Tien Nguyen

Tien Nguyen is a co-founder of CPC Strategy and deals with data feeds in his waking hours and often in his sleep. He spends his free time with Rubik's cubes while rooting for the underachieving Raiders and UCLA sports teams where he graduated with a mathematics/economics degree.

Study: Google Shopping Traffic Nearly Doubles AFTER Christmas

Posted by Tien Nguyen on May 2, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Featured, Google Shopping

Update 5/7/2013: We just released the most awesome Product Listing Ads Guide ever. At more than 15,000 words it’s the most comprehensive guide on the planet. Best of all it’s completely free.  Merchants Double Up On Google Shopping Traffic Between Q4 2012 And Q1… > Read More

Q1 2013 CSE Rankings

Posted by Tien Nguyen on May 1, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Featured, Free CSEs, Google Shopping, Paid CSEs, Strategy

Update 5/7/2013: We just released the most awesome Product Listing Ads Guide ever. At more than 15,000 words it’s the most comprehensive guide on the planet. Best of all it’s completely free.  Intro As an eCommerce retailer advertising online can often feel like stepping into a… > Read More

Q4 2012 CSE Rankings: Sporting Goods Edition

Posted by Tien Nguyen on March 7, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Free CSEs, Google Shopping, Paid CSEs

Every quarter, we determine the best comparison shopping engines (CSEs) for online merchants. This holiday, Q4 2012 we broke down each CSE based on top metrics overall such as revenue and cost of sale (COS). As well as individual categories including Apparel,… > Read More

Q4 2012 CSE Rankings: Electronics Edition

Posted by Tien Nguyen on March 6, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Free CSEs, Google Shopping, Paid CSEs

Recently we released our 2012 holiday rankings for the top comparison shopping engine (CSEs). In addition to outlining engine metrics like cost of sale (COS), revenue and traffic, we also get more granular and rank the engines based on top online merchant categories:… > Read More

Q4 2012 CSE Rankings: Home and Garden Edition

Posted by Tien Nguyen on March 5, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Free CSEs, Google Shopping, Paid CSEs, Uncategorized

Last Monday, we released our quarterly rankings for the top comparison shopping engine (CSE), for Q4 2012, based on metrics like revenue, conversion rate and cost of sale (COS). Just like we do every quarter, we’ve further broken down the comparison shopping engine… > Read More

Q4 2012 CSE Rankings: Apparel Edition

Posted by Tien Nguyen on March 5, 2013 in Comparison Shopping, Free CSEs, Google Shopping, Paid CSEs

Last week we released our quarterly rankings for the best comparison shopping engine (CSE), for Q4 2012. Similar to our previous rankings, we’ve broken down the engine metrics even further for four categories: Apparel Electronics Home & Garden Sporting Goods Below we’ve… > Read More