ECommerce

Marshall Advantages

Marshall’s proven roadmap ensures you will achieve your goals and objectives.

Why Marshall is Unique

We have hired the right people that have the expertise to help drive your team to a winning growth strategy. Our team consists of former Amazon employees, supply chain experts, SEO certified copywriters and PPC advertising experts. We understand the importance of monitoring and measuring results on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Our eCommerce team is dedicated to driving sales and providing actionable recommendations based on real-time analyses through our in-house proprietary software tools.

The Marshall Approach

We formulated a holistic approach to develop and execute an effective and proven eCommerce strategy for our brand partners. Accelerating sales, building brands, increasing profitability and driving conversion is the primary focus at Marshall. We implement a 4-tiered approach to help you succeed which includes a tailored approach on: Catalog and Detail Pages, Inventory and Operations, Enhanced Branding and Traffic Drivers.

Catalog and Detail Pages

Content Copywriting - SEO optimized product search and conversion optimization with organic sales rank tracking
Variation, Merge and New Item Set Up – Creating the right strategy from fruition will determine how fast your search relevancy builds
Maximum Image and Video Exposure - Maximizing the right silo images, lifestyle images, icon creation and video placement will drive brand equity and enhance conversion rate

Inventory and Operations

Vendor Lead Time (VLT) – VLT consulting and best practices will reduce VLT due to daily monitoring, allowing your brand to be more agile
Forecasting and Managing Supply Chain – Determining the right forecast will drive success and ensuring an in-stock rate >90% will drive stronger search relevancy and will increase top line sales
Daily Monitoring of Lost Buy Box and In-Stock Availability – Understanding Amazon’s metrics and its effect on the A9 algorithm is critical to driving sales

Enhanced branding

Enhanced Content – Demonstrating the unique value proposition of your brand’s products and create brand equity by showcasing your differentiation from the competition
Vine and Syndicated Reviews – Determining when and how much to spend on vine and syndicated reviews can help accelerate sales and enhance conversion rates
Brand Store - Creating and continuing management of a brand store to understand consumer behavior allows you the opportunity to introduce your brand to new customers

Traffic Drivers

Search Campaigns - Implementing, managing and making daily changes to your PPC advertising campaigns through keyword and search term harvesting will drive a strong ROI
External Search – Daily/Monthly/Yearly recommendations on Amazon Search and DSP advertising strategy
Deals and Promotions – Executing promotions and deals correctly drives search discoverability

Situation

Manufacturer joined Amazon 1P vendor central platform 2+ years ago and quickly built a seven-figure business but still was not large enough to warrant the attention of an Amazon vendor manager. Due to the 1P self-service model this manufacturer was not able to pass along cost increases and was never able to receive a response back from Amazon. To maintain margin and manage their brand across the different retail channels they reached out to Marshall.

Solution

Marshall reviewed the business and recommended transitioning to the 3P FBA platform to have more control over their business versus the 1P vendor central model. Marshall ran multiple analyses for their brand to understand pricing, forecasting and labeling and set retails to hit target margin requirements. A new launch plan was put in place to strategically build up FBA inventory while their 1P vendor central account was selling through current Amazon warehouse inventory to avoid higher FBA storage rates & buy box competition.

Results

Manufacturer maintained strong double-digit growth, sustained healthy profit margins and is now in a better position to manage their omni-channel brand strategy.