CommerceHub

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CommerceHub
Company typePrivate
IndustryCloud-based ecommerce fulfillment and marketing, marketplace
FoundedOctober 1997; 26 years ago (1997-10) (as Commerce Technologies, Inc.)
Albany, New York, US
FounderFrank Poore, Richard Jones
Headquarters
Latham, New York; London, England
Area served
United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Key people
Bryan Dove, CEO; Matt Hardy, CFO; Pete Elmgren, CRO; Adam Denenberg, CTO; Aarthi Ramamurthy, CPO; Janay Jesperson, Chief People Officer
ProductsCommerce Suite, Delivery Suite, Digital Marketing
Servicescloud-based ecommerce fulfillment and marketing for large retailers, marketplaces, consumer brands and their suppliers
Websitecommercehub.com

CommerceHub is one of the world’s commerce networks, providing software for

.

CommerceHub was formed in 1997 to develop e-commerce integration services

business models,[3] selling online and fulfilling orders via drop shipping. Founder Frank Poore, a logistics expert familiar with retailer order management systems,[4]
recognized the growing online business was attracting retailers that had never sold direct and would change the way retailers and manufacturers needed to communicate to make drop shipping work.

Merchant data transmitted via a

FTP, web services, HTTPS, EDI, XML, flat files, spreadsheets, and others.[7]

In 1998 drop-ship fulfillment services were added to the connectivity hub to provide management and monitoring of the

In August 2000 CommerceHub received a multimillion-dollar investment from Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC,

CommerceHub was acquired by QK Holdings, a supply-chain management company, in an all-cash transaction, announced in August 2006.

CommerceHub went public in 2016 and was traded on NASDAQ. In May of 2018 it was acquired for $1.1 billion by GTCR and Sycamore Partners private equity firms, who took it private.[12]

CommerceHub acquired DSCO Inc. based out Lehi, Utah in November of 2020.[13] A month later, in December 2020, Insight Partners acquired a majority stake in CommerceHub for an estimated $1.9 billion.[14]

in 2022 CommerceHub acquired ChannelAdvisor.

The CommerceHub headquarters is located in Latham, New York.

References

  1. ^ D'Errico, Richard A. (2006-08-07). "CommerceHub outlasts competitors; now targets overseas market". The Business Review (Albany). Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  2. ^ Gordon, Jack (May 2005). "CommerceHub is working a quiet revolution". Electronic Retailer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ^ Findlay, Andrea McKenna (2001-01-31). "When it absolutely, positively has to be there, e-retailers turn to outsourcing". Internet Retailer. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  4. ^ a b Peters, Kurt (2003-02-27). "Re-assessing drop shipping—again". Internet Retailer. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  5. ^ Roussel-Dupre, Stephanie (2001-07-01). "Virtual Reality Warehouse". Real Solutions Online. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  6. ^ Maguire, James (2006-07-24). "Make Drop-shipping Work for You". ECommerce-Guide. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  7. ^ "Integration and Implementation". CommerceHub. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  8. ^ Demery, Paul (2004-10-08). "CommerceHub Launches Drop-Ship Master 4.0, Further defining the standard in drop-ship fulfillment management". Internet Retailer. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  9. ^ PR Newswire (2000-08-31). "CommerceHub Secures Multi-Million Dollar Equity Investment From an Affiliate of Comcast Corporation and QVC, Inc". HighBeam Research. Retrieved 2010-12-06.[dead link]
  10. ^ a b c "About CommerceHub". CommerceHub. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  11. ^ D'Errico, Richard A. (2006-08-22). "CommerceHub sold; Poore relinquishes day-to-day role". The Business Review (Albany). Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  12. ^ "GTCR and Sycamore Partners Complete Acquisition of CommerceHub" (Press release). GlobeNewsWire. 2018-05-21.
  13. ^ "CommerceHub + Dsco: Creating The New Digital Supply Chain". DSCO. 2020-11-16.
  14. ^ "Insight Partners Takes Majority Stake in CommerceHub". Bloomberg. 2020-12-02.