Category: E-COMMERCE

  • Bad Business Models That Didn’t Survive 2024

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    Remember when everyone and their cousin wanted to start a dropshipping business in 2020? I cringe thinking about all those “guru” courses promising overnight millions. But here’s the thing, e-commerce has done a complete 180 since those early pandemic days. And some of those “can’t-fail” business models have, well… failed spectacularly. The e-commerce landscape has…

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  • Essential Strategies to Start Your First Winning Email List

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    Are you ready to start building a powerful and profitable email list? Growing your email list is one of the best investments in time, money, and energy that you can make as an online business owner or entrepreneur. A successful email list is an essential element for driving leads and sales into your business—and it’s…

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  • Dark Patterns: Avoid These User Experience Tactics or Face FTC Takedown

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    User experience and design carry a hidden element of sinister manipulation unbeknownst to consumers called dark patterns. Dark patterns are insidious UX tactics used by companies to trick customers into completing unwanted or unnecessary purchases, or taking any action that yields more profit for the business at the detriment of customer satisfaction and trust. Consumers…

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  • Stripe Closing Accounts for IPO, Is Yours on the List?

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    Is your online business at risk of being shut down? Many store owners are scrambling after seeing the news that Stripe, one of the world’s largest fintech companies and currently a private company, is prepping for an IPO. News of this has been trickling through, but the biggest and most damning is Stripe bringing on…

    Mobile phone displaying "Account Closed" text over bank account.
  • Is Dropshipping a Good Business Model in 2023?

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    Dropshipping was a popular business model during the pandemic and still is today, but is it worth your time and effort in 2023 or should you focus on growing your business another way? If you’re after sustainability, follow our guide below. We’ll cover how you can use dropshipping today and what you can do to…

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