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Should you Register a .ca Domain for your Canadian Business?

By Melody McKinnon on November 2, 2018 6 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian web-based business, website development

One of the first decisions you have to make when starting your online business in Canada, is whether or not to use a .ca domain name. Even if you’re not ready to go live with a website, your own domain name can be used for secure, custom eMail, redirecting to your social media or other […]

Start Holiday Online Marketing While Respecting Remembrance Day ©

By Melody McKinnon on November 2, 2018 3 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business, Christmas

Most of us are aware of how Canadian consumers feel about beginning Christmas holiday promotions too early. We do have a good reason for early promotion online, however, since our season ends earlier due to shipping. While we can be forgiven for that, we still have an obligation to respect our fallen heroes, and those […]

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 Stat’s and Online Marketing Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat ©

By Melody McKinnon on October 2, 2018 4 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing

Online shopping for Halloween is expected to grow in Canada in 2018, thanks in part to more savvy online marketing. While the Canadian dollar is slightly higher, Canadians still take enough of a hit when ordering from the US to discourage it. Additionally, more and more Canadians are showing a preference for shopping in their […]

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 […]

GoDaddy and Hockey Legend Doug Gilmour Inspire Canadian eCommerce

By Melody McKinnon on August 25, 2018 No Comment Canadian e-commerce, Canadian web-based business, website development

TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ – GoDaddy, the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, today announced it is teaming up with Toronto hockey legend Doug Gilmour to inspire Canadians to bring their ideas to life online. To do that, GoDaddy helped Doug Gilmour launch his latest venture, a lifestyle apparel collaboration with FLi, by building a website on its Managed WordPress […]

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

The Best eCommerce Software Platforms for Drop Shipping ©

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 […]