26:37year
- 26:38and
- 26:39things
- 26:39have
- 26:40been
- 26:40a
- 26:40bit
- 26:42slower
- 26:42now
- 26:42because
- 26:43now
- 26:43all
- 26:44people
- 26:44talk
- 26:44about
- 26:44agent
- 26:45e
- 26:45commerce.
- 26:45But
- 26:46that
- 26:46doesn't
- 26:46mean
- 26:46that
- 26:47TEMU
- 26:47is
- 26:48going
- 26:48away.
- 26:49I've
- 26:49got
- 26:49some
- 26:49new
- 26:50figures
- 26:50here.
- 26:50According
- 26:51to
- 26:51an
- 26:51IPC
- 26:52study,
- 26:52around
- 26:5325%
- 26:54of
- 26:54all
- 26:54cross
- 26:54border
- 26:55orders
- 26:56now
- 26:56go
- 26:56to
- 26:57Temu
- 26:58and
- 26:58that's
- 26:58the
- 26:58same
- 26:59share
- 26:59as
- 27:00Amazon.
- 27:01So.
- 27:01And
- 27:01together
- 27:02these
- 27:02two
- 27:02platforms,
- 27:03Amazon
- 27:03and
- 27:03TEMU
- 27:04together
- 27:05account
- 27:05for
- 27:05nearly
- 27:06half
- 27:06of
- 27:06all
- 27:07cross
- 27:07border
- 27:07e
- 27:08commerce.
- 27:08So
- 27:09that's
- 27:09quite
- 27:10a
- 27:10number
- 27:12especially
- 27:12considering
- 27:13that
- 27:13TEMU
- 27:13started
- 27:14out
- 27:14in
- 27:142022.
- 27:15Yeah.
- 27:15So
- 27:16yeah.
- 27:17Timo,
- 27:18do
- 27:18you
- 27:18have
- 27:18an
- 27:18idea,
- 27:20an
- 27:20opinion
- 27:21on
- 27:21Timu?
- 27:23Yeah,
- 27:25I
- 27:25think
- 27:28nothing
- 27:29at
- 27:29the
- 27:29moment.
- 27:30What
- 27:30could
- 27:31stop
- 27:31them.
- 27:33So
- 27:34the,
- 27:34the
- 27:35pace
- 27:35they
- 27:35are
- 27:35going,
- 27:37as
- 27:37you
- 27:37said,
- 27:38from
- 27:382022
- 27:39to
- 27:39now
- 27:41is
- 27:41enormous.
- 27:43And
- 27:44also
- 27:45the
- 27:46customs
- 27:48which
- 27:49are
- 27:49the
- 27:49custom
- 27:51cut,
- 27:51they
- 27:51have
- 27:52the
- 27:52€150
- 27:53which
- 27:53will
- 27:54fall
- 27:54away,
- 27:56that
- 27:56will
- 27:56not
- 27:57stop
- 27:57them
- 27:58because
- 27:59most
- 27:59of
- 27:59the
- 27:59packages
- 28:00they
- 28:00had
- 28:01were
- 28:02in
- 28:02between.
- 28:06Like
- 28:0760,
- 28:08$60,
- 28:09€40.
- 28:10So
- 28:12that's
- 28:13not
- 28:13the
- 28:13point
- 28:14which
- 28:14will
- 28:14stop
- 28:15them.
- 28:16And
- 28:16the
- 28:17retention
- 28:17is
- 28:18now
- 28:19the
- 28:19interesting
- 28:19part
- 28:21because
- 28:22in
- 28:22the
- 28:22first
- 28:24place
- 28:24they
- 28:24play
- 28:25the
- 28:26price
- 28:26card
- 28:27to
- 28:27get
- 28:27the
- 28:27customers
- 28:29and
- 28:29the
- 28:30merchandising
- 28:32the
- 28:32retail
- 28:32media
- 28:33card
- 28:33to
- 28:34get
- 28:34customers
- 28:35from
- 28:35the
- 28:36Instagrams
- 28:37or
- 28:37Facebooks
- 28:38or
- 28:38meta
- 28:39platforms
- 28:40in
- 28:41this
- 28:41world
- 28:41or
- 28:41from
- 28:42Google.
- 28:43So
- 28:43I
- 28:43heard
- 28:44a
- 28:44lot
- 28:44of
- 28:46brands
- 28:47talking
- 28:48about
- 28:48how
- 28:48the
- 28:49prices
- 28:49for,
- 28:50for
- 28:51the
- 28:51retail
- 28:51media
- 28:52went
- 28:52up
- 28:53and
- 28:53this,
- 28:54this
- 28:54also
- 28:55lays
- 28:55in,
- 28:56in
- 28:57the
- 28:57TEMU
- 29:02way.
