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Articles, cases, news and terms, organised by your online store’s goal. Drawn from more than 1,100 demos with eCommerce teams since March 2024.

Featured · News 418 deals in negotiation for the technologies we represent 23 October 2026 · Growth Sharks

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Returning customers

From visitor to loyal customer

Why a shopping app of your own is becoming the retention engine of eCommerce, with data on mobile, app conversion and push, and the BBQuality and DeOnlineDrogist.nl cases.

Raymond Vonk · 11 Nov 2026 Read the article →
In-store and online as one

The quiet shift in European banking

Anyone starting an online store picks a platform first. The payment provider, financing and customer data follow from that choice. What does that mean for banks and retailers?

Ramón de L’Hotellerie · 2 Oct 2026 Read on LinkedIn
Returning customers

You are not your customer

After more than 500 Reskyt demos, we heard one objection most often: ‘I never use shop apps myself.’ Why that is the most dangerous fallacy in eCommerce.

Growth Sharks · 2 Apr 2026 Read on LinkedIn

Articles by our team. Most first appeared on LinkedIn, in Dutch.

Cases

Results of online stores, by goal and by technology. Always named, and with the store’s permission.

News

New technologies, people, markets and milestones. Also of interest to tech partners who want to see where we’re active.

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  1. At Meet Magento Netherlands in Amsterdam, with Fozzels and Reskyt

    Fozzels showed how a team of 8 people manages 200,000 products; Reskyt how to launch an app without a custom project of €80,000 to €100,000.

  2. Cervito joins as the seventh technology in our portfolio

    With Cervito’s AI sales assistant, we help online stores with advice in the chat, day and night.

  3. At Madrid Tech Show with Fozzels, NextChapter Ecommerce and Reskyt

    At IFEMA Madrid we spoke to retailers about AI product content, omnichannel commerce and apps. Reskyt had its own stand.

  4. Maria Luisa D’Urso becomes Global Partner Manager

    After a successful collaboration, Maria Luisa now leads our relationships with agencies worldwide: existing partners and new agencies.

  5. 418 deals in negotiation

    For the technologies we represent, 418 deals are in the negotiation and signing phase, together worth a potential ARR of millions of euros. Our goal: 800.

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  1. Ter Horst van Geel live on NextChapter Ecommerce

    The fashion house with 10 shops now runs its online store and shops as one omnichannel operation.

  2. More than 1,100 demos since March 2024

    1,100 conversations with eCommerce brands about their challenges, and the technology that fits them.

  3. First time at Ecommerce HUB in Salerno

    Together with Segmentify, NextChapter Ecommerce, Fozzels and Boostic, at the 12th edition of southern Italy’s biggest eCommerce event.

  4. E-commerce Innovation Summit at Fort de Gagel

    At the third edition, organised by NextChapter Ecommerce with Rabobank, tritonX, Fozzels and Reskyt, we were there with four technologies.

  5. Team Italy: around 20 customers in less than two years

    From fashion and B2B to pharma and beauty, built from scratch. Retention 100%, zero churn.

  6. 1,001 demos in 26 months

    In more than 15 countries and 6 core markets, for Segmentify, Reskyt, NextChapter Ecommerce, Fozzels and Boostic.

  7. Third year at Becom Summit in Brussels

    With Fozzels and Segmentify, at Belgium’s most important eCommerce event.

  8. Netcomm Forum Milan: NextChapter Ecommerce opens Italy

    With Reskyt for the second year at Netcomm Forum, and with NextChapter Ecommerce for the first time on the Italian market.

  9. Webwinkel Vakdagen: launch of NextChapter Prebuilt Packages

    A complete suite with CMS, PIM, OMS and marketplaces, with replatforming in about two months.

  10. Growth Sharks joins the Colombian e-commerce chamber CCCE

    Our activities in Colombia are led by Mariana García Salazar.

  11. E-commerce Berlin Expo with Reskyt

    At stand N6, our Sharkers showed how an online store becomes a native app without rebuilding the tech stack.

  12. 2025 in numbers: +96% demos and +200% contracts

    Our active pipeline grew to more than €2 million, and the team grew from 16 to 21 people.

