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Oct
22
Being part of something always comes as a benefit if you have your own business in the eCommerce or dropshipping segments. Connections are always valuable in terms of learning new things, broadening your perspectives, and moving closer to successful outcomes. Therefore, entrepreneurs need to step up the interaction game and use networking as a tool to further expand their knowledge or provide knowledge to those that are in need of it.
Nowadays, there are multiple platforms that serve as connection hubs for entrepreneurs such as social media groups. In fact, social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are all used as anchor points for entrepreneurs, and apart from their use as promotion tools, these services can come in handy for connecting, learning, sharing new experiences, and everything related to networking.
In this article, we will mainly focus on one of these platforms that serve as an aggregator of social news, rating web content, and holding discussions: Reddit. Reddit is a network that incorporates many smaller communities called subreddits where people join to dive into their interests, explore new ones, and be part of their favorite topic’s dissection. Apart from hobbies and interests, people come to Reddit in order to discuss business, knowledge, and other things that might help young entrepreneurs in their future endeavors.
As the main motto of this platform says: Dive into Anything, let’s now dive into the world of subreddits related to eCommerce.
Oct
11
10 eCommerce Companies that Offer Affiliate Programs
The global eCommerce retail market is projected to grow further in the upcoming years and reach 6.38 trillion USD by the end of 2024. This shows that there is a constantly growing consumer interest in purchasing goods and services online, but with growing demand comes growing supply as well. As WP Forms reports, there are 12-24 million eCommerce websites worldwide with more and more being created every day but only approximately 1 million of these are making more than 1000 USD a year which is a sign of a highly competitive market.
For this reason, it is vital for both B2B and B2C companies to create and execute a marketing plan that will set them apart from the competition. B2B businesses also have similar marketing tools in their hands as their B2C counterparts including affiliate marketing. Using affiliate marketing as a tool is definitely a trend worldwide that is projected to account for 7.4 billion USD in 2021 in the US alone. In this article, affiliate marketing will be explained in detail so you can understand the difference between the dropshipping and affiliate business model. Moreover, you will get a list of ten eCommerce companies that offer affiliate programs to other companies or individuals operating in the eCommerce and dropshipping industry.
Aug
30
15 Best Shopify Apps for Customer Support
Shopify is one of the most widely recognized CMS (Content Management System) platforms where you can easily build your website without extensive coding knowledge. There are over 1.7 million merchants that choose Shopify to manage and host their online stores all over the world. This is because the online store builder offers both creative store Shopify web designs and seamless integration with your supplier. For example, when working with dropshipping supplier BrandsGateway, owners can easily install their Shopify App and connect their store with their supplier's system.
In addition, Shopify also allows you to further improve and personalize your store by offering you over 3200 apps in the Shopify App Store. This vast number of apps available can be both a benefit and a curse when it comes to picking the right ones for your business.
In this article, we will focus on the best Shopify apps for customer support as we all know how important customer support is in the competitive environment that we are living in today. The apps listed below can help you to better handle unhappy customers and make the customer service process less labor-intensive so you can focus your energies on other more important aspects of your business.
Recommended reading: Shopify Email Marketing Apps
Jul
14
How to do an eCommerce Competitor Analysis?
Just the way before opening a brick-and-mortar store, when you are planning to launch a webshop you need to know who you will be competing against in order to succeed in the ever-growing online marketplace. Statistics show that there were over two billion people who made a purchase online and eCommerce stores made over 4.2 trillion USD in 2020. This reveals that there is a huge purchasing power globally and a vast customer base that you can compete for. The best way to get to know your competition on the market is to conduct an eCommerce competitor analysis.
As the eCommerce market is moving quickly and hundreds of online stores are popping up daily, this should not be a one-off practice. Doing an eCommerce competitor analysis on a regular basis is key for benchmarking yourself against your opponents and improving your business further. In this article, we will give you a hand on where to start and how to best analyze your competition in the eCommerce sphere.
Jul
12
20 Best Dropshipping and eCommerce Blogs to Follow in 2025
Whether you're just now launching your dropshipping store or looking for an eCommerce marketing strategy to grow your store, it's essential to follow top blogs so you can stay in the loop about the latest purchasing trends.
There are different types of dropshipping & eCommerce content that you can use to take your store to another level. You just need to find the right blogs.
That said, not all blogs are equally valuable, so you need to look for the ones where content is coming from industry experts and not a random content creator. To help you with that, we've created a list of the best dropshipping and eCommerce blogs to follow in 2025. We've also added a short section for beginners to understand dropshipping better. Let’s begin.
Dec
21
How to Pick a Domain Name for Your Online Store
There are millions of websites on the world wide web. To stand out from the crowd, you'll need to make sure your brand is unique and memorable, and that represents your online business in the right manner. To put it differently, there are a few things that could affect your brand identity. One of them is the domain name of your online store.
Nov
19
30 Price Comparison Websites to Increase Online Sales
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are not sure which price to put on your products? The solution to this problem is are price comparison websites. These days all Internet users are conducting deeper research. Therefore, customers are comparing prices to find the best deals online, and retailers are comparing prices to get a better picture of how their competitors are working.
As this is already very frequent in the eCommerce industry, today there are a lot of price comparison websites that can help store owners. It’s never been easier, there are hundreds of comparison methods they can use. If you have an online store, you must learn how to quickly adjust the prices of all your products. But, first, let us help you learn the basics and understand what is a price comparison and how price comparison websites work.
Oct
17
Top-Selling Men’s Clothing in 2020
It’s almost impossible to run an online men's clothing boutique without doing research about which are the top-selling men's clothing. Even though at the moment the women’s apparel market is in a superior position in comparison with the men’s apparel market, it doesn't mean that it will stay that way.
In this article, we decided to put the accent on top-selling men’s clothing in 2024. The reason behind this is the change in buyer behavior - today more men are starting to buy their clothes online. If you think that women should be your clothing store’s primary target audience, we would advise you to think twice and not to exclude male buyers.
The global eCommerce market for men’s clothing is on the rise. In other words, if you want to enter the eCommerce clothing market, men’s clothing is definitely a niche that you should consider.
You shouldn’t enter this market blindly though. Just like any other business, it’s recommended that you discover which products fall under the category of best-selling men's clothing before you open your online store.
Choosing the right products plays a huge role in the success of your eCommerce business. Furthermore, it’s not a very simple task. For that reason, in this article, we will discuss which are expected to be the best-selling clothing items for men in 2024.
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