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• 11 TikTok Video Ideas for Merchants - You’ve downloaded TikTok and browsed the videos. Now you’re wondering what content to create for your ecommerce business. There are many types of videos to attract leads without dancing on camera. Here are 11 ideas for all types of merchants.
  Topics: video, order, orders, followers, merchants, audience, user, product, ideas, videos, tiktok, small.
• 17 Tips For Online Small Business Owners - Chapter by chapter we’ve unlocked the keys to online small business success. You’ve created a great product. Built a stunning…
  Topics: marketing, tips, brand, customer, way, products, owners, small, website, business, customers.
• 19 Free Advertising Tips for Your Small, Large, or Local Business - When you work at a small business with a limited budget, it’s not really possible to shell out $340,000 for a 30-second TV commercial or $10,000 for an email marketing campaign.
  Topics: email, business, content, audience, tips, facebook, large, advertising, platforms, small, free, social, google, local.
• 20 Free Twitter Tools for Small Businesses - Twitter is the place for real-time news. It’s also a powerful platform for promoting and communicating your brand. And with the right tools, Twitter can help a small business reach a big audience.
  Topics: track, free, posts, twitter, businesses, content, tools, social, plans, followers, tweets, price, small.
• 29% of German ecommerce generated by small businesses - 29 percent of German ecommerce sales are generated by small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. Compared to the situation in the entire German economy, small ecommerce enterprises are much more important for the total turnover in their sector. In 2018, small businesses (companies with up to 9 employees) accounted… Continue reading
  Topics: businesses, small, bevh, sales, shopanbieter, germany, ecommerce, generated, german.
• 30+ Small Business Ideas That’ll Make You Money in 2020 - With so many business ideas in 2020, it can be hard to figure out which are worth pursuing. You’ll want to create a business that’s not only profitable today, but also great for the long-term. You may notice that a lot of the ideas on this list have been growing […]
  Topics: sell, create, ideas, small, thatll, help, facebook, business, money, products, idea, store, niche.
• 4 Ways Small Businesses Can Advertise on Amazon [IG] - In 2020, advertising on Amazon is undoubtedly one of the most effective options for getting your products or services in front of a large audience.
  Topics: strategy, businesses, products, amazon, advertising, services, visit, small, ig, ways, options, advertise.
• 42 Ideas for Your 2021 Small Business Marketing Strategy - Whether you're in the process of launching a new business or already have one, having a strong online presence for your brand is extremely important. In fact, consumers learn about local businesses online more than anywhere else. In 2019, 70% of shoppers surveyed say the ability to shop in-person or in a store was important when deciding which brand or retailer to buy from.
  Topics: strategy, small, social, media, youre, website, google, ideas, help, free, customers, business, marketing.
• 5 Practical Tips For Small Businesses Making the First Steps Toward Ecommerce - It is crucial that large, medium-sized and small enterprises consider setting up an ecommerce platform in order to maintain a competitive edge within an already saturated industry.
  Topics: businesses, store, youre, making, running, steps, business, marketing, tips, customers, successful, practical, small, productsservices, ecommerce.
• 6 Ways Online Businesses Have Adapted During Coronavirus (With Examples) - The great thing about having an online business is the ability to adapt and change quickly. And at the moment, there’s a lot of adaptation going on. As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to alter how we live our lives, online businesses have been quick to tweak their operations to […]
  Topics: adapting, business, examples, social, free, shipping, online, customers, small, product, pair, coronavirus, businesses.
• 6 Ways to Support Black-Owned Businesses During the Holidays - 2020 has presented unprecedented challenges for businesses. COVID-19 has forced most to pivot their strategies online and adapt to a growing digital landscape. While some have been able to stay afloat, others haven't been as successful and many have had to close their doors permanently as a result.
  Topics: businesses, doherty, ways, holidays, blackowned, season, small, business, way, support, youre, black.
• 9 Easy Ways to Help Small Businesses While Social Distancing - Why help small businesses? Already, more than 100,000 small businesses have closed forever. Now, a whopping 7.5 million small businesses are at risk of closing permanently, and 24 percent are just two months away – or less – from closing for good. In short, the economic recession driven by COVID-19 is […]
  Topics: easy, ways, business, distancing, small, local, store, support, help, gift, online, know, social, businesses.
• 9 Business Challenges Every Small Business Struggles With (And How to Fix Them) - In the first few years of business, small companies come up against a lot of different challenges. Some are harder than others to overcome -- and according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20% of small businesses fail by the end of their first year. By the end of their fifth year, 50% go under; and by the tenth year, that number rises to 80%.
  Topics: email, marketing, fix, help, struggles, brand, hiring, customers, challenges, small, business, list.
