Launching an ecommerce business takes perseverance, passion, and, typically, money. Raising that money can be time-consuming and frustrating. I am the founder of Beardbrand, an Austin, Texas-based ecommerce business that focuses on beard care and men’s grooming. This is episode 13 in my series on building an ecommerce business from the ground up. The previous […]
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shoppable ads, fintech, B2B, shipping, multichannel fulfillment, and personalization. Got an ecommerce product release? Email releases@practicalecommerce.com. Ecommerce Product Releases PayPal launches Instant Transfer to bank. PayPal’s new Instant Transfer to bank is
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Software platforms such as Green Marimba are catering to merchants that sell marijuana products. Selling marijuana and related goods is now legal in Canada and in numerous U.S. states. The North American ecommerce market for marijuana products is gaining momentum as Canada legalized the sale of recreational marijuana across the country in October 2018 and
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for late February from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on small business grants, eliminating counterfeit products, curated marketplaces, video distribution, and a Pinterest IPO. Got an ecommerce product release? Email releases@practicalecommerce.com. Ecommerce Product Releases Amazon launches Project Zero. Amazon has announced
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Shopify’s revenue for 2018 was $1.1 billion, up 59 percent over 2017. At its current stock price, Shopify’s market valuation is roughly $41 billion. Operating in the shadow of online marketplaces and located in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify does not get as much attention as it should. A $41 billion market-cap business — NYSE: SHOP —
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Slack is a collaboration hub for teams, providing a single place for messaging, tools, and files. For small businesses, Slack can be a helpful platform to create and develop, especially with the thousands of integrated apps and bots in the Slack App Directory. Here is a list of integrated apps and bots from Slack and
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Acquiring ecommerce businesses requires skill and diligence. Financing is a major consideration, as is learning from the previous owner and hiring new executives, if necessary. I am the founder of Beardbrand, an Austin, Texas-based ecommerce business that focuses on beard care and men’s grooming. This is episode 12 in my series on building an ecommerce
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In the spring of 2009, I wrote a 4-part series on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0, which had just been published. Those guidelines were a major update to the international standards for website accessibility. After nearly 10 years, the publication is still useful, thanks to a dedicated effort by the World Wide Web
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-February from companies that offer services to ecommerce merchants. There are updates on live-stream shopping, product management with artificial intelligence, digital payments, augmented reality for sampling products, and multiple items from Amazon. Got an ecommerce product release? Email releases@practicalecommerce.com. Ecommerce Product Releases New Amazon Live
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Ecommerce merchants can minimize credit card fraud by following a few basic safeguards. Ecommerce merchants continue to rely on credit card payments for orders. Credit cards are convenient and fast, but they also come with risk. Merchants in the United States lose approximately $190 billion a year to credit card fraud. In this post, I
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