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The Case For Custom Development for Enterprise Ecommerce

EP Editorial Team
Ecommerce Resources

Choosing the right ecommerce platform is a complex decision that generates many concerns, such as cost, time-to-market, usability, reliability and customization. No software solution — whether off-the-shelf or custom-developed Software-as-a-Service platform — provides everything your business needs. Off-the-shelf platforms maybe have custom modules that allow for the necessary customization, but you are beholden to the developer to maintain and update those modules going forward and to create new ones as needs arise.

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Top 5 Best ERPs for Shopify Plus

EP Editorial Team
Ecommerce Resources

ERP stands for enterprise resource planning, and it's somewhat similar to a customer relationship management software, yet it provides additional functions we will outline below. The idea behind an ERP is to expedite certain processes to clear up time for other tasks and to save your company money.

When thinking about an ERP to power your business, it's not particularly essential for you to find one that integrates directly with an ecommerce platform, but if you plan to move your online store to the next level we highly recommend you go with Shopify Plus (see my full review here), since it's extremely scalable, powerful, and still easy to use with some of the most popular ERP solutions on the market. What does matter is how you feel about the pricing and interface for each ERP, and if it meets your needs in terms of sales, order management and other functions. So let's dive in!

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The Interchange-Plus Pricing Model and Why It’s Your Best Friend

EP Editorial Team
Ecommerce Selling Advice

If you currently run an online business, take out your most recent credit card processing statement. If you’re still in the market for building an online business, put all your focus on this article, because this could mean the difference between you cutting costs efficiently or draining your resources way too quick.

Merchant account pricing models, a topic that sounds super boring, is actually rather simple once you take a moment to think about it. Not only that, but a quick understanding of the desirable, and not-so-desirable, options could be mean success or failure for you. Your best bet is the ever-so detailed, yet transparent, interchange-plus pricing model.

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The Ultimate Guide on How To Use Instagram to Generate Sales for Your Online Shop

EP Editorial Team
Ecommerce Selling Advice

Instagram is a match made in heaven for those looking to use social media for ecommerce and reach out to people who are on their phones, since it's not even that common for users to open up Instagram on regular computers.

For quite some time you weren't even able to access the Instagram homepage from a PC or MAC, and you still can't post images from the primary Instagram website. What does this mean? Instagram is one of the most intimate social media networks in the world, since you gain access to every follower's personal phone. In short, it's wonderful for generating sales and pushing more people to your online store.

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How to Migrate Your Shop from Volusion to Shopify​

EP Editorial Team
Ecommerce Resources

As mentioned quite a few times on this site, Volusion is one of the top ecommerce solutions for those who are looking for a quick way to build an online presence. The prices are reasonable, the support is unmatched and even the website templates work nicely for webmasters without much experience. However, scaling up your site is often a tricky situation with Volusion, since source code isn't all that accessible and you tend to get stuck with the cookie-cutter features provided by Volusion.

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Wix vs Shopify (2023): Which is the Absolute Best?

Joe Warnimont 5
Articles Ecommerce Comparisons

If you're someone who has a wonderful idea for a product to sell online, or your current online (or offline) store could use a stronger presence, you are most likely in the market for a new ecommerce platform. Lucky for you, some high-quality options exist (hence this Wix vs Shopify comparison), allowing for you to play around with each and decide which one is right for you.

Shopify is the clear leader in terms of popularity, but Wix also tends to come up in the conversation, since over 68 million users are utilizing the Wix platform. That's not to say that all Wix users are selling items online, but it's worth noting that WIX does indeed provide ecommerce tools that compete with Shopify.

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Dharma Merchant Review (Feb 2023): Cut the Fees and Work with The Best Ethical Company

EP Editorial Team 4.5
Ecommerce Reviews

With over 191.1 million digital shoppers in the United States alone, the world is a beautiful place to start making money online. With all of these digital shoppers comes transactions that go through your online store. How are these transactions processed? Does it all just happen magically, or is there a processing system setup when you go for an ecommerce store option like Shopify?

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