Since its creation E-handel.se has been a valued news service and a forum for the Swedish and Nordic readers, and the idea is to create the same value for the international audience with interest in E-commerce. The new website,therefore, has a global focus where all the news is reported in English.

Michael Wictor, CEO of Ehandel.se and now Ecomony.com, explains the choice to go global:

“E-commerce is international, and many of our members operate in the international markets. It is also close at hand for us to go international with our E-commerce index, where I think we will be able to see great synergies with Ecomony in terms of editorial content supported with good statistics and data.”

Of course, there are other actors writing about e-commerce, but according to Michael Wictor Ecomony will fill a unique media niche, bringing to the table a combination of extensive experience, ambition to help the industry advance forward and genuine interest in e-commerce.

“The goal is simple. We will become one of the leading news sites in the world for readers of news about e-commerce. It also means that our editors need to think more internationally and our presence and coverage of international e-commerce events must be improved.”

Although Sweden is not the main focus area for Ecomony.com , the team is excited to cover the stories about Swedish e-commerce companies who have a unique business idea and grow globally.

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Indexing the entire e-commerce scene

Development of the e-commerce index (Ehandelsindex) tool began in 2010. A year later Dan Nilsson landed at number 20 with this project in the list of entrepreneurs of the year. Today, four years later, e-commerce index is finally launched in beta version and has already listed over 11,000 e-commerce ventures in Sweden – the starting point of for it. The service gathers data automatically and is the most comprehensive information about Sweden’s e-commerce available, and companies are verified and reviewed manually.

The interesting part of the index is that it connects company’s data with many e-retailers to show profitability, sales and economic development of various industries over time. There is also an opportunity to use some external data sources, but this feature is not yet available.

“E-commerce index is currently available in beta and we’re still working to fine-tune all parameters and the system in general. We are also working to align all the classifications and measurements. Our journey has begun, but we are certainly not at its goal yet,” says Dan Nilsson

If you check e-commerce index, you can find plenty of interesting information about the industry in general. For example, how many Swedish e-retailers accept Bitcoin (0.22%) or whether delivery service makes any difference for company’s performance (companies using PostNord services are observed to have higher profitability than those that use DHL, but both have positive incomes). At the same time, e-commerce index offers plenty of information about individual companies which includes data on their latest financial statements, credit rating, profit margin and much more.

There is a number of reports about about e-commerce industry and its performance such as by DIBS, PostNord, and HUI. The main shortcoming of such reports is that they are survey-based. With the help of e-commerce index, however, it will be possible to also get some hard numbers for more detailed industry analysis.

Physical space for e-commerce

The newly created E-commerce Park of Sweden, in turn, will enhance e-commerce by helping companies to solve the most common problems related to logistics, operations or warehouses. Co-founded by Dan Nilsson and Karsten Deppert (transperancy: Karsten Deppert is also the initiator of this site), the e-commerce park is located in Helsingborg, that has perfect combination of entrepreneurship and logistics.

“We start with about 2,000 sqm of office space and 5,000 sqm warehouse. The hope is that already within 2 years there will be growing need to expand,” says Karsten Deppert, co-founder.

The park is also planned to become a hub of energy, creativity and effective solutions that will help entrepreneurs in the e-commerce field to learn quicker from each-other and help the industry to flourish.

Dan and Karsten have already previously a joint company, the webcontent and translation service Contentor. This is the second time they co-found an e-commerce related venture.

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As an e-commerce firm you might wonder why your sales went down over the weekend, how you are performing in relation to the industry, if you follow the market trend, or if there is something wrong with your business maybe? Google Analytics gives you the data of your webshop but it doesn’t give you information about industry wide statistics. Combining the data of various e-commerce firms can give the whole industry an extra insight. How are you performing and where is the the industry going? This insight is exactly what E-handel.se tries to deliver with their new tool; an industry benchmark for e-commerce.

The idea is insightful, but it can only be fully leveraged when many firms participate since they reflect the e-commerce market. E-handel.se writes that the data – which e-commerce firms voluntarily supply – will not be sold to other parties and that competitors cannot see your analytics, just key indicators for the industry or the segment the firms operate in.

If you want to know your traffic, page views, conversion, average order, mobile traffic and others in relation to an industry benchmark, then paricipate and support this great initiative!

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