When you first began your eCommerce store, you had to choose between a variety of different content management systems (CMS). As they are the base of your entire company and store, it’s not an easy consideration to make. While there are many available to choose from, the 2 most popular are Shopify and WordPress/WooCommerce, so in many cases you’ll choose one of the two. While there is no definitive answer for choosing which is the better option, the right choice for you likely depends on your situation. Are you new to eCommerce? Do you want to get up and running… Read More →

Most people usually go online whenever they’d like to buy a product or a service. A quick search on Google or the other Search Engines would give millions of results, meaning that the potential customer would have to invest more effort to establish which of the results are legit and are the best. After picking a few of the top results, one would typically go back to the search engine and run another search for customer and expert reviews relating to a product or a business. One of the most effective influencers of a potential customer’s decision to place an… Read More →

Whether you just opened your WooCommerce store or have a few holidays under your belt, you’re likely aware of just how crucial holiday sales are to the success of a business. As approximately 25% of total sales for the year occur in December for many retailers, large holidays like Christmas warrant a certain amount of preparation & special attention to maximize your profits. However, smaller holidays can also be a large part of your profits, so creating a strategy to make the most of holidays is important for eCommerce businesses of all sizes. Below are some tips to help make… Read More →

Do you want to increase your business’s sales, profits, and overall success? Of course, you do – every online store owner is (or should be) constantly looking for ways to sell more, spend less, and provide a better service for their customers. However, figuring out the best way to accomplish all of this without spending hundreds on inefficient marketing or tools that cost more than their worth isn’t always easy or straightforward. Fortunately for you, Handsome Checkout provides a cost-effective solution for all kinds of businesses to ensure you’re doing the most you can to help your business thrive. Handsome… Read More →

Selling products online is a great way to earn some money while building your store. Unfortunately, traditional online retail involves a larger initial investment to buy materials, establish manufacturing, coordinate shipping, and more. Most people don’t have access to these resources from the start, which makes it unrealistic that they will succeed in the long term on their own. Dropshipping involves selling products in your store without actually holding the inventory. Instead, you work with a supplier who handles everything prior to the finished product for you so that you don’t need to establish the infrastructure required to supply or… Read More →

When you’re an online business, there are few things more important than marketing. While physical locations have the benefit of convenience depending on their location, your eCommerce website doesn’t have a storefront that someone can stop at when driving by – you simply have your website that needs to compete with millions of similar businesses all just a few seconds away. Talk about competitive! Without marketing, you won’t have any customers to buy from you and you’ll be out of business before you know it. Fortunately, with the vast space that is online retail and the immense reach of the… Read More →

This story is split into several pieces, because I tried to keep all the important details. I decided to split it into several steps: from 0 to 10 users, from 10 to 100 users and from 100 to 1000 users. Hello! In this story I don’t tell much about myself, so I’d recommend you to read the “About” page first to know a little about my background and how it helped me to create this project from the ground up. Read the About section. That might sound strange, but this project and adventurous business journey has started from the book… Read More →