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Dear Nico, After trying out a few products, I hit on what I was sure to be hot for the holidays - a portable pop up desk that can turn any flat surface into a stable standing desk with a handy cup holder. I made a great deal with a supplier that had a distribution center in California, and we[...]

2020 has been a banner year for eCommerce. The pandemic has accelerated the channel with a 32.4% increase in 2020, eclipsing the prediction of 18% by eMarketer. As COVID-19 continues to be a major health crisis, eCommerce will continue on this path as the pandemic creates many new online shoppers.[...]

A POS (point-of-sale) system is a critical tool for any business. There’s no shortage of choices in the market, but that doesn’t mean they’re all the same. When choosing a POS system for your business, there are five important things to consider. In this post, we'll review each one and how it[...]

The “About Us” page on eCommerce websites is often an afterthought. Some brands don’t even have one, and they’re missing out on a great opportunity. While it's a page about your business, you shouldn’t use it to talk about how amazing you are. Instead, it should include your “why.” Buyers care[...]

What’s Changed With Visa Chargebacks? The Visa Chargeback Monitoring Program was renamed to The Visa Dispute Monitoring Program. As such, the VRPT application (Visa Risk Performance Tracking) will now show VDMP instead of VCMP. April 2018 saw Visa change the term chargeback to dispute, and now[...]

In the modern digital age, a question had formed over the years, how many people use a card to pay for everything, and how many people use cash? The first cash register was invented on January 30th, 1883 by James Ritty—a saloon keeper. He nicknamed it the “incorruptible cashier”, Ritty was being[...]

POS technology has come a long way since the first cash register was invented in 1879 by James Ritty and John Birch (comedically dubbed the incorruptible cashier). POS technology has gone from being a tool to accept credit cards to a tool that enables consumer-focused specializations. Modern POS[...]

Why is it that we feel safe and secure when we dine in the elegance of a nice, reputable restaurant? Compared to that experience, a friend of yours repeatedly begs you to come try out some of the best (insert random food here) in the area he’s had—it’s in a food truck situated on a grass lot that[...]

Starting an online business can be challenging; however, if you do it right, an eCommerce website can be a great source of revenue and can dramatically boost your bottom line. Online businesses have smaller start-up costs when compared to traditional brick-and-mortars and you can reach thousands of[...]

So you’ve got a new, ground-breaking idea: maybe it’s the next Facebook, Air BnB, Uber, or Groupon. All of these businesses have one major thing in common: they all need to accept credit card payments from their users. There are many different payment processors that do not accept startup companies[...]