Canadian Business Finance

Finding Financing for your Canadian Online Business ©

By Melody McKinnon on December 3, 2012 5 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian web-based business

Many people have ideas for an online business, or they’d like to expand their offline business into the eCommerce format. There are a number of ways to finance a web-based business, or obtain additional funds to expand.

Canadians Can Get Out of Debt With a Free Online Business ©

By Melody McKinnon on December 1, 2012 7 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian Debt, Canadian self employment, Canadian web-based business

Canadians are carrying more debt than ever before. With a slow economic recovery, many have come to a point of drowning in it. Good, hardworking people are finding themselves in desperate need of help to get their head above water. Many are turning to services like Debt.ca to reduce and manage their debt load, but […]

Updated: Online Canadian Businesses Need Easy, Affordable Shipping Options

By Melody McKinnon on November 21, 2012 19 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian self employment, Canadian small business, Canadian web-based business

Please see the update below original post. It has happened to most of us as consumers and businesses, that moment in the transaction when the shipping is calculated and the shopping cart is abandoned. Whether it’s losing sales to high shipping rates, losing money from absorbing some or all of the shipping cost, or shocking […]

Starting a Canadian Small Business Costs Less Than You Think [Statistics] ©

By Melody McKinnon on November 1, 2012 6 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian small business, Canadian statistics, home-based business Canada, work at home Canada

Intuit Canada produces TurboTax and Quickbooks, Canada’s leading financial management and accounting software for small businesses and the self-employed. They’ve recently released the results of their Canadian entrepreneurship survey of 500 successful Canadian entrepreneurs, and we think you’ll be encouraged by what they found.

Stripe Online Payment Processing Enters Canadian Market

By Melody McKinnon on September 25, 2012 2 Comments Canadian Business Finance, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian web-based business

Paypal’s latest US competitor, Stripe, extended its services to Canadian online businesses this month. The expansion comes only one year after Stripe’s launch in the US. Canada has been suffering from limited options in online payments and is expected to quickly embrace Stripe.