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Sydney startup Kent and Lime creates fashion style kits for men
Sydney startup Kent and Lime provides men with their very own fashion kits catered to suit their style and the current fashion trends.
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Sydney fashiontech startup Lustr matches fashion-forward shoppers to emerging designers
Lustr wants to connect fashion-forward shoppers directly to emerging designers through a matchmaking algorithm, and help designers crowdsource feedback on their upcoming collections.
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UK ecommerce startup Pretty Little Thing expanding celebrity-inspired fast fashion offering in Australia
Manchester-based startup Pretty Little Thing was launched in 2012 by Umar Kamani, who grew up surrounded by fashion – his father is the founder of online fashion retailer Boohoo.com.
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Brisbane startup Pixmoto is set to crack the US market with its shoppable video platform
Ecommerce has come in leaps and bounds over the last two decades; according to eMarketer, global ecommerce sales will hit $1.5 trillion this year, and continue to grow as new technology makes it even easier for us to keep buying wherever and whenever. One such piece of technology is Pixmoto, an online video platform that connects viewers to the products that appear inside branded video; it allows consumers to easily click on the products that they like when they come up, taking them directly to the product landing page in the brand’s online store.
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SleepTech startup Koala is shaking up an established industry while protecting an Australian icon
Launching just last week, Sydney-based startup Koala is looking to disrupt the bedding industry with its new state of the art mattress product and 4-hour delivery online experience.
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Mail the Finger is a ‘fingers-as-a-service’ company that will send your enemies foamboard middle fingers
We’re either turning into a really angry, shouty bunch, or it’s just getting easier to untap our anger and put it on show for the world to see thanks to social media. Either way, it’s been fun to see the rise of online stores this year that are helping users send their enemies glitter, bags of dicks, or musical cards that won’t stop playing.
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Daily Jocks is the perfect example of how content marketing can help scale an ecommerce business
Melbourne-based Daily Jocks is the perfect example of how using content based marketing to build an audience can end up creating a highly scalable and financially successful internet business.
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Sydney startup Bountye lets users sell pre-loved items to their networks
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. From op shops to garage sales and second-hand markets, people have always loved trawling through preloved items for a bargain. Then eBay let us do it online. Now, new platforms are again looking to change the way we buy and sell second hand goods.
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Sex sells vs. selling sex: Why do our biggest tech companies have double standards?
In October 2013, Sydney-based entrepreneur Garrick Charter launched an online adult luxury boutique, Salon De Venus, selling sex toys and lingerie. Little did he know at the time that tech providers would be so ill-accommodating of such a business concept.
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After only 18 months in business Frank Body will likely exceed $20 million in revenue this year
Interestingly, a lot of the sales for Frank Body come from Instagram, which is by far the business’ most successful social media channel. And the business announced this week that revenue this financial year will most likely exceed the $20 million mark – making it one of the fastest ecommerce starters in the country.
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Universities aren’t happy about startup GownTown obliterating one of their income streams: graduation wear
After graduating from the University of New South Wales, Kearney decided to do something about this ‘expensive gown situation’. He roped in his friend from uni to create GownTown, a startup that sells graduation sets for $99.
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Can we all just calm down with the ridiculous job titles in the ecommerce space?
The other day I met someone who introduced themselves as a creative technologist. After 13 years working in the online world, I’ve been witness to the evolution of the online job title and it’s come a long way from it’s humble ‘e-business manager’ beginnings.
After doing a bit of research I came to the conclusion that there are nearly as many online job titles as there are salad dressing varieties and it’s starting to get confusing.
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THIS is the man responsible for spamming your inbox
Even the most well-intentioned business can get sucked into a ‘quick fix’ by someone offering a ‘shortcut to success’ via email lists. It’s not that they want to cheat, but growth is slower than they anticipated.
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Carving a niche: The meteoric rise of the Stylerunner sisters
Like all good startup stories, Stylerunner started from a kitchen table and an internet connection, the initial set up was a little more than most ecommerce sites, with the Stevanja sisters deciding to back their gut instincts from the start paying a premium of around $2000 to secure the domain stylerunner.com – it was a strategic desicion that has paid off.
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Ecommerce entrepreneurs killing it in Australia
The ecommerce market in Australia is extremely competitive at the moment. Here are 10 companies killing it online right now.