• A Guide to Finding Online Deals Outside of Amazon Prime Day - Ecommerce is more competitive than ever, so don't limit yourself to one online giant's deep discounts.
  Topics: small, youre, shopping, outside, gift, online, amazon, business, sales, day, guide, finding, deals, local, prime.
• A Year In Review: Our 10 Most Popular eCommerce Articles of 2019 - From commerce trends, to eCommerce case studies, to low-cost ways to grow your small business, our readers were passionate and immersed in a number of different digital commerce topics in 2019. Read more.
  Topics: small, b2b, popular, tips, ways, review, shipping, fulfillment, articles, business, ecommerce, product, trends.
• Accounting Basics for Small Businesses - Don't be overwhelmed by accounting. Simplify bookkeeping & measure the health of your online store with these accounting basics for small businesses.
  Topics: basics, tax, business, cash, accounting, businesses, financial, small, transaction, software, method, basic, transactions.
• Adobe Announces Offerings to Help Small & Mid-Sized Companies - Amid the coronavirus outbreak and growing containment efforts, small and mid-sized businesses are reeling from the impact of lost traffic and revenue. We have seen a drastic shift to online channels and we want to ensure you are set up to not only survive but ultimately thrive after we emerge from this crisis. 
  Topics: magento, help, engage, adobe, offerings, marketo, small, companies, announces, access, free, commerce, midsized, months, online, businesses.
• Alibaba adds financing tools and online trade shows for US merchants - Alibaba.com is introducing new tools targeted specifically at U.S. merchants. It sounds like the Chinese e-commerce giant has already been making inroads in the United States. John Caplan, the North American and European president of Alibaba.com (the B2B marketplace that serves as the core business of Alibaba Group), said at an online press briefing that […]
  Topics: merchants, trade, financing, small, beauty, terms, days, businesses, tools, united, alibaba, alibabacom, adds, shows, techcrunch, online.
• Alternative Funding Sources for the Covid-19 Crisis - The Paycheck Protection Program has mostly not reached the intended beneficiaries. There is not enough money, and loans to date have often gone to large businesses. What follows are some options for small businesses.
  Topics: credit, support, small, business, businesses, grant, sources, crisis, alternative, funding, loans, covid19, gofundme, revenue, grants.
• Amazon Alters Small-business Strategy; Competitors Take Advantage - Amazon has told many small merchants that it would no longer accept bulk wholesale orders from them for its Vendor Central program. Several companies have seized on this change and are trying to attract smaller merchants who may be looking for alternatives.
  Topics: small, smallbusiness, amazon, advantage, alters, company, million, competitors, flexe, strategy, merchants, warehouses, fulfillment, marketplace, warehouse.
• Amazon Barcodes: How Do Barcodes Work on Amazon? - Don't overlook the seemingly small but critically important Amazon seller requirement: Amazon Barcodes, otherwise known as UPC codes. Learn more here.
  Topics: small, products, upc, amazon, sales, online, gtin, product, work, upcs, barcodes.
• Amazon Germany customers choose their favorite sellers - At the start of the Christmas season, Amazon has honored small and medium-sized enterprises with the Amazon Verkaufspartner-Awards (Amazon Selling Partner Awards). Customers of Amazon Germany chose their favorite companies in the categories ‘Partner of the year’, ‘Innovation champion of the year’ and ‘export champion of the year’. It’s the… Continue reading
  Topics: amazon, partner, sales, germany, selling, favorite, data, enterprises, mediumsized, champion, small, choose, customers, sellers.
• Amazon Marketplace Sellers Are Attractive Acquisition Targets - Buyouts of Amazon marketplace sellers are booming. Aggregators are scooping up successful small sellers and creating large and lucrative portfolio companies. The acquisitions are mostly fueled by angel, venture capital, and private equity funding.
  Topics: company, attractive, amazon, acquisition, small, raised, sellers, aggregators, technology, targets, million, marketplace.
• Amazon announces $250 million venture fund for Indian startups - Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in Indian startups and entrepreneurs focusing on digitization of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the key overseas market. The announcement comes at a time when the American e-commerce group, which has previously invested more than $6.5 billion in its India business, faces heat […]
  Topics: businesses, group, smbhav, startups, indian, venture, amazon, announces, techcrunch, india, small, million, fund.
• Amazon opens local shop for Germany and Austria - Amazon is also jumping on the local train. In an effort to offer a more regional shopping experience, Amazon has launched a separate website section where small and medium-sized businesses from Germany and Austria can present their goods on Amazon. With Amazon Kleine Unternehmen customers can specifically discover products from… Continue reading
  Topics: smes, stage, mediumsized, sales, customers, separate, austria, local, germany, small, shop, amazon, opens.
