Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, social media, support for entrepreneurs, email marketing, credit automation, and virtual shopping. Got an ecommerce product release? Email [email protected]. Ecommerce Product Releases WhatsApp Business turns one, launches new features. One year […]
Letgo is an online marketplace that facilitates transactions between consumers. It’s available as a mobile app or a website. Cody H. is selling a 2000 Ford Mustang with 140,000 miles on Letgo, a mobile peer-to-peer classified app. The asking price is $2,200, but he’s willing to negotiate for a fast sale. Cody and his potential
Practical Ecommerce publishes roughly 45 articles per month. Our mission, since 2005, is to publish independent content — articles, podcasts, seminars — that help online merchants. What follows are the most popular articles that we published in January. Articles published earlier in the month are more likely to make the list than later ones. 5 Content
The U.S. Department of Justice has not issued regulations on website accessibility. But U.S. courts have consistently ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires commercial websites to be accessible for disabled users. On December 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice published a notice for web accessibility. The notice, like many governmental documents, was
Indian merchants have long opposed foreign ownership of ecommerce entities. New Indian regulations effective Feb. 1 aim to curb the influence of foreign companies in setting domestic prices. Source: Agent France Presse. The Indian government will soon implement regulations that will severely hamper the Amazon and Flipkart marketplaces from doing business in India. Four years
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A fundamental decision for many ecommerce entrepreneurs is whether to sell on Amazon. The potential is high, but the competition is increasing tough, among other risks. I am the founder of Beardbrand, an Austin, Texas-based ecommerce business that focuses on beard care and men’s grooming. This is episode 11 in my series on building an
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Cross-border ecommerce is booming. Among the challenges of successfully entering a new country or region is understanding the shopping habits of local consumers, and overcoming shipping and logistics obstacles. Most of my recommendations in “10 Low-Budget Ways to Sell Internationally,” a 2012 article, apply today, in 2019. However, cross-border ecommerce sales have greatly increased since
Editor’s Note: Contributor Cyndi Thomason owns Bookskeep, an accounting and consulting firm for ecommerce companies. She is an advocate of Profit First, a cash management framework to help merchants obtain and retain profitability. Her new book, “Profit First for Ecommerce Sellers,” is newly published. What follows is an excerpt from Chapter Two. The Profit First
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“Ecommerce Briefs” is an occasional series wherein I review news and developments that impact online merchants. In this installment, I’ll address final holiday sales figures, a change in brick-and-mortar location trends, and 2019 predictions. Holiday Statistics Adobe Analytics issued its final year-end ecommerce holiday sales results. It reports an overall increase of 16.5 percent over
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, virtual shopping, landing page creation, sales tax collection, social media marketing, and large-purchase financing for small businesses. Got an ecommerce product release? Email [email protected]. Ecommerce Product Releases Later now offers scheduling