Events: where you’ll meet us

At the major eCommerce trade shows in Europe, we’re there with the technologies we represent. For online stores to see them live, for tech partners to see how we position their brand.

Meet us at an event
Growth Sharks at Meet Magento Netherlands, Amsterdam
Meet Magento NetherlandsAmsterdam · November 2026Fozzels and Reskyt
Growth Sharks at Ecommerce HUB, Salerno
Ecommerce HUBSalerno · September 2026Segmentify, NextChapter Ecommerce, Fozzels and Boostic
Growth Sharks at E-commerce Innovation Summit, Fort de Gagel
E-commerce Innovation SummitFort de Gagel · September 2026Reskyt, NextChapter Ecommerce, Fozzels and Boostic
Growth Sharks at Becom Summit, Brussels
Becom SummitBrussels · June 2026Fozzels and Segmentify, for the third year
Growth Sharks at Netcomm Forum, Milan
Netcomm ForumMilan · May 2026Reskyt and NextChapter Ecommerce
Growth Sharks at Webwinkel Vakdagen, Utrecht
Webwinkel VakdagenUtrecht · March 2026Launch of NextChapter Prebuilt Packages
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Glossary

Short, clear explanations of the terms you keep coming across in eCommerce.

Shopping app

An online store’s own iOS and Android app, with push notifications on the customer’s home screen.

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Customer engagement

All the ways you keep a customer actively engaged, from personal recommendations to push notifications.

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Dynamic bundles

Product combinations put together automatically for each visitor, to increase order value.

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Control group

A share of your visitors that doesn’t see a feature, so you can fairly measure the real effect.

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GEO

Generative Engine Optimization: structuring your content so that AI search engines such as ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews use and recommend it.

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Order value

The average amount per order, known as average order value (AOV).

Repeat purchase rate

The share of your customers who order again within a period.

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CPO

Cost per order: you pay per order a channel delivers, not per click or per month.

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ROAS

Return on ad spend: the revenue you get back per euro of ad budget.

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PIM

Product Information Management: one central place for all your product data.

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Omnichannel

Shop, online store, app and other channels work as one, with the same stock, prices and customer data.

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OMS

Order Management System: the system that manages orders and stock across shops, warehouses and suppliers.

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CLV

Customer lifetime value: the total revenue a customer brings in over the whole relationship with your online store.

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AI sales assistant

An assistant in your online store’s chat that advises visitors based on your live catalogue and puts products straight into the cart.

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Custom label

An extra field in your product feed that lets you group products for your campaigns, for example by margin or return.

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Push notification

A message from your app that appears straight on your customer’s phone home screen, at no cost per message.

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PWA

Progressive web app: a website that behaves like an app, but isn’t in the App Store or Google Play.

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SKU

Stock keeping unit: one unique product or product variant in your range, such as a T-shirt in size M and the colour blue.

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Product feed

A file with all your products, prices and stock that Google Shopping, Meta and other channels use for your ads.

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Conversion rate

The percentage of your online store’s visitors who place an order.

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Frequently asked questions about eCommerce growth

How do I become visible in ChatGPT and other AI search engines?

By structuring your information so that AI can easily understand and cite it. Give a short, direct answer on every page to the questions buyers ask, cite concrete figures with a source, and keep your product data complete and structured with attributes and FAQs. That’s called generative engine optimization, or GEO.

What is the difference between ROAS and ROI?

ROAS (return on ad spend) is the revenue per euro of ad budget: €5,000 revenue on a €1,000 budget is a ROAS of 5. ROI (return on investment) looks at profit after all costs, including purchasing, margin and shipping. So a high ROAS can still mean a loss if your ads mainly sell low-margin products.

How do I increase my online store’s conversion?

Start where visitors drop off. If they can’t find what they’re looking for, better search and personal recommendations help. If they hesitate, advice helps, for example from an AI sales assistant. If they don’t come back, your own channel such as a shopping app helps. Measure every change with a control group, so you know what really works.

How do I choose the right eCommerce technology for my online store?

Choose based on your biggest bottleneck, not on features. First decide which number you want to improve, such as conversion, order value or repeat purchases. Then check whether the technology works with your eCommerce platform, how quickly it goes live and how you measure the result. Always ask for cases from comparable online stores, with names and figures.

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