• Amazon to invest $1 billion to help digitize small businesses in India - India welcomed Jeff Bezos this week with an antitrust probe. On top of that, thousands of small merchants who typically compete with one another are beginning to gather across the country to hold a protest against the alleged predatory practices by the e-commerce giant. But Amazon founder and chief executive’s love for one of the […]
  Topics: thousands, techcrunch, digitize, flipkart, ecommerce, merchants, small, help, billion, invest, amazon, bezos, india, businesses.
• Amazon tops 1 million Prime subscribers in India; reports record seller participation in Prime Day - Amazon has amassed at least 1 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program in India, the e-commerce giant revealed today in a long rundown of how its platform fared during last week’s Prime Day in the world’s second largest internet market. More than a million Prime subscribers in India shopped from small businesses in the […]
  Topics: day, weeks, seller, country, reports, techcrunch, tops, amazon, businesses, subscribers, prime, sellers, record, participation, india, million, company, small.
• Bloomreach CEO: Future of Retail Is Marketplaces, Brands - Raj De Datta, CEO and co-founder at Bloomreach, said it succinctly, "The future of retail is marketplaces which require scale. But, the future of retail is also brands. The industry is seeing an explosion of small brands setting up shop online."
  Topics: future, small, retail, sales, retailers, ceo, marketplace, bloomreach, sell, brands, datta, ecommerce, marketplaces.
• Carrefour France supports local producers - Carrefour has launched a new initiative in France that is aimed at supporting small and local producers. At the same time, it’s answering to a growing demand among shoppers for goods produced nearby. The new initiative is part of Carrefour’s ‘Zero kilometer’ commitment. The French hypermarket chain will from local… Continue reading
  Topics: products, support, small, stores, signed, retailers, supports, france, local, carrefour, producers.
• Covid-19 Grants, Loans Could Help Ecommerce Companies - Grants and loans from the U.S. government, state and local governments, Facebook, and Google could help small businesses during the Covid-19-induced economic slowdown.
  Topics: marketing, companies, small, loans, help, local, ecommerce, payroll, grants, covid19, search, business, businesses, million.
• E-commerce is Here to Stay and GoDaddy Websites + Marketing Can Help You Keep Up - Every business needs an online shopping upgrade.
  Topics: stay, small, marketing, social, godaddy, website, sales, sell, websites, online, ecommerce, youll, help.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: October 31, 2019 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-October from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on voice-commerce, expense management, payments, small business loans, shipping, and returns.
  Topics: search, card, small, releases, product, platform, businesses, announced, ecommerce, business, payment, customers, payments.
• Ecommerce is Booming. Here's How to Take Advantage - Grow or scale an ecommerce business with help from this course.
  Topics: ecommerce, heres, course, advantage, starting, booming, business, sales, youll, small, seo, start.
• Ecwid raises $42M from Morgan Stanley and PeakSpan - In the same week that Facebook announced a redoubled effort to make a bigger mark in e-commerce, one of its long-time partners has closed a large round of funding. Ecwid, the startup that sells e-commerce tools directly and via third parties like Square and Wix, letting businesses build e-commerce experiences on their own websites and […]
  Topics: capital, smbs, peakspan, fazylev, stanley, shopping, morgan, raises, techcrunch, 42m, ecommerce, raised, ecwid, facebook, small.
• Elavon to acquire Sage Pay, a gateway that competes with Stripe, PayPal and Adyen, for $300M - E-commerce continues to gain momentum — a trend we’ll see played out in the next two months of holiday shopping — and with that comes more consolidation. Today, Elavon, the payments company that is a subsidiary of US Bancorp, announced that it will acquire Sage Pay, one of the bigger payment processors in the UK […]
  Topics: stripe, gateway, acquire, transactions, small, adyen, million, payments, sage, market, pay, competes, deal, paypal, taking, elavon, techcrunch, online.
• Even Small Companies Use AI, Machine Learning - Data, technology, and people are at hand to make artificial intelligence and machine learning available to all commerce companies. To be certain, artificial intelligence and its sub-field, machine learning, have gone through cycles of inflated expectations followed by disappointments.
  Topics: learning, translation, companies, problems, scientists, aiml, models, machine, ai, technology, solve, data, small.
• Flipkart buys Walmart’s India wholesale business to reach mom and pop stores - Flipkart said on Thursday it is launching a wholesale marketplace to serve small and medium-sized businesses and neighborhood stores in India, entering an increasingly crowded space that has attracted several players, including India’s largest physical retail chain (Reliance Retail), Lightspeed-backed Udaan, Amazon and Facebook in recent years. To launch the wholesale marketplace, called Flipkart Wholesale, […]
  Topics: pop, walmarts, flipkart, walmart, retail, mom, businesses, small, buys, business, stores, reach, india, techcrunch, wholesale, country.
