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Three e-Commerce Lessons You Can Learn from Big Brands
Whether you’re selling clothing or hardware, home accessories or local services, there’s a lot you can learn from big e-commerce companies such as eBay, Amazon, or Etsy. These giants, which have amassed together in 2014 well over $120 billions in revenues,...
read moreCompetitor Review: DEAR Inventory
DEAR Inventory is an online inventory app for small and medium businesses. While it can be used by just about any business that wants to manage their inventory more easily than they did with spreadsheets, it is especially geared toward retail and wholesale...
read moreHow to Deal With Overstock Effectively as an e-Commerce Business
Overstock isn’t usually such a big problem for your e-Commerce business as it is for a brick-and-mortar store. This is because you have a smaller inventory and because at least part of your stock is normally stored by the manufacturer or supplier. Even so,...
read more7 Key e-Commerce Trends to Watch Out for in 2016
The number of people shopping online has been growing steadily in recent years and is expected to reach up to half of the world’s population by the of 2018. For e-commerce businesses, this is great news. To take advantage of the growing interest that...
read moreInspiring Story: Growing e-Commerce Business
Who doesn’t want to quit their day job and work for themselves? It’s the dream of so many people and the spirit that drives millions of entrepreneurs every day. The odds are often stacked against them and the competition is fierce, but inspiration — and...
read morePricy Mistakes in Your Ecommerce Business
Finding ways to improve sales and performance is a never-ending struggle for company owners. Looking for problems and spotting mistakes can be hard when you’re looking out from the inside; therefore, we’ve rounded up three top mistakes many companies make...
read moreSmall Company Business Intelligence: Why Companies Fail at Using Analytics
By now every business owner in the world knows that business analytics can help grow their company and improve sales. So why aren’t more companies making the most out of the tools they have available? Dealing with what makes some companies fail could be...
read morePurchase Orders for Small Business
Back in the day, every company used purchase orders to submit their orders to vendors and track spending. Today, much of that is done online through vendor websites and, as a result, many smaller companies simply rely on what’s supplied directly through...
read moreInfo Share: 15 Helpful Forums for Online Merchants
When you’re looking for advice on any subject, the best place to go is direct to the source. This holds true for just about everything from health and wellness to technology support. So what about e-commerce business owners? For help in navigating the...
read moreBenchmarking — Insights Should Improve Your Marketing
Establishing benchmarks in order to track progress and plan for the future is nothing new. But new tools and methods may make it easier and more effective than ever before. Thanks to tools made available through the data behemoth Google, companies can now...
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