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eCommerce and Online Sales Fraud Prevention in Canada

By Melody McKinnon on March 6, 2019 4 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian mCommerce, Canadian Retail

Fraudulent online transactions are the dark side of eCommerce. The Internet is the “wild west” of fraud in a world that is becoming more secure at the offline payment level. It has become a point of easier access, without signatures, PIN numbers and chips.

Finding Wholesale Suppliers for your Canadian Business ©

By Melody McKinnon on March 2, 2019 23 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business, Canadian Wholesale

It can be frustrating and time consuming to find wholesale product suppliers for your business in Canada, particularly in specialty niches. Whether you’re sourcing supplies to make your own products or stocking your virtual shelves, finding the right supplier is usually a long and involved process. Many factors are involved in the decision, from quality […]

10 Hot Online Product Niches for Canadian Sellers – 2019

By Melody McKinnon on February 11, 2019 20 Comments Canadian affiliate marketing, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian web-based business

It’s time to update this list of our hottest online niches for 2019! One of the most challenging parts of starting an online business in Canada is choosing a profitable niche. We have less competition within our borders than we would in large markets like the US. However, we still need to select products that […]

2019 Multi-Source Report: What Canadian Online Shoppers Want

By Melody McKinnon on January 25, 2019 No Comment Canadian consumers, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian statistics

It’s been 20 years since the first Canadian eCommerce transactions, but it has only been in the past five years or so that Canadian consumers and businesses have really embraced it. As their online shopping increased, so did their demands. Fortunately, it isn’t difficult to meet those demands when we know what they are. This […]

15 Ways to Make Men Merry as they Holiday Shop Online ©

By Melody McKinnon on December 1, 2018 4 Comments Canadian consumers, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business

In most Canadian shopping circles, women rule. They’re a huge target market as the person in the household who does most of the shopping, both for themselves and their families. Internet shopping is a bit different though, especially when it comes to holiday shopping online. For example, an Ipsos holiday shopping survey found Canadian men […]

Top 7 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 1 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 13 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 cites a UPS study that found ninety-six percent of online shoppers in Canada have made an online marketplace purchase. Online marketplaces offer […]

Wholesale Drop Shipping for Canadian Online Sellers

By Melody McKinnon on August 26, 2018 80 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 […]