• Free Programs from Ecommerce Service Providers to Combat Covid-19 - With the massive disruption caused by Covid-19, ecommerce service providers are finding ways to help. Here is a list of free programs from service providers to help fight the pandemic. The programs include grants for small businesses, information technology, fulfillment services, storage, start-up financing, assistance for local businesses, and free meditations to relieve anxiety.
  Topics: service, combat, small, support, delivery, programs, services, ecommerce, covid19, organizations, offering, businesses, free, providers.
• Goldman Sachs leads $23M in funding for Brazilian e-commerce startup Olist - Olist, a Brazilian e-commerce marketplace integrator, has raised $23 million in a Series D round extension led by new investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management that brings its total Series D financing to $80 million. Existing backer Redpoint eventures, which first put money in Olist in 2015, also participated in the latest round. With this latest […]
  Topics: 23m, d, startup, brazilian, product, series, olist, million, leads, merchants, techcrunch, sachs, funding, goldman, company, ecommerce, small.
• Great Apps to Support Independent Sellers This Holiday - For small businesses, every customer matters. Through small-business shopping, you will be given a unique and diverse experience with every order handcrafted from the heart.
  Topics: sellers, business, products, shopping, local, clothing, small, businesses, online, holiday, sustainable, independent, great, apps, support.
• Greece’s Viva Wallet raises $80M for its neobank targeting small business merchants - Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an easier way for them to not only engage with basic banking services, but to tap into a wave of technology that brings more personalization and often better deals into the equation. In […]
  Topics: targeting, merchants, greeces, wallet, services, techcrunch, help, loans, viva, raises, payments, expand, european, neobank, business, small.
• Help! My Brand Went Viral: 16 Small Brands That Made It Big - When you think of viral marketing, your mind probably wanders to that Oreos "You can still dunk in the dark" tweet, which garnered an enviable 40,000 retweets and Facebook likes during 2013's Super Bowl power outage. Or perhaps you think of the Dove "Real Beauty Sketches," a video with more than 67 million views to date. When these global brands go viral, it's not a huge surprise.
  Topics: launch, help, brands, marketing, video, went, brand, million, company, practice, best, media, campaign, small, big, viral.
• Honèstica sells only Spanish brands - Honèstica is a new online shop from Spain, that only sells ethical and sustainable products that are made in Spain. It offers all kinds of products, from cosmetics and decorative items, to fashion, face masks and peach jam. The ecommerce company’s aim is to bring products from small artisan businesses… Continue reading
  Topics: brands, products, shouldnt, major, honèstica, online, spanish, spain, small, sells, national.
• How Covid-19 affects U.K. businesses - Unsurprisingly, many ecommerce businesses in the U.K. have reported an increase in sales during the pandemic. Sales of fashion, clothing, and luxury items, however, have dropped. The U.K. government has put in place measures that should help my business and many others.
  Topics: small, receive, businesses, property, sales, uk, affects, tax, business, covid19, pay, companies.
• How Shoppers Can Support Small Businesses (And Why We Should) - As we’re still in the midst of social distancing, shut-downs, and shelter-in-place or stay home orders across the country and…
  Topics: unique, support, ways, business, businesses, stores, small, help, way, online, local, economic.
• How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of the Australian Stimulus Package - In light of the evolving situation around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government has released a number of economic responses to support individuals, households and businesses and improve stability in this particularly volatile environment.
  Topics: stimulus, advantage, payment, support, apply, coronavirus, package, need, business, reduced, payments, businesses, small, australian.
• How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of the U.S. Stimulus Package - To aid small businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government recently passed three landmark acts, including the largest economic stimulus package in history.
  Topics: business, funding, loan, loans, cares, employees, advantage, package, stimulus, small, act, businesses.
• How to Develop a Niche Marketing Strategy that Drives Growth - As of March 2020, over 804,390 businesses in the U.S. were less than one year old. Combine that with the 31.7 million small businesses vying for customers, and the competition seems even more fierce. So how can you possibly create a marketing strategy that stands out? Diving into a specific niche is the way to set your business apart.
  Topics: marketing, million, buyers, business, niche, growth, company, drives, small, customers, strategy, brand, develop.
• How to Work From Home With Small Children (& Not Go Crazy!) - Are you having a difficult time working from home with small children? If so, here’s a comprehensive list of tips I’d suggest to keep yourself sane and productive.
  Topics: children, kids, small, set, able, business, crazy, tips, baby, tip, work, day, dsl.
• If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it - If we continue to view the USPS as simply a balance sheet and optimize for profitability in a vacuum, we ultimately stand to lose far more than we gain.
