Category Archives: E-Commerce 101

Subscription eCommerce

CEO of Carthook, a popular Shopify plugin that provides ability for store to offer upsells in checkout, has before starting this company ran an online store business for which he famously said “If I was starting my online store again, I would insist with my partners that we sell everything as a subscription”. Subscriptions provide…
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Amazon or Shopify?

My friends starting in eCommerce often wonder whether they should start on a marketplace like Amazon or they should open their own independent store on Shopify or other such platform. This is not an easy question to answer though but I'll try. Main reason I often hear why Amazon is better than an independent store…
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Mobile Website or an App?

Mobile presence is a must because close to 60% of all people use their mobile devices to shop. If you are in the process of making a new store you can use a responsive template that will automatically give your store the right look and feel on all types of devices. Mobile website should be always the…
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