{"id":15277,"date":"2022-09-14T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad1lu9pexv-staging.wpdns.site\/news-and-resources\/incubeta-launches-amazon-services-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:00:00","slug":"incubeta-launches-amazon-services-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/mx\/news-and-resources\/incubeta-launches-amazon-services-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Incubeta Launches Amazon Services in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\nMaze-One founder and now Incubeta\u2019s Global Marketplace Lead, <\/span>Tim van der Bilt, states, \u201cIt went by very fast. In 2018, I started Maze-One as a full-service marketplace agency. In just a few years we grew rapidly in the Netherlands and also abroad. We had quite a few companies asking for our hand, but when we opened conversations with Incubeta, we more or less immediately knew we had found the right home. By joining Incubeta, we are able to take our business to the next level and access world class digital marketing and advertising capabilities.\u201d<\/span>\n\nJust one year after the acquisition, our marketplace operations have grown significantly. Today, Incubeta has multiple marketplace partnerships, including with Amazon. We are a Verified Amazon Ads Partner and have over 60 Amazon-certified marketplace specialists serving more than 150 brands from our offices in Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Oslo and Madrid.<\/span>\n\nAs Amazon plans to enter the South African market in early 2023, our team is taking the opportunity to use our certified expertise and experiences from previous Amazon launches (e.g., Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc.) to support the growth of South Africa\u2019s ecommerce industry \u2013 well beyond the Amazon marketplace. In the coming months, Incubeta will be offering select services to the South African market such as training courses and support with setting up Amazon accounts, which will be managed by our marketplaces teams abroad, and at a later date by specialists and new hires on the ground.<\/span>\n\nWhile Amazon is definitely one to watch, Incubeta also understands the value and importance of other players, especially of local marketplaces (e.g., Takealot in South Africa, bol.com in the Netherlands, Allegro in Poland, etc.). While many assume Amazon will take out the smaller businesses as it dominates the market, our experience tells us that this is not always the case. Despite Amazon\u2019s size and logistical excellence, local players have the upper hand when it comes to brand trust and localization.<\/span>\n\nIncubeta\u2019s Marketplaces Head for the Nordic region, <\/span>Ulrik Grevenkop-Castenskiold<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> shares, \u201cWhen Amazon moves into a new market they will often offer products from other regions that they feel will work in the new market. However, the machine translation for the descriptions tends to be very poor and the products are often represented in a way that companies would not find acceptable.\u201d<\/span>\n\nOur team has seen first-hand how local marketplaces and SMEs can grow significantly following Amazon\u2019s launch in their market. The competition that Amazon drives helps to accelerate market maturity overall, particularly by pushing local business to improve and better localize their customer offerings to keep up with the ecommerce giant. In other words, competition can be a good thing. What matters is how you compete.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nIncubeta\u2019s role in this space is to help brands to upgrade their growth by developing and executing the ecommerce strategy that\u2019s exactly right for them, making the most out of marketplace opportunities in- and outside of the Amazon ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n—\n\nTo learn more about Incubeta, explore our range of\u00a0<\/b>interconnected capabilities<\/a><\/b>\u00a0that feed into a wider\u00a0outperform marketing strategy<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/b>geared for business growth.\n
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