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The 19 Ecommerce Growth Challenges of 2018, Outlined by Amazon’s Annual Report

BigCommerce

On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). We’re on a mission to provide businesses like yours marketing and sales tips, tricks and industry leading knowledge to build the next house-hold name brand. Want more insights like this? Don’t miss a post. Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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Essentially, ecommerce (or electronic commerce) is the buying and selling of goods (or services) on the internet. From mobile shopping to online payment encryption and beyond, ecommerce encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for both online buyers and sellers. 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

When it comes to payment processors in ecommerce sites, the talk used to be about credit cards, PayPal, COD (cash on delivery), et al. But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Now how is this valid for us ecommerce marketers?

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

ESW

Even if some of that technology isn’t market-ready right now, you need to be thinking about how you can integrate it in the future. What about payments, though? While brands and retailers can accept crypto payments today, that doesn’t mean it’s viable. Few people are going to use it as a payment method, anyway.

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The Ultimate Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrency

eCommerce Guider

Decentralised markets/ cryptocurrencies allow people to engage in trade directly with each other. Now you can hold your own cryptocurrency directly in your own personal electronic wallet and receive and send payments any time to anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds. As you can imagine banks are scared!

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Crypto And The Real World – What People Aren’t Telling You In All The Hype

eCommerce Guider

Earlier in 2018, its value was higher than Disney’s market cap, and in 2016 it yielded a return of a whopping 130%. For the first time in the world a market has opened that is country independent and is a real global marketplace. Cryptocurrency exchanges operate 24 hours a day and are not based in any one country.

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The Ultimate Guide To Cryptocurrency ICO Investing

eCommerce Guider

Armed with this knowledge will you’ll be able to take advantage of what can be one of the most profitable components of the cryptocurrency market. Most startups usually accept payment in the form of other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum and sometimes even fiat currencies as well. What is an ICO?