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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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Originally introduced as Confinity by founders Max Levhin, Peter Thiel, Like Nosek and Ken Howery, PayPal made its appearance on the ecommerce stage in late 1998 as a money transfer tool. By 2000, it would merge with Elon Musk’s online banking company and begin its rise to fame and popularity. Global ecommerce is growing rapidly.

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Accounting Deep Dive: Amazon Sales Tax, Lessons from Profitable Stores & More

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Whenever I go to my bank, like, for anything and I’m sitting down with the bank, I always ask them, “Hey, what…?” We are experts in cloud technology as well as e-commerce technology, cloud inventory, and sales tax management. It’s kind of a cycle.