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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. They ask for recommendations on Social Media. They get easily distracted with technology and social media. Generating targeted traffic.

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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. Small towns + social media = success! Social media is the most successful. We were gone too much and wanted more time at home.