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Japanese Digital Marketplaces are Hot! What to Know About Setting Up Shop

Retail TouchPoints

For PPC, sponsored search ads and display ads — both banner and video — Google and Yahoo Japan are the major players. Top-selling categories are electronics, apparel, fashion, beauty, furniture, leisure, hobby, baby products and home improvement, among others. Closely examine the cost to ship, weights and dimensions.

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4 Paid Search Strategies for the Aftermath of COVID-19

ROI Revolution

With this in mind, consider running longer-term promotions or free shipping offers to bolster click volume and set your ad apart from others. With more people spending time at home with work, home projects, or hobbies on the brain, we’ve seen an increase in searches and sales volume from mobile devices. Know Your Devices.

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

BigCommerce

2005 Amazon launches Amazon Prime with expedited, flat-fee shipping for members. With the help of short text ad copy and display URLs, online retailers began using the tool in a pay-per-click (PPC) context. Amazon introduced Amazon Prime in 2005 as a way for customers to get free two-day shipping for a flat annual fee.

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Hard Lessons from Designing My First Product

eCommerceFuel

The third sample shipped December 15th. I could have taken that then shipped that to the factory and say, “Hey, here’s what we’ve got. Feb 10th, it shipped by boat from China. So, made some suggestions via video and emailed those back, got those to the factory and the sourcing agent a week later, September 8th.

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Growing Through Fanatical Customer Engagement

eCommerceFuel

I was a woodworker, and I was making wooden pens kind of as a hobby. ” And then I looked around, I was like, “Oh, my Gosh, I have more pens than I’m going to use for like the next five years, how am I gonna keep doing this hobby? I’m shipping out of my garage, I can fulfill it just fine,” you know.

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72 American Business Owners on What Motivated Them To Become Entrepreneurs

BigCommerce

Between waiting in line at the post office and paying $18 for the “military discount” shipping option, it wasn’t easy to do. We coordinate with the APO and FPO shipping so you don’t have to. A retirement hobby to international business. It started 5 years ago as a hobby business after I retired.

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

BigCommerce

Between waiting in line at the post office and paying $18 for the “military discount” shipping option, it wasn’t easy to do. We coordinate with the APO and FPO shipping so you don’t have to. It started 5 years ago as a hobby business after I retired. I have a true love and passion for the aquarium hobby.