  Topics: shippo, die, states, postal, techcrunch, usps, let, amazon, carriers, service, united, shipping, businesses, small, ecommerce, killing.
• India orders investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart - India ordered a large-scale investigation into Flipkart and Amazon India on Monday after a retail trade group alleged that the e-commerce giants were indulging in anti-competitive practices to gain a foothold in the country. Competition Commission of India (CCI), the local antitrust body, highlighted a wide gamut of issues, including the arrangements between smartphone vendors […]
  Topics: traders, ecommerce, small, spokesperson, orders, cci, walmarts, alleged, investigation, practices, ordered, techcrunch, flipkart, anticompetitive, india, amazon.
• Indian B2B e-commerce startup Udaan raises $280 million - Business-to-business marketplace Udaan has raised $280 million from new and existing investors as the Indian startup builds a war-chest to accelerate its growth and fend off rivals. The new capital is not part of a new financing round but is an extension of its Series D. The Bangalore-based startup, which secured $585 million prior to […]
  Topics: techcrunch, capital, financing, indian, udaan, raises, million, india, ecommerce, small, b2b, retail, reliance, startup.
• Indian social commerce Meesho valued at $2.1 billion in new $300 million fundraise - Meesho said on Monday it has raised $300 million in a new financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as the Indian social commerce startup works to become the “single ecosystem that will enable all small businesses to succeed online.” The new round — a Series E — gives the five-year-old startup a valuation […]
  Topics: investment, fundraise, businesses, social, softbank, online, commerce, startup, billion, techcrunch, indian, small, meesho, valued, million.
• India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform - Udaan, a three-year-old business-to-business e-commerce platform in India, has raised more than half a billion dollars in a new financing round as it looks to bring more kirana stores (neighborhood stores), chemists and other small businesses online through its marketplace. The startup said today it has raised $585 million in a Series D round from […]
  Topics: 585m, platform, techcrunch, startup, indias, expand, b2b, stores, merchants, businesses, ecommerce, raises, nation, india, business, udaan, small.
• Infra.Market becomes India’s newest unicorn with $100 million fundraise - The newest unicorn in India is a startup that is helping construction and real estate companies in the world’s second-most populated nation procure materials and handle logistics for their projects. Four-year-old Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by Tiger Global. Existing investors, including Foundamental, Accel Partners, […]
  Topics: million, startup, india, small, round, manufacturers, inframarket, quality, businesses, indias, fundraise, clients, techcrunch, newest, unicorn.
• Infra.Market raises $20 million for its B2B marketplace in India - A startup that is improving the way construction and real estate companies in India procure materials and handle logistics for their projects has received the backing of three new investors. Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Evolvence India Fund, Sistema […]
  Topics: clients, india, manufacturers, sengupta, today, small, startup, businesses, marketplace, raises, million, b2b, techcrunch, inframarket.
• Instagram swaps out its ‘Activity’ tab for ‘Shop’ in new global test - Instagram today is starting a small global test of the Instagram Shop tab, first announced this May, which allows Instagram users to shop from top brands and creators via a new tab in the app’s navigation bar with just one tap. Here, users will be able to filter products by categories, as they can today […]
  Topics: tab, swaps, small, icon, shop, global, brands, instagram, test, users, experience, techcrunch, activity.
• Instamojo acquires Times Internet’s GetMeAShop to serve more small businesses in India - Instamojo, a Bangalore-based startup that helps merchants and small businesses accept digital payments and sell on the web, has acquired Gurgaon-based startup GetMeAShop. The deal is worth $5 million and includes conglomerate Times Internet making an investment in Instamojo, Sampad Swain, co-founder and chief executive of the Bangalore-based startup, told TechCrunch in an interview. Hundreds […]
  Topics: serve, instamojo, acquires, merchants, million, acquisition, businesses, internets, india, store, small, startup, platform, getmeashop, techcrunch, times, online.
• Is Building Consumer Electronics Crazy? - If you have an idea to try to create an electronic consumer good, is it worth it? Today Adam Leeb, the creator of Freewrite distraction-free writing tools and cofounder of Astrohaus.com, joins the show to discuss whether it is possible to break into the market, whether it’s something you can do if you don’t have […]
  Topics: electrical, building, adam, small, went, businesses, electronics, consumer, worth, leeb, engineering, crazy, electronic, degree, good.
• JD fosters local stalls and small stores in China - Chinese e-commerce giant JD is moving to stimulate small and medium enterprises nationally by providing supply chain and service support for the employment of more than 5 million people.
  Topics: small, supply, support, stores, local, china, stall, stalls, employment, jd, economy, firm, fosters, provide.
• Jack Ma talks about the key to Alibaba’s success - Forbes Media has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Alibaba Group founder and partner Jack Ma, hailing the impact of Alibaba since its launch.
