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Resilience Training: Small Business Innovation During a Recession

Retail TouchPoints

One of the first things a business can do to prepare itself is to save and cut costs. It seems like a no-brainer, but many business owners don’t take the opportunity to eliminate unnecessary expenses or make sure they have enough stored away. It’s hard to know how far-reaching a recession can be.

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6 Tips to Help You Prepare Your Shipping Strategy for the Holiday Rush

ChannelAdvisor

Anticipating how to deal with damaged or lost packages, unexpected surcharges, increased packaging materials and more can not only ease shipping stresses, but also provide more clarity to your shipping expenses and needs. Tip #1: Know Shipping Blackout Dates. This will reduce your residential surcharge costs.

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12 Common Mistakes When Selling Across Borders

BigCommerce

Calculating Total Landed Costs. Dimensional and Physical Shipping Assumptions. These platforms, like BigCommerce, have lower total cost of ownership than on-premise solutions and allow your teams to work remote and in localized regions around the clock. Forgetting to Calculate Total Landed Costs. Shipping methods.

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Wix vs Shopify: Understanding Their Features

Groove

Optimize the checkout process with previews of products from within the shopping cart, express checkout and shipping and tax estimates. Founded in 2004, Shopify is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada and has expanded to service customers in 175 countries around the world. Wix Logo Maker. Shopify: SaaS eCommerce Platform. Conclusion.

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The Pros and Cons of Shopify vs Squarespace for Selling Online

Groove

Originally launched in 2004 as a blog creation tool, Squarespace was founded by Anthony Casalena while he was attending a college local to Groove Commerce, The University of Maryland. Merchants have the ability to list products for sale, collect payments and ship products. Squarespace. Shopify Cons. Paid Integrations. Theme Editor.

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Shopify vs Etsy: Which is Better?

Ecommerce Platforms

Shopify vs Etsy: Pricing and Payment Options. Shopify is an ecommerce website builder that was first founded back in 2004. Apps and plugins can ramp up the monthly cost: For small-scale sellers, the platform might quickly shoot beyond their budget. Shopify vs Etsy Pros and Cons. Shopify vs Etsy Ease of Use. Comparison chart.

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

B2B buyers often require personalized prices –– which you can get by logging in on Atlanta Light Bulbs site (they use customer groups to make this happen). Let customers name their price: ALB uses PriceWaiter on their product pages –– which lets the buyer name a price. And not a soul was checking out.