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Wine Ecommerce: How To Sell & Ship Wine in 2018

BigCommerce

has been the highest consumer of wine in the world since 2014. Whether you compare it to grocery stores, convenience stores, or independent wine shops, winery D2C shipping continues to be the leading retail channel. According to the 2018 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Report , there are two primary reasons for this growth.

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Best Platform to Sell Online in 2020: An In-Depth Analysis

Ecommerce Platforms

Whereas a standard website platform/builder has features for adding pages and posts and menus, an ecommerce platform takes it a step further by including product management, shipping tools, payment processing, and more. Some other elements that add more costs include third-party apps, hosting, domain names, and processing fees.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code. A true win-win!

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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. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Currently, there are countless merchants who accept bitcoins.

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The Best Buy Now Pay Later Apps

Ecommerce Platforms

The number of buy now pay later apps continues to increase as demand for financing services increases. In most cases, the installments are usually interest-free, but that depends on the payment plan. Afterpay is a popular buy now pay later service that was founded in 2014. Email and text reminders for payments.

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Afterpay vs Klarna vs Affirm: Which Buy Now Pay Later Service is Best for Your Shopify Business?

AcquireConvert

With the likes of Afterpay, Klarna and Affirm, we now have a buy now pay later system that is easy to use for both merchant and customer and often costs no more for customers than the face value of the goods – with no interest! And you as the merchant don’t have to do any of the work to get paid. You get paid either way. Who benefits?

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How Does Amazon Make Money? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Do they make their money on books, or on merchant sales, or on TV shows? Failure is an option: Amazon Fire Phone fizzled out in 2014―instead of giving up, Amazon has since launched Amazon Echo and other successful tech. 2014: $89 billion. 2014: $178 million. Amazon Web Services (AWS) (9%). Love this infographic?