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The 10 Most Common Challenges Faced by eCommerce Businesses

eCommerce Training Academy

I’ve been involved in eCommerce since 2001 and I can truly say, A LOT has changed. Shopping cart platforms like Shopify have eliminated many barriers of entry. Their marketplace and fulfillment services have enabled sellers from all over the world to easily reach paying customers. Finding the right products to sell.

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

BigCommerce

Even though it was right after 9/11 and the economy was dire, we opened the day after Thanksgiving in 2001, just in time for Christmas, and have been in Abilene, Kansas ever since. I run a marketing company and Sandy runs a fulfillment company. We’ve tried to do lots of direct marketing as well as PPC advertising.