- 29:04Yeah,
- 29:05they
- 29:05are
- 29:05very
- 29:05fast
- 29:06and
- 29:07I
- 29:07think
- 29:07they
- 29:08will
- 29:09go
- 29:10further.
- 29:11Are
- 29:11you
- 29:12considering
- 29:12selling
- 29:12on
- 29:12temu?
- 29:14We
- 29:14considered
- 29:15it
- 29:15and
- 29:16it's
- 29:16not
- 29:17yet
- 29:17the
- 29:17platform
- 29:18for
- 29:18us.
- 29:19Okay.
- 29:19Because
- 29:19of
- 29:20the
- 29:20price
- 29:20point
- 29:20or
- 29:21it's.
- 29:22The
- 29:22price
- 29:23point
- 29:24but
- 29:24not
- 29:25the
- 29:25price
- 29:25point
- 29:25itself.
- 29:26It's
- 29:26the,
- 29:27a
- 29:28loss
- 29:28of
- 29:28control
- 29:29about
- 29:29the
- 29:29prices.
- 29:30I
- 29:31see.
- 29:32So
- 29:32we
- 29:32want
- 29:33to
- 29:33have
- 29:33control
- 29:33about
- 29:33that.
- 29:36If
- 29:36we
- 29:36don't
- 29:36have
- 29:36it
- 29:37with
- 29:37our
- 29:37small
- 29:38wholesale
- 29:38or
- 29:39reseller
- 29:39margin,
- 29:41it
- 29:41will
- 29:42get
- 29:42very
- 29:43ugly.
- 29:44Yeah,
- 29:45that's
- 29:45true.
- 29:46So
- 29:46if
- 29:46they
- 29:46would
- 29:47change
- 29:47that
- 29:47system
- 29:47around
- 29:48because
- 29:48at
- 29:48the
- 29:49moment,
- 29:49if
- 29:50I
- 29:50understand
- 29:50it
- 29:50correctly,
- 29:51you
- 29:51hand
- 29:52TEMU
- 29:53sort
- 29:53of
- 29:53your
- 29:54lowest
- 29:54price
- 29:55that
- 29:55you
- 29:55could
- 29:55go
- 29:56and
- 29:56then
- 29:56TEMU
- 29:57does
- 29:57all
- 29:57the
- 30:00pricing
- 30:00around
- 30:00that.
- 30:01So
- 30:01would
- 30:01normally
- 30:02try
- 30:02to
- 30:02get
- 30:03a
- 30:03bit
- 30:03of
- 30:03a
- 30:03higher
- 30:03price
- 30:04but
- 30:04if
- 30:04that
- 30:05doesn't
- 30:05work,
- 30:05they
- 30:05put
- 30:05you
- 30:06in
- 30:07sales
- 30:09campaigns
- 30:09and
- 30:10stuff
- 30:10like
- 30:10that
- 30:10without
- 30:10you
- 30:11even
- 30:11knowing.
- 30:12So
- 30:13yeah,
- 30:13in
- 30:13the
- 30:13end
- 30:13it's
- 30:14really
- 30:14hard
- 30:14to
- 30:15get
- 30:15an
- 30:16idea
- 30:16on
- 30:16what
- 30:16price
- 30:16your
- 30:17product
- 30:17will
- 30:17actually
- 30:18sell.
- 30:18But
- 30:19if
- 30:19they
- 30:19would
- 30:19change
- 30:20that
- 30:20to
- 30:20a
- 30:20more
- 30:21classic
- 30:22pricing
- 30:22strategy,
- 30:23would
- 30:23you
- 30:23then
- 30:23consider.
- 30:25Yeah,
- 30:25as
- 30:25I
- 30:26said,
- 30:27we
- 30:27want
- 30:27to
- 30:27be
- 30:28where
- 30:28the
- 30:28customer
- 30:29is
- 30:30and
- 30:30a
- 30:31lot
- 30:31of
- 30:31customers
- 30:31are
- 30:32nowadays
- 30:32on
- 30:33TEMU
- 30:33or
- 30:33Shib
- 30:35and
- 30:36we
- 30:36want
- 30:36to
- 30:36be
- 30:37there
- 30:37too.
- 30:39Yeah,
- 30:39interesting.
