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Remember the time you had a record sales month and had to borrow money to run your business even though you thought you wouldn’t need to?
I do.
It’s part of the...
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I’ve had exposure to a lot of different ecommerce businesses, and I’ve loosely put them into four buckets, with four sets of challenges.
Start
As the name suggests,...
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In 2023 Amazon in the US announced they would be charging $1 for returns. This follows the likes of Zara and H&M who already added such fees.
You might think $1, big deal -...
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You’re unlikely to succeed in ecommerce without being pretty good when it comes to social media.
The good news is that you can start today and make steady...
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When you don’t want to buy or white label a product, but you want to design a product that isn’t on the market, what do you do?
I had this question from...
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An Australian women’s fashion brand just sold a stake, valuing them at over $US1 billion. Yep, a billion.
Zimmerman, founded by sisters Nicky and...
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Most new businesses fail.
However, when you get it right, it can change your life forever, and successful business owners are just...
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Have you thought about taking your brand global?
There's no denying the world is getting smaller, which means it is getting easier to sell into other countries
...To be a house of brands, or to build a brand. That is the question of the day. I score the options below.
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Whether you're an existing online retailer, or hoping...
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People don't want to be sold to on social media.
People primarily use social media to be entertained, and informed. This is why we have 'paid socials' and...
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Well, the short answer is that you're spending more than you're making.
Read on though, I get a little more insightful than that...
We've all been there
It's not uncommon...
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A common trait that successful businesses have, is a unique selling proposition, or USP.
Ecommerce is a lot more cluttered than it was 10 years ago, and it can be...
