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Selling Plants Online – How and Where To Go About It.

Posted on June 26, 2023 by - Bigcommerce, E-commerce, eBay, Frooition, Shopify

Selling Plants Online

Money only grows on trees if you are growing those trees to sell. If you have green fingers and are looking for a potentially lucrative side hustle or even to grow a full-time business, selling plants online might be a good option. But selling plants online doesn’t come without its challenges. In this post, we’ll explore some of the growing pains online sellers will have to overcome if they want to sell plants online. 10 Growing Pains to Consider When Selling Plants Online Inventory: You’ll need to determine the types of plants you want to sell and ensure you have a reliable and diverse inventory. Consider factors like popular plant varieties, seasonal plants, and rare or hard-to-find species. Seasonality and… Read more »

Benefits of Shopify – 20 Reasons To Launch Your eCommerce Store

Posted on June 12, 2023 (Updated July 25, 2023) by - Shopify

Benefits of Shopify

If you want to know more about the many benefits of Shopify, and why it has become a highly popular ecommerce platform, read on. With more than 2 million online retailers selling to 655 million consumers in 175 countries, it’s fair to say that Shopify is a really big deal.  In many ways, Shopify democratised eCommerce by creating a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform that businesses of any size can deploy. As such, Shopify is the eCommerce platform of choice for simple side hustles, “mom and pop” shops, and all the way up to major global brands, including Nestle, Kylie Cosmetics, and Rebecca Minkoff.  So why is Shopify so popular with so many different eCommerce brands? How long have you got?… Read more »

eBay Up and Running Grant offers $500,000 to US Small Business Sellers 

Posted on May 10, 2023 (Updated May 23, 2023) by - eBay, Frooition

eBay Up and Running Grant

  eBay has recently announced the 2023 edition of its eBay Up & Running Grant program, a yearly initiative that aims to provide financial grants and resources to promising small business sellers on eBay.   The programme will award 50 Small Business Sellers in the US with a financial grant and technology package worth $10,000 to foster business growth. This eBay small business grant will also offer an additional $500 stipend to each Up & Running Grant recipient, which they can use to purchase essential office technology and tools from eBay Refurbished.   eBay Small Business Growth  According to a survey of eBay’s Up & Running Grant awardees since 2020, 91% of recipients found the grant extremely or very helpful for their businesses. Furthermore,… Read more »

Shopify Raises Monthly eCommerce Subscription Fees by 34%

Posted on January 25, 2023 by - E-commerce

Shopify fees

Shopify has urged online retailers on its eCommerce platform to switch from monthly to annual payment plans to avoid a steep increase in fees from April 23, 2023. The price increase will see monthly fees across all of its plans increase as follows: Monthly Shopify Subscription Fees Basic: From $29 to $39 – an increase of 34% Shopify (Standard): From $79 to $105 – an increase of 33% Advanced: From $299 to $399 – an increase of 33% By locking into an annual agreement before the April 23 deadline, retailers will continue to enjoy current pricing for the next 12 months. However, retailers renewing annual subscription fees after the deadline will also see significant price increases. Why Is Shopify Doing This? Explaining the… Read more »

What’s on Your eCommerce “To-Do” List for 2023?

Posted on January 3, 2023 (Updated January 11, 2023) by - E-commerce, Frooition

2023 eCommerce

It would be too easy to start this blog post with phrases like “cost of living crisis”, “industrial action”, and “supply chain crisis”, but here at Frooition, we are great believers in a little bit of optimism going a long way. This is especially true if that optimism is backed-up with a bit of extra focus and a lot of hard work. While many eCommerce businesses are facing challenges in the current economy, now is not the time to sit on your hands and let circumstances weigh you down. Our motto in 2023 is definitely going to be “optimise everything”, – so let’s bring it on. Optimise Everything Optimising everything starts with a good list. Every eCommerce business owner I… Read more »

Online Returns: 1 in 4 Big Brand Retailers Charge For Returns

Posted on October 13, 2022 by - E-commerce

man returning online purchase

The days of free online returns may be numbered according to a recent report published by the post-purchase and customer experience company ParcelLab. The report suggests that 25% of the UK’s biggest online retail brands are now charging customers for returns. This figure represents a 14% increase from the previous year. According to the report, retailers not offering free returns charge an average of £3.53 per return and take approximately nine days to refund the purchase. Is It Becoming More Difficult to Return Online Purchases? It’s important to remember returns aren’t going away anytime soon (ever). Distance selling regulations in the UK demand the right to return goods for any reason. What is changing is the way retailers manage their… Read more »

The Cost of Living Crisis: How Online Retailers Can Weather The Storm

Posted on August 26, 2022 by - E-commerce, eBay

The cost of living crisis caused by rising energy costs and the subsequent squeeze on household budgets will hit online retail businesses hard this winter. Not only will people have less money to spend on little luxuries and everyday essentials, but the cost of doing business will also soar as suppliers pass on ever-increasing expenses to their clients. We are not pulling any punches here. Christmas 2022 is going to be challenging for many retailers. While there is no “magic bullet” to solve the problem, there are a number of levers businesses can pull to help them better weather the storm. 10 Tips To Help Online Retail Businesses Survive The Cost of Living Crisis Liquidate Distressed Inventory Immediately: When every… Read more »

Common Mistakes That New eCommerce Businesses Make and How To Avoid Them

Posted on April 29, 2022 by - E-commerce, eBay

Selling online has never been easier. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still potential pitfalls that many new eCommerce businesses regularly fall into. With more than 16-years of experience helping sellers build successful eCommerce brands across multiple channels, including online marketplaces like eBay and Amazon and their own eCommerce stores, we’ve seen and addressed almost every mistake an eCommerce business can make. We’ve compiled a list of the top six most common mistakes online retailers make so that you can avoid them. Six Common eCommerce Mistakes If you build it, they will come: Not only is this an often misquoted line from a Kevin Costner film, but it’s also a terrible strategy to build a business on. With as… Read more »

Why B2B Sellers Need to Onboard More eCommerce Clients

Posted on April 13, 2022 by - Bigcommerce

B2B selling is a funny old business. Historically, wholesale and distribution companies have been built on the back of personal relationships and may have been reticent to embrace the world of eCommerce fully. But the world is changing, and more B2B buyers expect a B2C sales experience in their business transactions. This includes clear insight into pricing, stock availability, and shipping details. For example, if a buyer clearly understands when items are due in stock, they can better make plans for merchandising that stock and quickly moving it out of the door. However, adopting B2C sales practices in your B2B operation doesn’t just benefit the client. There are genuine benefits to the B2B seller as well. 7 Reasons Why B2B… Read more »

An inconvenient truth for eBay and Amazon sellers

Posted on March 22, 2022 by - E-commerce, eBay

Your business is fraught with risk when you rely 100% on online marketplace sales. Just because you are busy with marketplace sales doesn’t mean that your business is in good shape. In many ways, those eBay and Amazon sales are like a diet rich in sugar. They will give you a short-term energy boost but, in the long run, will potentially leave you feeling empty and prone to a crash. eBay and Amazon Suspension Consider what would happen if a marketplace you were selling on suddenly became unavailable to your business. This isn’t some distant threat. We regularly receive emails from retailers desperate to re-instate their eBay or Amazon account after being temporarily or even permanently being suspended from selling.… Read more »