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Top 8 Ecommerce Platforms for Digital Product Downloads

By Melody McKinnon on October 25, 2018 1 Comment Canadian e-commerce, Canadian statistics, Canadian web-based business, publishing

Digital products have been a popular source of revenue for online businesses for a couple of decades now, and for good reason. You can create virtually any digital product and then profit from it for as long as it is current and fulfills a market demand. The popularity of downloads continues to grow in Canada […]

Canadian Small Businesses Grow Over 20x Faster With eCommerce

By Melody McKinnon on October 10, 2018 No Comment Canadian e-commerce, Canadian small business

TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2018 /CNW/ – Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses leveraging e-commerce are growing significantly faster than their offline counterparts, reveals new proprietary data from PayPal, the global digital payments leader. Small businesses that sell online through PayPal grew 22 per cent year-over-year in 2017, in sharp contrast to offline small businesses, which saw less than […]

Canadian Website Hosts and the Legal Reasons to Use Them

By Melody McKinnon on September 21, 2018 No Comment Canadian consumers, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian web-based business, security

Did you know you could be in violation of privacy laws, simply by hosting your website on servers that are physically located outside of Canada? Do you really know where your website and customer data is stored?

Online Marketplaces for Canadian Sellers

By Melody McKinnon on September 5, 2018 11 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business

Seventy-six percent of Canadians are purchasing online, and will be spending 39 billion by the end of 2019, according to a 2017 eTail Canada report. The 2018 Online Marketplaces Report by Internet Retailer found that 96% of online shoppers in Canada have made an online marketplace purchase. Online marketplaces offer a way to reach online […]

Wholesale Drop Shipping for Canadian Online Sellers

By Melody McKinnon on August 26, 2018 74 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian web-based business, drop shipping Canada, wholesale Canada

Drop shipping is a simple enough concept. You make arrangements with a wholesale supplier, manufacturer or distributor to sell their products direct online, as opposed to having an inventory of products in your physical location. You can offer these products on your own website, or via online auctions like eBay, or through a sellers’ market […]

The Best eCommerce Software Platforms for Drop Shipping ©

By Melody McKinnon on August 20, 2018 12 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business, drop shipping Canada, website development

When I first started working online way back in the 90’s, getting a fully-featured online store meant hiring a programmer (or a team of programmers) to build one. Additionally, you would need a designer because the programmer would only focus on the store functionality. The overall launch expense was enormous, but it only began with […]

Canadian Consumers & Online Retailers are Embracing Digital Wallets

By Melody McKinnon on August 15, 2018 2 Comments Canadian consumers, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian mCommerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian statistics

Digital wallets (also known as mobile wallets or eWallets) usually refer to an online service that provides a secure, virtual storage space to facilitate point-of-sale (POS) transactions and access related information. They store encrypted information, such as credit cards and reward cards, and often perform tasks like automatically filling out online order forms. Most can […]

Top 5 Drop Shipping Product Suppliers for Canadians

By Melody McKinnon on July 14, 2018 65 Comments Canadian business opportunities, Canadian self employment, Canadian web-based business, drop shipping Canada, work at home Canada

Many Canadians are interested in selling products online, either with their own website or through eBay and Amazon. Drop shipping provides a low-risk option for starting an online business in Canada. Today’s supplier portals (gateways) make it really easy to find and sell millions of products globally. The most difficult part is choosing the best […]

By Melody McKinnon on July 3, 2018 3 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business

20 Ways Canadian Online Retailers Can Win Back-To-School Sales ©

The 2018 back-to-school shopping season is poised to be one of the most successful of recent years for Canadian eCommerce. Canadians are spending more online in Canada, and using the Internet as a tool for comparison shopping. The low Canadian dollar, coupled with the “buy Canadian” mindset of late, is expected to keep more retail […]

Report: Connected Canadian Customers on Tech, Trust and Experience

By Melody McKinnon on June 12, 2018 No Comment Canadian consumers, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian statistics

To maximize sales, you have to know what your customers want and expect from you. Unfortunately, that’s getting more and more difficult for online businesses to pinpoint. Just when we think we have it figured out, technology changes or new trust issues arise. Further complicating matters is that the scope of customer expectations has broadened […]