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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

2007: Both the iPhone and the Droid operating system are released.?. We also know that as more people grow accustomed to using it, they will expect to find it on all online retailers as an option. 1999: Thanks to Ericsson and Telnor Mobil, mobile phones could be used to purchase movie tickets.?. 2008: Bitcoin is invented.?.

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Do Ecommerce Marketplaces Have a Tax Problem?

Ecommerce Platforms

In 2007, only 10% of digital sales went to the 3rd party merchants listed on a marketplace. Retailers around the world are now reckoning with this new normal in digital commerce.” Marketplaces are a growing phenomenon in ecommerce at the moment but in 2 regions a similar story seems to be happening. “In

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The Complete Sales Tax Guide for Online Sellers [Nexus by State Included]

BigCommerce

Ecommerce tax refers to the sales tax associated with an online sale. Sales tax is a small percentage of a sale tacked on to that sale by an online retailer. Sales tax is a “consumption tax,” meaning that consumers only pay sales tax on taxable that items they buy at retail. Let’s start with the basics of ecommerce taxes.

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3 Marketplace Categories Where ‘White Space’ Still Exists

Retail TouchPoints

Marketplaces have been a dominant force in online retail for some time now, with early mover Amazon still leading the pack. Now, an increasing number of other retailers are seeing the value in adding a marketplace to their commerce offerings. trillion dollars and account for 59% of all global ecommerce by 2027.

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What is a Unilateral Pricing Policy?

Wiser

UPPs give manufacturers a means of controlling the retail price of their products without a violation of antitrust law for possible anti-competitive behavior. Let’s look at how UPPs came about, how online retail impacted the need for UPPs, and the differences between this policy and a minimum advertised price policy.

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What the Adobe Acquisition Means for Magento Sellers

ecomdash

The Magento platform was launched in 2007 by Roy Rubin. It is now one of the most popular open source ecommerce platforms among online retailers. Before we get into the details of the deal, we need to know the players. In 2015, the platform was improved, and launched the new Magento 2.0

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Introductory Guide to International eCommerce, Part 2: Taxes and Remittance

ESW

Statista notes that global retail eCommerce sales will reach more than $4 trillion by 2020, and FinancialBuzz gives an example of how fast this growth has been, too. They point out that Alibaba grew its Singles Day sale on November 11 from a handful of brands in 2007 to nearly 100,000 brands in 2017. Even the U.S.