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Do You Have What It Takes to go from Wholesale to DTC?

Retail TouchPoints

Building an online presence starts with a well-designed website supported by an effective digital marketing plan. Web Design & Development. If you want your website to reflect your brand, there is no substitute for experienced web designers, developers and third-party software providers.

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Magento vs WordPress (May 2021): Let The Battle Commence!

Ecommerce Platforms

The most significant difference between Magento and WordPress is that Magento is ultimately more geared towards web developers. In exchange, web-savvy users will enjoy complete freedom with this ecommerce system. It encourages heavy use of its API and comes with a considerably steeper learning curve.

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Choosing Between Self-fulfillment, 3rd-party Logistics and Dropshipping

Ecommerce Platforms

Now it's the moment of truth: Fulfilling the order. Order fulfillment doesn't come into play during the sales process, but it's arguably one of the most important aspects of maintaining loyal customers. Because if an order ships late or you don't communicate well with the customer, they're probably not coming back.

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Shopify vs Etsy vs Squarespace 2023: Let’s Battle It Out!

Ecommerce Platforms

Use Squarespace to showcase lots of imagery in the best possible light, and if beautiful web design and customization freedom is your priority. POS: Connect POS systems to your Shopify store to combine retail and online selling (including Shopify’s own free POS app). This is available on every Squarespace plan.

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Shopify vs Squarespace vs Wix: The Battle of The Website Builders

Ecommerce Platforms

Store management: Shopify integrates with tons of popular dropshipping apps, many of which go a long way to automating your order fulfillment and shipping. Shopify vs Squarespace vs Wix: Templates and Designs. Although we’ve touched on web design and templates above, we’re going to look at these in a little more detail.

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Wix vs Squarespace vs WordPress (Sep 2021): The Battle of The Website Builders

Ecommerce Platforms

As one of the web's leading CMS (content management systems), it's no wonder WordPress provides a vast wealth of features, including advanced blogging functionality. Although we’ve already touched on templates and design freedom, it’s such an important topic that we’re giving it its own separate section. Inventory and products.

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Squarespace vs Webflow (Sep 2021): The Battle of The Design-Centric Web Builders

Ecommerce Platforms

However, the platform was developed with traditional web design processes in mind and uses industry jargon that most amateurs would be unfamiliar with. Webflow pays homage to mocking up web designs using tools like InDesign and Photoshop by providing similar control over many aspects of your design.