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Investment in BigCommerce, Our Customers and Our Partners

BigCommerce

BigCommerce’s founders, Eddie Machaalani and Mitch Harper, launched the company in 2009 after meeting in an online chat room while living in Sydney. In comparison to the legacy model of downloaded shopping cart software, Eddie and Mitch gave merchants a complete solution delivered through the cloud. BigCommerce History .

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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. It’s a great strategy for getting your message right in front of your audience. Fast forward, and email marketing was born.

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Virtual Reality Fully Opens Window Into Consumer Behavior In-Store

RTP blog

Faced with the challenge of online shopping, retailers have looked to understand what activates online and in-store sales and redoubled their efforts to improve the shopper experience. The latest VR solutions are highly lifelike and it’s possible to re-create real stores and ask people to shop the aisles as if they’re doing it for real.

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Digital Revolving Credit: A Potentially More Responsible Financing Option than BNPL

Retail TouchPoints

Digital revolving credit is an ecommerce financing option that allows users to instantly open a revolving line of credit in the shopping cart that can be used and reused repeatedly over a lifetime. As the CEO of FuturePay, I’d like to shed light on some of the benefits of digital revolving credit over buy now, pay later (BNPL) options.

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Ecwid Pricing Plans 2023: Packages, Fees, and Add-on Costs

Ecommerce Platforms

The more you pay, the more access you’ll have to additional product options, automatic tax calculations, sales solutions, and marketing technologies. Founded in 2009, Ecwid has come a long way over the years, investing in everything from multichannel selling and marketing, to an advanced website builder companies can leverage for free.

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Payline Data Reviews: A Transparent Payment Gateway with Online, In-Store and Mobile Solutions

Ecommerce Platforms

The transparent pricing of the product combined with superior technology means that you have the freedom to invest in commerce; however, you choose. ?? Since its launch in 2009, Payline Data has remained teetering on the cutting edge of payment processing technology, with things like: Month-to-month flexible billing.

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How a Passion for Improving Lives Abroad Helped One Couple Build a Thriving Wholesale Fair Trade Ecommerce Business

SellBrite

While most businesses were going the traditional route to grow their businesses, Ward and Jones grew their business in the early days by continuing to double-down on what they knew best—technology, processes, and their online store. It paid off. “We We have always been an online business from day one,” said Ward.