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6 Paid Social Trends to Be Aware of in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

As 2024 advances, the importance and reach of paid social media advertising will only continue to grow. Social commerce value will keep on growing. The value of social commerce continues to grow rapidly and is shaping the future of online retail. trillion by 2026, more than doubling its current value.

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SMS Marketing: The Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Text Messaging

Groove

SMS marketing stands for Short Message Service 一 or text messaging. We encourage eCommerce merchants to ask customers for their consent during the checkout process. If you’re just getting started with eCommerce, SMS is great on its own; however, it can really augment existing strategies, such as email or social media.

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5 Alternatives to Wanelo

Kissmetrics

Wanelo was a social media platform designed to operate as a digital shopping mall. According to Wanelo, some stores reported seeing as many as four times the conversions they got on popular social media platforms like Facebook. As a merchant, this helps you make your store and products more visible.

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ShipBots Review: A Family-owned, Highly-flexible Ecommerce Fulfillment Company

Ecommerce Platforms

ShipBots is an order fulfillment service for ecommerce stores with standard storage and shipping needs. It also offers unique fulfillment options for subscription boxes, retail, Amazon FBA prep, merchandise, and apparel. Shipbots Review: The Main Features and Services. Real-time shipping quotes and discounted rates.

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

Retail TouchPoints

The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies. The move from school supplies and apparel to hardware and computers wasn’t at all surprising to us,” Sides explained. “The

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Weaponized Bots And The Risk To Merchants

RTP blog

Attempts to defraud apparel web sites were up nearly 70% in 2016, and attacks on food delivery sites jumped 49.8%, according to research by Forter and the Merchant Research Council. Hoarding, or inventory exhaustion is a DoS (Denial of Service) attack that directly sabotages a retailer’s revenue generation. billion in 2016.

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Printful vs Apliiq (July 2021): The Battle of The POD Services?

Ecommerce Platforms

Consumer trends are ever-changing, and as more of us seek quirky, custom products, online merchants are looking for the best print-on-demand companies to create and fulfill these kinds of orders. If you’re an online merchant, you may have already started researching different print-on-demand providers. Printful's: Pros and Cons.