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SMS Marketing: The Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Text Messaging

Groove

After the recession in 2009, businesses used direct mail less and less due to its cost, and consumers weren’t shopping as much during that time when compared to before the recession. Attentive Leveraging real-time behavioral data, Attentive enables merchants to automatically send text messages to their subscribers.

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Best Payment Gateways For UK Businesses (2021)

Ecommerce Platforms

Launched in 2009, entrepreneurs Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey created Square, a product that combined merchant services and mobile payments. You get everything in the previous two plans, plus: global tax and regulatory compliance, invoice management, access to over 45 payment methods, and help with shopping cart customization.

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40 Top Online Store Builders For An Amazing Ecommerce Site

eCommerce CEO

Most platforms handle basic things like getting shipping information and automatically updating customer data when they buy. Since emerging in 2009, Bigcommerce has become a go-to online store builder that offers a high-end shopping cart, payment gateway, and website building features. Looking for free options?