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10 eCommerce Companies that Offer Affiliate Programs

Posted by Lilla Stefanovszky | October 11th, 2021
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.

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15 Best Shopify Apps for Customer Support

Posted by Lilla Stefanovszky | August 30th, 2021
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

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How to do an eCommerce Competitor Analysis?

Posted by Lilla Stefanovszky | July 14th, 2021
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.

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20 Best Dropshipping and eCommerce Blogs to Follow in 2025

Posted by | July 12th, 2021
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.

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How to Pick a Domain Name for Your Online Store

Posted by Nedina Gjorgjieva | December 21st, 2020
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.

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30 Price Comparison Websites to Increase Online Sales

Posted by Nedina Gjorgjieva | November 19th, 2020
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.

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