Category: Ecommerce & Growth
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Why Online Dropshipping Businesses Are Considered High Risk
Subscription platforms such as Shopify and BigCommerce offer prospective online business owners a website infrastructure in a mere matter of minutes. Just a few days spent browsing Aliexpress can find you several dropshipping suppliers selling all kinds of products. Within a week, you can graduate from a complete novice to having a profitable business operating…
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Is Adding an Immunity Nutraceutical Upsell to your PPE Store A Good Idea?
Selling PPE (personal protective equipment) and nutraceutical immunity boost supplements online might seem like a good idea since the pandemic started. Still, there have also been a lot more roadblocks than ever before. Masks, gloves, face shields, antibodies, probiotics, lozenges, you name it… CNN reports that protective equipment costs increase over 1,000% amid competition and surge…
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FAQ Fridays: Your Merchant Category Code Can Increase Your Sales
A regular query I get from prospects and new clients, like this one from Paul K., who runs a supplement shop that’s been scaling considerably in the last few months: “Maria, I’ve signed up with a new payment processor – and they asked me what Merchant Category Code (MCC) my business is. What’s this all…
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FAQ Fridays: Improve Customer Service To Lower Chargebacks
Q: I have a nutra site that sells mainly immunity supplements. Since Covid, we’ve had a huge uptick in sales that is not slowing down. I’ve noticed much larger bills for our monthly customer service costs. I outsource my customer service to an external call centre. The call centre is opened 24 hours so my…
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FAQ Fridays: How Do I Reduce Credit Card Declines At My Checkout Page?
Q: I have too many credit card declines in my online business. Since 2019 I’ve been operating an online electronics store. I do pretty good numbers – about €150K a month and 1.12% chargebacks. But with the holiday shopping season coming, I need to fix this pesky problem fast! Last year my store had about…
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