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Identifying the ‘Faces’ Behind Faceless Online Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

Because of this ease, merchants have begun relying on POS financing to drive sales growth. McKinsey has found that around 50% to 60% of loans originated at POS are either partially or entirely subsidized by the merchant. According to McKinsey, merchants face up to 2.4X Penalties for exceeding fraud thresholds.

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Stripe vs PayPal: Which Payment Gateway is Right for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

However, you won’t be able to pluck success from the ecommerce world until you’ve got one more thing right: your payment gateway. The payment gateway on your ecommerce site is how you accept and process payments from your customers when they visit you online. Stripe vs PayPal: Features and Services.

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Cyber Week 2017: Black Friday Stats, Cyber Monday Trends + 25 Brands Reveal The Secrets to Their Success

BigCommerce

Each year, BigCommerce looks at same-store sales to determine the real increase in revenue and orders data year over year for ecommerce brands on the platform. That means brands on BigCommerce saw 4% more revenue than those not using the platform. Small Business Saturday: +22.79%. Desktop Still Rules for Revenue.

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How to Create Your Own Shopify Store in Less than 15 Minutes

Ecommerce Platforms

In simple terms, Shopify is a software that you pay for using the SaaS model – in other words, you subscribe for the service. With Shopify, ecommerce business owners and merchants can create a website and use an in-built shopping cart solution to sell both digital and physical products to customers around the world.

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What to Sell in 2018: How to Find a Product Niche and Start Selling Online

BigCommerce

Niche products are goods or services that serve a specific segment of customers. Taking this tack when generating ideas for a product or service is a reliable avenue to kickstart a successful business. Those small annoyances can turn out to be a brilliant business idea. Identify or create products that solve a problem.

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Best Platform to Sell Online in 2020: An In-Depth Analysis

Ecommerce Platforms

Whereas a standard website platform/builder has features for adding pages and posts and menus, an ecommerce platform takes it a step further by including product management, shipping tools, payment processing, and more. Some other elements that add more costs include third-party apps, hosting, domain names, and processing fees.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. Customer service, digital experience, personalization and other factors drive that emotional loyalty.”.