You can use something like Amazon FBA where you send all your inventory to one of their many warehouses around the world and they will securely store it for you. Then, when you have a sale, they will pack and ship the order to the customer for you. They even handle things like returns and custome...
Shopify for sure. But, why limit yourself there? There are some other really great systems out there that provide more tools out of the box. Oh, and while I'm sure *some* businesses do well with a Facebook store, it's not so simple to just "build and they will come." Stores are connected to Pag...
"Is content marketing the right direction for our ecommerce business?" Yes. It takes a lot time and work, but it can be worth every minute. It's a method of utilizing SEO: letting Google drive searchers to your website when they search for phrases related to your business. Movoto wrote a great...
Wow! Good question. The way is endless and could yield you so much. Think of innovation and creativity. These are just some ideas that I used and it worked and cost less and yield much profit. Depending on where you are some might not work but for what it's worth give some a try. Crowd gathering ...
Try https://tawk.to they have real chat agents that work on multiple sites at once, so you can have them manage your chat from about $2/hr (per website, not per person) - or if you want something automated try https://www.tensorflow.org/ (free) There's also https://www.fiverr.com/categories/busi...
Two sided marketplaces are a very common type of MVP to build. Using no code (shopify, wordpress, bubble) can get you some traction and gets you some amount of painted doors (someone knocks on the door, but it's not real, at least you know how many people knocked). This can work for a month or ...
Great question. One way to get the word out is to partner with site owners who may be interested in partnering with you. See what you can do for them first to help cross promote. If you are selling, for example Christmas cards, you may want to partner with a site that sell Christmas cookies, or h...
I think a natural choice is large provides like Amazon. However, if you want to sell eBooks on your own and maintain all of the revenue, then WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads would make excellent options. Both software packages are WordPress plugins and they make it very easy to deploy an...
One way to do this is by selling products to your customers and upon sale, the customer will pay for the merchandise. Once the payment is processed, you can use this money to purchase your good and then you can ship it directly to the customer. That way, you will utilize the customers' money in...
If you assume all other things are equal, why market? Traditional marketing is becoming more and more ineffective. "Strong marketing" is growth hacking. No question about it. So if what you heard referred to growth hacking, yes I agree. If they meant - spend more in exposure and cross your fin...