Platforms - Bloeise

Here you can read more about platforms, the mega-sized companies that offer a marketplace for a specific market. By bringing together supply and demand, they create added value for both parties. Examples are Amazon for e-commerce, Airbnb for overnight stays, Facebook for user generated content, booking.com for hotels, Uber for taxis. By facilitating mutual interaction and offering relevant filters, platforms are able to improve the market. Because there is often a monopoly position and disruption, there is also a lot of negative publicity around platforms.

The Internet Marathon: A conversation about The Internet for twelve hours with Evgeny Morozov, Francesca Bria, Roosbeef, Peter Pomerantsev and Marleen Stikker, among others

8 August 2020Editor BloeiseDigital transformation, Submitted press release, Innovation, Internet of Things and wearables, PlatformsNo Comments

Amsterdam, 5 August 2020 - We have been living with the internet for more than half a century now. What has it brought us? And what price do we pay for it? Together with Bits of Freedom and more than 30 (inter) national guests, De Balie will dive into all the depths of the world wide web during The Internet Marathon on Sunday 13 September.

Thuiswinkel.org starts mediation and certification platforms

July 14, 2020Editor BloeiseSubmitted press release, PlatformsNo Comments

A webshop on a laptop, with a hand with a payment card next to it.

Ede, July 10, 2020 - With the entry into force of the Platform-to-business regulation (P2b regulation) on July 12, 2020, medium and large platforms are obliged to set up an internal complaints handling system and to provide two or more external intermediaries. to appoint. Thuiswinkel.org takes its responsibility as an advocate and starts an independent mediation service.

How do I delete a Google review? 2020 update

27 February 2020Editor BloeiseRange, Binding and customer loyalty, Google, To undertake, Platforms, Review marketing15

Google Review Remove or adjust from Google My Business or Google Reviews

Removing a review from Google is possible in some cases and in other situations it becomes quite difficult to do this. It is therefore mainly dependent on the situation. Do you want to delete a Google review that you have posted yourself or do you want to delete a review posted by someone else about you? Here you can read everything about the removal of Google reviews, the rules of Google and your options as a recipient of a negative review in 2020.

Amazon in the Netherlands at the end of February: price battle and Death By Amazon on the way

January 17, 2020Editor BloeiseAmazon, Physical marketing, Omnichannel, Platforms, Retail1

Amazon announced on January 15 that it will launch new categories this year, in addition to the books that are now only available on Amazon.nl. Dutch and foreign companies that want to offer their products via Amazon in the Netherlands can now register on services.amazon.nl. The official start seems to come at the end of February.

Consultation on Minimum Remuneration for Self-Employed Persons and Self-employed Persons Declaration

November 8, 2019Thomas LapperreLegal, To undertake, PlatformsNo Comments

Self-employed entrepreneurs must prove that they do not have a disguised employment contract with one client. The Government did not consider the Employment Relationship Statement sufficient. The model agreements that professional bumblebee Wiebes came up with, the DBA Act, were postponed. Now there are new plans and the self-employed may respond to the bill for the Minimum Compensation for Self-Employed Persons Act and self-employed persons declaration.

Smart shopping at Bol.com: this is how you score maximum

August 19, 2019Editor BloeiseConsumer, E-commerce, PlatformsNo Comments

Bol.com not only calls itself 'the store of us all'; With over seven million customers, there is now no household in the Netherlands where a well-known blue-white package has never been delivered. With such a large clientele, you would expect that Bol.com is by far the cheapest online provider. Yet for most products this is by no means true and there are (online) players who are cheaper. However, that does not mean that you can also score nice discounts on Bol.com. But then you have to shop smart. In this blog we explain how you do that.