6 Marketing Tips for the Holidays
‘Tis the season… for some holiday spending. We’ve already covered how to prepare your eCommerce business for the festivities, but today we’re tackling just how you can get the ball rolling in the first place. By following a clearly developed marketing strategy, you’ll be able to bring in new customers, maximize your profits, and maybe […]
Why You Should Choose Eco-Friendly Packaging and How to Do It
Reuse, reduce, recycle! In an increasingly busy world, it’s easy to lose sight of the details. As a small business owner, you probably know the feeling all too well. If you think too much, you might miss out on important deadlines and opportunities. Pondering over perfectionism is never a good thing, but we think striving […]
Preparing for Black Friday & Cyber Monday: A Checklist for eCommerce Business Owners
Cool weather, Lifetime movies, and pumpkin spice. For some, these are the harbingers of the holiday season — a magical time designated for relaxation and spending time with friends and family (and eating way too many cookies). For others, they’re signs of elevated stress levels, which, if you’re like us, definitely leads to eating way […]
A Simple Checklist for Starting Your eCommerce Business
The Golden Age of eCommerce is here, and it’s knocking at your door. If you’ve decided to answer, you’re one among many. Shopify, the internet’s leading eCommerce platform, hosts 500,000 active stores. Amazon, who needs no introduction, is home to over 5 million sellers, with more than 20,000 surpassing $1M in sales in 2017. With […]
10 Things to Consider Before Starting Your Subscription Box Service
Over the past few years, subscription box services have taken the world by storm. According to Forbes, the subscription ecommerce market has grown by more than 100% a year over the past five years. Those numbers aren’t hard to believe when you think about what subscription boxes really are: an assortment of goodies delivered straight […]
The Ultimate Kickstarter Fulfillment Guide
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and participate in what millions of entrepreneurs have discovered to be one of the best ways to raise money for a product or service: crowdfunding. There are plenty of guides that will facilitate your journey to a successful crowdfunding campaign, but there are very few that cover what […]
How to Import Products from China
You finally took the plunge and decided to start your own eCommerce business! Congratulations. Furthermore, you decided to maximize your margins by choosing branded eCommerce over dropshipping. You took the time to research the product you wanted to sell and achieved product-market fit. You then found a contact in China who was willing to manufacture […]
What the Best Subscription Boxes Have in Common
Subscription boxes are in vogue. More and more, ecommerce entrepreneurs are stepping outside the boundaries of dropshipping and instead sourcing suppliers who can contribute items to a branded subscription experience. From fashion and makeup to dog accessories, video games, shaving supplies, watches, and everything in between, you can find a great subscription box for almost […]
Inventory Planning Tips for eCommerce and Crowdfunding Merchants
Online e-commerce sales and order fulfillment as a result of Web stores and crowdfunding projects have grown exponentially over the last few years, and with it so too have customers’ expectations for quick and pain-free shopping experiences. A great deal of attention has been given by businesses to timely shipping options and error-free order fulfillment, […]