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Must-Have Features for Ecommerce Software

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Every ecommerce store relies on an assortment of vital components to survive and thrive, but ecommerce software is the heart of all these elements. Regardless of the size of your ecommerce brand, it doesn’t hurt to periodically reevaluate if the software tools you’re using are giving you everything you need.

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Benefits of a Multichannel Ecommerce Sales Strategy

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This multichannel shopping habit makes it difficult to reach consumers, particularly if your ecommerce business is currently taking a single-channel approach to marketing and sales. If you’re not employing a multichannel sales strategy, you’re clearly missing out. What is a Multichannel Sales Strategy? What is a Sales Channel?

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Ecommerce Shopping Carts vs. Ecommerce Marketplaces

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So, you want to start an ecommerce business. We’re happy to tell you that there are far more options than those two seemingly opposite paths to success (and many, many ecommerce businesses go both ways)! Take a seat as we explore the differences between ecommerce stores and ecommerce marketplaces, and list the pros and cons of each.

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Offsetting the Environmental Cost of Ecommerce

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Back in the early 2000s, when gas prices were climbing to never-before-seen heights, ecommerce was billed as eco-friendly when compared to millions of people driving around to multiple stores to do their shopping. do to help reduce the environmental costs of ecommerce. What are the Environmental Costs of Ecommerce?

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Top Ecommerce Trends for 2024

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We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. Since ShipMonk is a third-party logistics provider (3PL for short), we’re well situated to observe the ecommerce supply chain from end to end. Here are a few of the trends we think are going to be big in 2024.

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Women in Ecommerce | Interview #1

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ShipMonk is privileged to work with so many amazing ecommerce brands, and we are honored to help them achieve their business goals every day through custom 3PL services and omnichannel fulfillment solutions. Reflecting on your journey, what would you say to a young woman looking to pursue an entrepreneurship and ecommerce career path?

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How Ecommerce Brands Leverage Brick & Mortar

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As much as we’d like to think that ecommerce is taking over the world, it still only accounts for around 21% of retail sales according to a 2023 Digital Commerce 360 analysis of U.S. In fact, there can be significant advantages for brands that engage in both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar sales. Department of Commerce figures.