  Topics: small, talks, businesses, million, forbes, key, success, consumers, alibabas, china, entrepreneurs, alibaba, jack, ma, financial.
• Learn How to Earn Thousands by Selling on Amazon with This $30 Course - You don't have to make anything to make it on Amazon.
  Topics: fulfillment, selling, products, small, earn, thousands, learn, course, bundle, youll, amazon, business.
• Learn to Grow Your Shopify Store This Year Through SEO - Create sustainable organic growth with help from a Shopify pro.
  Topics: youll, small, shopify, seo, help, ecommerce, strategies, youre, learn, course, grow, store.
• Lidya: How one company is hoping to help small businesses thrive in Africa (Video) - "Our aim is to be the biggest alternative financier to small businesses in the world," says Lidya Co-Founder, Tunde Kehinde.
  Topics: small, video, woman, young, african, videos, hoping, africa, help, lidya, businesses, kehinde, tunde, company, thrive, world.
• Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive raises $3M - Talkshoplive is a startup that’s worked with stars like Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks, as well as small businesses, to host shopping-focused live videos. Today, it’s announcing that it has raised $3 million in seed funding from Spero Ventures. CEO Bryan Moore founded the company with his sister Tina in 2018. Moore previously led social media […]
  Topics: live, video, moore, businesses, videos, techcrunch, startup, raises, 3m, worked, talkshoplive, small, working, way, youre, shopping.
• Mercado Shops and Google Shopping Join Forces to Benefit Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses - This integration will allow sellers and businesses that use Mercado Shops to give visibility to their products through smart Google Shopping campaigns.
  Topics: small, forces, businesses, shopping, sellers, mercado, benefit, shops, mediumsized, google, join, store, simple, allow, integration.
• News Cart for June 19th - Hey there! Shopify partners with Walmart, it’s probably time to move on from Magento 1.x and if you like overlanding you should chat with Drew Sanocki. Enjoy today’s News Cart! – Andrew https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ecommercefuel/June-19-2020.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher In the News Shopify Partners Up with Walmart New integrations makes it easier for Shopify sellers to sell […]
  Topics: ecommerce, small, 19th, overlanding, shopify, marketing, growth, magento, walmart, social, cart, testify.
• News Cart for March 13th - Hey there, What. A.  Week. Lots of headlines about (you guessed it) coronavirus as well as an update on conference cancellations and reschedules. Plus thoughts in the podcast version on the virus’ broader impact to eCommerce merchants and thoughts on the financial markets. – Andrew Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher In the News Coronavirus Concerns Prompt [...]
  Topics: thoughts, job, 13th, oldsmar, podcast, small, group, million, help, marketing, rivals, cart.
• Next Steps After The Sale: Your Guide to Small Business Shipping - How you manage small business shipping, fulfillment, and returns can make or break your business. In the Amazon Prime age,…
  Topics: offer, cost, rates, tips, sale, free, shipping, fulfillment, steps, small, rate, business, customers, costs.
• No Inventory? No Problem: 13 Low-Investment Small Business Ideas -   You don’t need a big budget to kickstart an ecommerce business. Check out these 12 low-cost ideas to inspire your own business venture.More
  Topics: small, product, inventory, idea, start, online, youre, problem, ideas, products, business, need, lowinvestment.
• No taxation without innovation: The rise of tax startups - Given the market needs for tax compliance, it’s somewhat shocking how poorly companies are being served by the majority of legacy software companies.
  Topics: states, indirect, startups, small, pay, innovation, jurisdictions, taxes, rise, tax, local, businesses, taxation, techcrunch, sales.
• Nuet Aquavit first Norwegian company to sell spirits online - Nuet Aquavit says it is the first Norwegian company ever to sell spirits online. The startup offers its products from their own website with global delivery. The drinks are not for sale in Norway itself. That’s because sales of alcoholic beverages have to go through state-owned channels. The Oslo-based company… Continue reading
  Topics: spirits, wellkept, bottle, youre, nuet, online, sell, norwegian, aquavit, company, small, scandinavian.
• Online-only supermarket Hopr launches in Belgium - Hopr, the first online-only supermarket from Belgium, will start its activities this Monday. It will first test in the city of Hasselt, but the goal is to become available to the whole of Belgium by 2026. In December 2019, Hopr only had a website that said: “The first online supermarket… Continue reading
  Topics: small, warehouse, hasselt, belgium, supermarket, starting, products, hopr, martens, onlineonly, launches.
• Overdraft: How One Founder Built a Braiding Business—From Her Living Room - Now more than ever, we look to stories of resiliency to inspire us. In this series, successful business owners share their deeply personal financial struggles and lessons learned on their way back to black. (Melony’s story was originally published in October, 2019.)More
  Topics: im, work, room, able, really, husband, day, founder, businessfrom, overdraft, living, built, didnt, hair, braiding, small, money.
