Setting up an eCommerce business involves making a lot of choices, but one important decision you might have overlooked is choosing the best payment gateway to allow your customers to actually make purchases on your site. Pick a good gateway, and you’ll be able to accept just about any payment method imaginable, interface with the […]
PayPal (see our review) and Stripe (see our review) are tools to handle online payment processing, but they’re also so much more. With its slew of interconnected products ranging from mobile payments to financing services, I think it’s safe to say that PayPal is a household name. And Stripe, while more of a “behind the […]
Those of us in the eCommerce industry know full well that Shopify is one of the best and biggest shopping carts out there. Over the past year or so, Shopify has become a household name (partly due to the recent controversy regarding a few of Shopify’s more notorious customers). Here at Merchant Maverick, we love […]
Growing an eCommerce business is a lot like growing up: awkward. After a while, things don’t seem to feel right, and what was once a perfect software fit is now bursting at the seams. If your eCommerce platform isn’t keeping up with your company’s ever increasing demands, or if you’re a small seller looking forward […]
Part of our work here at Merchant Maverick is staying on top of new developments and trends in the industries that we cover. We learn a lot from the news article, blogs, and community forums we frequent. So much, in fact, that we want to share our knowledge with you in a more direct fashion. […]
With over 1.7M users on board, WooCommerce is the most widely used eCommerce platform there is. WooCommerce stores make up a whopping 41% of all eCommerce sites! For comparison, Shopify makes up only 5%. So why do so many merchants choose WooCommerce? WooCommerce provides an affordable and simple way to turn your WordPress site into […]
If you’ve been paying attention to the growth and development of eCommerce, you know that it’s no longer enough to simply operate an online store. “Multichannel” is becoming the industry’s biggest buzzword. And in order to successfully compete with large businesses, you’ll need to explore expanding your shop across multiple selling platforms. One of the […]
With so much discussion focused on multi-channel retail, retailers are paying more and more attention to the world of eCommerce. And, slowly but surely, those merchants are switching from traditional, brick-and-mortar business models to making their products available worldwide. However, while online selling is often necessary, it is by no means easy. We at Merchant […]
Choosing an eCommerce platform is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when setting up an online store. And it’s the step we focus on most at Merchant Maverick, for good reason. Your eCommerce platform can make or break the initial success of your business. Before you sign on for a monthly (or yearly) […]
As an online store owner, your goal is simple: to make as many sales as you can. There are thousands of ways to increase sales (many of which you’ve probably learned in business school or in the school of life), but when it comes to selling online, you may need to take an alternate approach. […]