- 30:40Yeah.
- 30:41I
- 30:41guess
- 30:42this
- 30:42is
- 30:42why
- 30:44we
- 30:44talk
- 30:45so
- 30:45often
- 30:45about
- 30:46things
- 30:46because
- 30:47you're
- 30:47always
- 30:47open
- 30:48to
- 30:48any
- 30:48topic
- 30:49and
- 30:49open
- 30:49to
- 30:50considering
- 30:50any
- 30:51new
- 30:51opportunity,
- 30:51if
- 30:51there
- 30:52is
- 30:52one,
- 30:53to
- 30:53try
- 30:53that
- 30:53out.
- 30:54So
- 30:54that's
- 30:55really
- 30:55great.
- 30:56Yeah.
- 30:56But
- 30:57that
- 30:57brings
- 30:57me
- 30:57to
- 30:57the
- 30:58last
- 30:58of
- 30:58my
- 30:58news
- 30:58for
- 30:59today,
- 30:59so
- 31:00thank
- 31:01you
- 31:01for
- 31:01that.
- 31:01Markus,
- 31:03maybe
- 31:03on
- 31:03a
- 31:04personal
- 31:04note,
- 31:05if
- 31:05you
- 31:05were
- 31:05looking
- 31:06back
- 31:06on
- 31:07January,
- 31:07what
- 31:07was
- 31:08the
- 31:08thing
- 31:08that
- 31:09you
- 31:09talked
- 31:09most
- 31:10about
- 31:10in
- 31:10a
- 31:10business
- 31:11context.
- 31:15In
- 31:15the
- 31:15first
- 31:15weeks
- 31:16of
- 31:16January?
- 31:19Yes.
- 31:20Yeah,
- 31:21lots
- 31:21of
- 31:21sickness.
- 31:22That's
- 31:22true.
- 31:23Yes.
- 31:23And
- 31:24vacations
- 31:25at
- 31:25the
- 31:25beginning,
- 31:26the
- 31:27holidays
- 31:27were
- 31:28good
- 31:28for
- 31:28the
- 31:30employees
- 31:31to
- 31:32take
- 31:33a
- 31:33few
- 31:33more
- 31:33days
- 31:34off,
- 31:34I
- 31:34think.
- 31:35And
- 31:37we
- 31:37made
- 31:38a
- 31:38lot
- 31:38of
- 31:38plans
- 31:39for,
- 31:39for
- 31:39this
- 31:40year
- 31:41and
- 31:41also
- 31:42had
- 31:42a
- 31:42lot
- 31:42of
- 31:44yearly
- 31:45based
- 31:47meetings
- 31:49and
- 31:50we
- 31:51want
- 31:51to
- 31:51take
- 31:51more,
- 31:52more
- 31:53marketplaces
- 31:54and
- 31:55want
- 31:55to
- 31:56check
- 31:56out
- 31:56new
- 31:56things,
- 31:58try,
- 31:59learn,
- 32:00test
- 32:01and
- 32:02Try
- 32:02again
- 32:03or
- 32:03even
- 32:04go
- 32:05out
- 32:05or
- 32:05stop
- 32:06things.
- 32:08Yeah,
- 32:09just.
- 32:09Just
- 32:10learning
- 32:11and
- 32:13making
- 32:14things
- 32:14working
- 32:16greater
- 32:16or
- 32:17putting
- 32:17more
- 32:17assortment
- 32:18on
- 32:18a
- 32:19marketplace,
- 32:20which
- 32:20works.
- 32:22Okay,
- 32:23so
- 32:23if
- 32:25people
- 32:25would
- 32:25like
- 32:26to
- 32:26maybe
- 32:26debate
- 32:27this
- 32:27with
- 32:27you
- 32:27or
- 32:27try
- 32:28ask
- 32:28you
- 32:28about
- 32:29your
- 32:29experiences
- 32:30with
- 32:30this
- 32:30and
- 32:30that
- 32:31marketplace,
- 32:31where
- 32:31would
- 32:32they
- 32:32meet
- 32:32you
- 32:32this
- 32:33year?
- 32:33What
- 32:33are
- 32:33you
- 32:33planning
- 32:34to
- 32:34go
- 32:34to?
- 32:36Yeah,
- 32:36the
- 32:36first
- 32:37event
- 32:37this
- 32:38year
- 32:38for
- 32:38us
- 32:38is
- 32:40the
- 32:40E
- 32:40Commerce
- 32:40Expo
- 32:41in
- 32:41Berlin,
- 32:41of
- 32:42course,
- 32:43already
- 32:43booked.