• Pinduoduo’s latest aim: Sell $145 billion of farm produce in 2025 - Still working to turn a profit and shake off its fake-goods reputation, China’s e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo set itself another ambitious goal for 2025: surpass 1 trillion yuan or $145 billion annual gross merchandise volume of agricultural products. The announcement arrived with the company’s Q2 results last Friday. For some context, online sales of agricultural goods […]
  Topics: aim, latest, annual, sell, pinduoduo, yuan, techcrunch, chinas, pinduoduos, small, produce, million, agricultural, scale, farm, billion, consumer.
• Preparing Ecommerce for the "New" Holidays - Consumers are looking for free shipping and stellar customer service.
  Topics: customer, holidays, ecommerce, options, companies, service, customers, stores, shipping, preparing, store, small.
• Small Business Accounting & Bookkeeping: A Guide For Ecommerce Entrepreneurs - This guide will help you better understand small business accounting for your ecommerce business so you can make better financial decisions.
  Topics: tax, small, corporation, guide, entrepreneurs, bookkeeping, accounting, sales, business, youll, ecommerce, file, youre, need.
• Small Business SEO: How to Implement SEO for Small Businesses - Small business SEO can take your website to a whole new level. The most important thing is that you create & implement a strategy that works.
  Topics: youll, businesses, implement, image, business, seo, small, search, page, sure, content, website, google.
• Small Business Saturday Builds on Holiday Sales Momentum - More opportunities for growing brands to optimize their holiday operations
  Topics: builds, online, momentum, large, retailers, site, sales, yoy, season, business, revenue, mobile, small, holiday.
• Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M - It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. And Fivestars CEO Victor Ho said that many of the big digital platforms aren’t really helping. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer […]
  Topics: businesses, million, techcrunch, raises, marketing, 525m, small, payments, network, funding, customers, pay, round, business, fivestars, pandemic, startup.
• Small, But Mighty: Resources For Navigating Online Commerce In a World of Uncertainty - It’s crazy how fast life can change. In a flash. In a second. With the snap of a finger. Not…
  Topics: help, support, contiguous, business, covid19, small, tax, offering, ecommerce, counties, resources, businesses.
• Starting an eCommerce Investment Fund - Last year I announced ECF Capital, an eCommerce fund investment group that looks to invest in promising eCommerce companies with a group of experienced investors. Over the course of the last 12 months, we have been setting everything up, looking for deals, and finally culminating and closing on our first deal in December. So in […]
  Topics: starting, small, paid, fund, group, ecommerce, investors, investor, pool, initial, investment.
• Summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear - James Clear created his philosophy of atomic habits after a horrific injury. While at high school, a classmate accidentally swung a baseball bat into his face, and it took him nearly a year to recover. It looked like Clear’s dreams of playing baseball were over.  However, although he was at […]
  Topics: habits, summary, behavior, atomic, way, need, clear, good, habit, james, create, small.
• Supermercato24 becomes Everli - Supermercato24 has announced its rebranding. The Italian same-day delivery service for online groceries has now become Everli. The name should be more easy to remember for both Italians and non-Italians. The reason why Supermercato24 changed its name to Everli, is because of its international expansion strategy. After extensive growth last… Continue reading
  Topics: small, service, product, everli, step, towns, italian, online, polish, supermercato24.
• Taobao looks to boost young entrepreneurs showing originality - Chinese social commerce platform Taobao has inaugurated a new ratings system to reward deserving young creators and small enterprises.
  Topics: boost, taobao, exposure, looks, market, platform, firms, small, young, originality, maker, system, entrepreneurs, leverage, showing.
• The Big Plans of One Small Business Owner—and the Diagnosis that Won’t Stop Her - At just 24 years old, Keisha Greaves discovered she had limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. As the symptoms began to progress, she thought her dream career in fashion would never be realized. Now, she runs her own t-shirt business, Girls Chronically Rock, and inspires young people in the disability community to follow their own dreams.More
  Topics: wont, stop, diagnosis, keisha, chronically, plans, fashion, rock, small, disability, work, girls, big, community, ownerand, thought, business.
• The Fight for Independents: Why Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Rising Against All Odds - Promising data emerged at the end of 2020 that shows new business creation is soaring. Against all odds, why is entrepreneurial spirit peaking during a time that all but conspires to crush it? It's simple—when we cheer for the underdogs, they can win.More
  Topics: tools, rising, business, spirit, satish, odds, entrepreneurial, fight, independents, pandemic, small, work, community, businesses, communities.
