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17 Tips for Your Store’s First ONLINE Holiday Season

By Melody McKinnon on October 9, 2020 No Comment Canadian e-commerce, Canadian small business, Christmas, omni-channel Canada, website development

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day and the entire holiday season can be a challenge, especially when you aren’t sure what to expect. Fourth quarter online transactions are expected to skyrocket this year, but how will it impact your sales specifically?

15 Ways to Make Men Merry as they Holiday Shop Online

By Melody McKinnon on October 9, 2020 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 […]

Do You Have Enough Time and Money to Start Selling on Amazon?

By Melody McKinnon on September 17, 2020 2 Comments Canadian business opportunities, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, Canadian web-based business

More and more Canadians are considering internet side hustles, home-based businesses, or selling their products online. Amazon provides a platform to quickly and profitably turn those dreams into reality, even if you’re new to online business. Within three months, most beginners have their Amazon business started and their first live listing. Almost all of them […]

Convincing eCommerce Holiday Shoppers to Buy Early

By Melody McKinnon on September 16, 2020 7 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing, Christmas

Your Christmas eCommerce campaigns should launch by early October if you want to take full advantage of online shoppers. For the business-to-business (B2B) market, you should start even earlier. The online holiday season starts early because it ends early due to shipping time, and other factors can amplify the urgency (such as a pandemic). If […]

8 Things to do Online to Make Holiday Season Sales Soar

By Melody McKinnon on September 15, 2020 No Comment Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing, Canadian Retail, Canadian small business

It’s going to be a record-breaking year in online sales this holiday season. From research to purchase, most of the customer journey will be online. Thirty-two percent of Canadians said they plan to buy more online this year, according to Canada Post, and that survey was conducted before the pandemic hit. We now know online […]

Canadian Stats and Online Marketing Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat

By Melody McKinnon on September 10, 2020 4 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing

Online shopping for Halloween is expected to grow in Canada in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic and more savvy online marketing. Canadians are taking enough of a currency exchange hit when ordering from the US to discourage it. Additionally, more and more Canadians are showing a preference for shopping in their own country […]

How to Use Content Marketing to Skyrocket Holiday Sales

By Melody McKinnon on September 1, 2020 6 Comments Canadian Content Marketing, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian holiday marketing

The value of content marketing for both Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) companies has been proven to a point of universal acceptance, yet it is still underutilized in Canadian eCommerce. Using content to its fullest extent and developing a working strategy is even more rare. The holiday season offers plenty of […]

12 Ways to Slash Shipping Costs for Canadian Small Businesses

By Melody McKinnon on August 27, 2020 2 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian small business, Canadian web-based business

One of the biggest challenges for Canadian small businesses is the high cost of shipping. It’s expensive to ship within Canada and it’s even more expensive to ship outside of this country. That makes it very tough to compete in the online world.

5 Bulk Food Businesses to Start Online in Canada

By Melody McKinnon on August 5, 2020 8 Comments Canadian business opportunities, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian web-based business

There are countless online opportunities for Canadian entrepreneurs. Our country is large and its population is scattered, which creates a unique demand. While many products are available in the US there is a strong preference to buy Canadian whenever it is feasible to do so if for no other reason than the low Canadian dollar, […]

How to Approach Wholesalers About Drop Shipping

By Melody McKinnon on July 30, 2020 2 Comments Canadian e-commerce, Canadian Retail, drop shipping Canada

Canadian online retailers and individual sellers are eagerly pursuing the opportunities that drop shipping brings, only to hit a brick wall when it comes to finding Canadian wholesalers/manufacturers/distributors who offer drop shipping services.