There are tons of eCommerce consultants out there. Close your eyes, throw a rock and you’ll probably hit one. Gaining feedback from someone experienced to analyze your business and give you sage advice is always a great idea but before you go out and hire...
It’s the end of the quarter and one statistic I like to review each quarter is how well my website is doing at driving free traffic from natural search. If you have your Google Webmaster account setup correctly it’s a huge resource with tons of...
For every business, cash flow is a very important factor on how successful your business will become, how far you can grow and how fast you can get there. If you run out of cash, it's game over. While there are so many aspects to cash...
How's your eCommerce bundling strategy going? Are you maximizing the full profit potential when a customer buys from your website? First lets talk about cross-selling. There are 2 basic types of cross-selling strategies 1) similar products & 2) related products. Don't get them confused. Similar products are...
You might be surprised at the answer. Unless you're the only seller in the entire online universe selling that exact product, the person buying from you is most likely buying from YOU because of your information more so than because of the product you have...
Yesterday I decided to write a blog post about something that I DON'T sell. I then thought it was such a great idea to blog about it I also created a custom built FAQ page about this same topic. But...
It's simple math really, the more moving parts you place into your eCommerce business the more complex things become and the more time required for you to manage everything. This isn't rocket science however I fear very few eCommerce sellers spend enough time understanding this...
If someone offered to instantly add $1,000,000 to your bank account or magically add 1,000,000 minutes to your life, which one would you choose? Do you have to think about it? Are you crunching the numbers? 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365...
Do you remember when you sold that first item? What was it? How long ago? Do you remember how long it took you to figure everything out? Did you spend hours or possibly days figuring out how to setup your account, taking a photo, writing a...
I talk with eCommerce merchants on a daily basis whether it via social networks, instant chat, phone calls and in person at conferences. One theme I hear over and over is how much work it is to run and grow their eCommerce business. Many of...
Online Retailers should not run their own warehouse unless they wish to invest millions to make it their competitive advantage such as Amazon. There was a time when I was deep into running my own warehouse operation. We had row after row of narrow isle high...
Many years ago when I was starting my eCommerce 2.0 business I decided I was going to rent an office / warehouse so I had a place to store all my product but also so I could focus my attention on my business all day....
I watch so many eCommerce entrepreneurs start their online retail business with the burning desire to free themselves from the corporate world and build a better lifestyle working for themselves working on their own and building their dreams of running an eCommerce business to finally...