• The Shopify Effect: How Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World - When an entrepreneur starts a business, they create a ripple impact that can change lives, communities, and the world. That’s the Shopify Effect.More
  Topics: effect, small, organic, entrepreneurs, world, business, changing, merchants, blue, employees, shopify, impact.
• Time To Grow: The 5 Things To Consider When Scaling Your Online Business - As your business takes flight, you’ll begin growing quarter over quarter, year over year. That is — until the day…
  Topics: online, ecommerce, resources, media, marketing, key, tactics, social, successfully, youve, growth, small, business, scale.
• USPS Woes Could Impact Ecommerce SMBs - The United States Postal Service reported a $4.5 billion loss in the fiscal 2020 second quarter, which ended on March 31. Democratic members of Congress have proposed investing $25 billion to help the USPS. Whatever happens to the agency will likely impact small and mid-sized ecommerce companies.
  Topics: smbs, businesses, woes, service, usps, small, mail, amazon, services, ecommerce, impact, packages.
• Ula raises $20 million to expand its e-commerce marketplace in Indonesia - Tokopedia, Lazada, Shopee, and other firms created an e-commerce market in Indonesia in the past decade, making it possible for consumers to shop online in the island nation. But as is true in other Asian markets, most small retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the Southeast Asian country still face a myriad of challenges in sourcing […]
  Topics: retailers, million, retail, india, capital, small, techcrunch, chain, marketplace, ecommerce, market, raises, ula, supply, expand, markets, indonesia.
• Use Purchasing Trends to Merchandise Products - You are not alone if confused about the products people are apt to buy today. Even consumers aren't always sure. Most consumers have opted to stay closer to home during a time when family vacations and festivals would have been the norm. How we present information on the home page, landing pages, and across social media impacts sales.
  Topics: small, goods, consumers, trending, merchandise, purchasing, products, page, equipment, tools, items, trends.
• Walmart partners with Shopify to expand its online marketplace - Walmart this morning announced a new partnership with e-commerce shopping platform, Shopify, now used by over 1 million businesses. The deal will open Walmart’s Marketplace to Shopify’s small business sellers, with the goal of bringing 1,200 Shopify sellers to the marketplace this year. The partnership will greatly expand the reach of the participating brands by […]
  Topics: sellers, partnership, million, business, walmarts, walmart, shopifys, partners, techcrunch, marketplace, expand, shopify, online, small.
• Walmart’s Flipkart makes local languages push to win small Indian cities and towns - Flipkart on Wednesday added support for three more local languages as the Indian e-commerce giant looks to widen its foothold in smaller cities and towns across the country where fewer people speak English and Hindi. The Walmart -owned firm said its online marketplace now has interfaces in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, three languages that are […]
  Topics: users, techcrunch, walmarts, small, india, cities, makes, push, local, towns, indian, languages, support, flipkart, million, win, language, hindi.
• What COVID-19 Means for Ecommerce Startups - A firsthand account of how supply chain disruptions are just the beginning.
  Topics: production, consumer, shut, supply, products, ecommerce, situation, covid19, startups, work, small, italy, means, businesses.
• What the Disruption of the Online Marketplace Means for Your Small Business - As commerce moves fully online, the business model offers even more benefits for savvy entrepreneurs.
  Topics: talent, marketplaces, businesses, means, business, remote, disruption, small, services, work, sellers, marketplace, offer, online.
• Where to Find Public and Private Small Business Funding in 2020 - With the recent passing of a $2 trillion U.S. stimulus package, small business owners impacted by COVID-19 have been given options for low-interest loans, financial assistance, and other aid that can help them in this uncertain economic time.
  Topics: business, funding, interest, owners, loan, loans, sba, private, credit, small, public, businesses.
• Why ABM Is Your Small Team's Secret Weapon - We're all too familiar with the dilemma most marketers face: higher expectations, and fewer resources.
  Topics: youre, teams, accounts, engagement, team, abm, begin, list, small, marketing, weapon, secret, best.
• Why a startup with $10M in annual revenue took 18 months to get VC funding - Back in 2006, Joseph Heller went to China where he spent the next decade learning about the manufacturing business. Based on that experience he eventually built a startup called The Studio. The idea was to help connect people with a small business idea to manufacturers in China in a fully digital way. By 2016 he […]
  Topics: idea, china, heller, small, company, took, built, months, manufacturing, annual, million, vc, funding, business, 10m, startup, techcrunch, revenue.
• Your Small Business Saturday Guide: Tips, Tools, and Statistics for Local Companies - It’s safe to say that 100+-year-old Lammes Candies is already a household name in Austin, Texas.  After opening in 1885,…
  Topics: shop, small, customers, sure, holiday, shoppers, tips, local, community, statistics, business, businesses.