- 32:46I
- 32:47am
- 32:47happy
- 32:48that
- 32:48I
- 32:49did
- 32:50not
- 32:50come
- 32:51at
- 32:51the
- 32:51first
- 32:51day
- 32:52of
- 32:52the
- 32:52expo.
- 32:53So
- 32:54there
- 32:54are
- 32:54a
- 32:54lot
- 32:55of
- 32:55events
- 32:55going
- 32:55around
- 32:56it
- 32:57and
- 32:59I
- 32:59will
- 32:59be
- 33:00there
- 33:01or
- 33:03perhaps
- 33:03in
- 33:03the
- 33:04karaoke
- 33:04bar.
- 33:04We
- 33:05will
- 33:05see.
- 33:06We
- 33:06see.
- 33:07I
- 33:08am
- 33:08in
- 33:08Berlin
- 33:09in
- 33:09this
- 33:09case
- 33:09and
- 33:10in
- 33:11April
- 33:11I
- 33:12will
- 33:12meet
- 33:12with
- 33:14be
- 33:15the
- 33:16in
- 33:16Munich,
- 33:18I
- 33:18think
- 33:18two
- 33:18days
- 33:19before
- 33:19your
- 33:19local
- 33:20event.
- 33:21Sadly,
- 33:22I'm
- 33:22not
- 33:22there.
- 33:23That's
- 33:24bad.
- 33:24Yeah.
- 33:25But
- 33:27will
- 33:27be
- 33:27in
- 33:27Munich
- 33:27in
- 33:28April
- 33:28and
- 33:29in
- 33:29June,
- 33:30the
- 33:30K5,
- 33:31of
- 33:31course,
- 33:32and
- 33:32in
- 33:32April.
- 33:33Don't
- 33:33forget
- 33:34the
- 33:34multichannel
- 33:35day
- 33:36from
- 33:36Michael
- 33:36Artuk.
- 33:37And
- 33:38so
- 33:39the
- 33:39first
- 33:40half
- 33:40of
- 33:40the
- 33:40years
- 33:41already
- 33:42planned.
- 33:44Yeah,
- 33:44that's
- 33:44fine.
- 33:45Yeah,
- 33:45for
- 33:45me
- 33:45as
- 33:46well.
- 33:47Right.
- 33:48So
- 33:49thank
- 33:49you
- 33:49for
- 33:49today
- 33:50and
- 33:50for
- 33:50joining
- 33:50me
- 33:51for
- 33:51my
- 33:51small
- 33:52friends
- 33:52and
- 33:52family
- 33:53episode,
- 33:54for
- 33:54going
- 33:54through
- 33:55the
- 33:55news
- 33:55with
- 33:55me.
- 33:56And
- 33:56next
- 33:57time,
- 33:57if
- 33:57you
- 33:58want
- 33:58to
- 33:59listen
- 33:59to
- 33:59us
- 34:00again,
- 34:00you
- 34:00can
- 34:00listen
- 34:00to
- 34:02another
- 34:02good
- 34:03friend
- 34:03of
- 34:04mine,
- 34:04but
- 34:04also
- 34:04Marcus's
- 34:05actually,
- 34:05because
- 34:07Ed
- 34:07Sander
- 34:07will
- 34:08be
- 34:08joining
- 34:08me
- 34:08again
- 34:09this
- 34:10time
- 34:10to
- 34:10talk
- 34:10about
- 34:11JD.com
- 34:12and
- 34:12what
- 34:12they
- 34:13are
- 34:13doing
- 34:13with
- 34:14the
- 34:14economy
- 34:14in
- 34:15Europe
- 34:15and
- 34:15other
- 34:15interesting
- 34:16things.
- 34:17So
- 34:17that
- 34:17is
- 34:17going
- 34:18to
- 34:18be
- 34:18also
- 34:18worth
- 34:19a
- 34:19listen.
- 34:19So
- 34:19for
- 34:19today,
- 34:20thank
- 34:20you
- 34:21and
- 34:22bye.
- 34:22Bye.
- 34:23Bye
- 34:23bye.
- 34:27You
- 34:27listened
- 34:28to
- 34:28let's
- 34:29Talk
- 34:29Marketplace,
- 34:30the
- 34:30Marketplace
- 34:31podcast
- 34:31with
- 34:31Ingrid
- 34:32Lommer
- 34:32and
- 34:32Valerie
- 34:33Dichtel.