Thursday, April 30, 2020
Shopify what is it and why so much noise?
Undoubtedly the best E-commerce platform today, Shopify is a Canadian E-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa and created by, like many other companies, people who sought out for something, didn't get it and decided to make it and avail it to the public.
Shopify has had rapid growth through the years and their purchasing of resources, or better yet other small business brands to further build the company is impressive. What's more impressive is their easy-to-remember slogan: "Whether you sell, on social media, in store or out of the trunk of your car, Shopify has you covered". A better version is: "Shopify, the best place to sell online, in person, and anywhere in-between".
Shopify doesn't leave you hanging either. The platform hosts a Podcast and avails several resources to business owners in the form of blog posts. In fact, you could be an affiliate, investor or someone whom just follows the platform and they wouldn't let you down.
You're new to business and the platform in general? You get posts to help you get your first sale. You're an affiliate? You get the resources you need to help you better understand and promote the platform. You're a professional Entrepreneur with lots of experience? Believe it, Shopify has you covered.
But a platform as this does have its drawbacks, especially since the evident rise of drop shipping in 2015 where it became saturated with people thinking that outsourcing products from AliExpress was a good idea (even though drop shipping has been here since people thought of selling stuff to other people) and everyone who failed labeled it a "Get rich quick" scheme, even though Shopify has never publicly, or privately insinuated that using their platform assures/insures success.
WHY SHOPIFY?
There are a lot of attributes that make Shopify a sexy platform; particularly that it can be customized according to ones wishes. They are listed below;
• User friendly interface.
• Plans catering to your needs.
• World class customer support.
• Easy customization.
• A blog for your store.
• Access to Shopify experts that'll help with your store at a negotiable cost.
• An app store with apps to help you manage your store and many more.
SHOPIFY PLANS
Shopify has plans with features that fits every criteria one may garner. There are generally five shopify plans with specific features available for them. The plans and respective features are discussed below;
THE LITE SHOPIFY PLAN
If you have a Facebook page about a particular activity or service and you have products you could sell on your page, then this is the plan for you. It is limited to only selling on Facebook and costs $9.
THE BASIC SHOPIFY PLAN
This plan costs $29 and has cards rates of: 2.9%+30¢ for Canadian cards, 3.5%+30¢ for Amex or international cards and an in- person card rate of 2.7%+0¢. There are no transaction fees for using Shopify payments as your payment gateway, but using external payment gateways has a transaction fee of 2.0% percent.
With this plan you get these features: two (2) staff accounts, ability to add an unlimited number of products, an unlimited amount of file storage space, a $49 retail package, a "good" Shopify shipping discount, shipping labels printed, 24/7 hour support, fraud analysis, the ability to create orders manually, discount codes, a website and a blog and finally a free SSL certificate. Features you do not get on this plan are: gift cards, professional reports, advanced cart recovery, advanced report builder nor third-party calculated rates.
THE SHOPIFY PLAN
This plan costs $79 and has cards rates of: 2.7%+30¢ for Canadian cards, 3.4%+30¢ for Amex or international cards and an in- person card rate of 2.6%+0¢. There are no transaction fees for using Shopify payments as your payment gateway, but using external payment gateways has a transaction fee of 1.0% percent.
With this plan you get these features: five (5) staff accounts, ability to add an unlimited number of products, an unlimited amount of file storage space, a $49 retail package, a "better" Shopify shipping discount (than the basic plan), shipping labels printed, 24/7 hour support, fraud analysis, the ability to create orders manually, discount codes, a website and a blog, a free SSL certificate, gift cards, professional reports and advanced cart recovery. Features you do not get on this plan are: advanced report builder and third-party calculated rates.
THE ADVANCED SHOPIFY PLAN
This plan costs $299 with cards rates of: 2.4%+30¢ for Canadian cards, 3.3%+30¢ for Amex or international cards and an in- person card rate of 2.4%+0¢. There are no transaction fees (, as usual) for using Shopify payments as your payment gateway, but using external payment gateways has a transaction fee of 0.5% percent.
On this plan, every feature is made available to you. Specifically, fifteen (15) staff accounts, ability to add an unlimited number of products, an unlimited amount of file storage space, a $49 retail package, the "best" Shopify shipping discount, printed shipping labels, 24/7 hour support, fraud analysis, the ability to create orders manually, discount codes, a website and a blog, free SSL certificate, gift cards, professional reports, advanced cart recovery, advanced report builder and third-party calculated rates.
THE SHOPIFY PLUS PLAN
Shopify plus plan is Shopify's "custom" plan. There is barely any information of this plan except that you get what you agree on with Shopify. If a business gets intereste in the plan, they contact an affiliate or some affiliate brands of Shopify and they will submit/refer you to Shopify. After which Shopify will call you and create a store for you based on your agreed criteria.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SHOPIFY
My personal journey with Shopify has been very interesting. In my first week of opening my first two stores, I've had several abandoned carts. Why so many abandoned carts? You ask! Because living in a third world country, Nigeria, I couldn't get a payment processor. All good options required that a business be registered (Until recently but only for new accounts). It's sad. So if you fail, it's always easier to blame it on your country rather than the platform. It's like back lashing at Google because they didn't have results for a weird name/word you were searching for.
My first store sold geek merchandise and the second store that I still work on, sells Long Boards. I still can't get a payment processor and so have a vast amount of abandoned carts while I simultaneously try to make it look appealing and trustworthy. I haven't given up!
So, I saved the best for last. Shopify allows a 14 day free trial after which you'll need to buy a plan to keep using the platform unless a development store is created for you. There is still no loophole because once a store is 14 days old; you'll need to still buy a plan regardless of if it was created as a development store. The only other option is for you to be added as an employee and when the store makes 50 orders, you'll need to buy a plan and the store gets handed to you. You also have the opportunity to employ Shopify Experts to help you with your store based on what you agreed on.
If you have a product, whether you made it or had it made for you and would like or are ready Launch, then there is no better platform to sell on than Shopify.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
5 Proven Ways to Make Money Online
There are endless ways you can use to make money online. Some will give you great returns while others will leave you working for pennies. If you are looking to make money online, here are the top 5 proven ways that you can consider.
Webinar Trainings
One of the ways you can make a significant amount of money online is through webinar training. A webinar is an online event held in real time. The people present are able to interact with each other and with the presenters by sending and receiving messages in real time.
If you are an expert in a certain field, you can use webinars to train people who are interested in what you offer. To be successful in webinar training, it is important that you have a recognized online presence in your niche or area or expertise.
Start an Online Course
Another way to make money online is by starting your own online course. Courses present a good source of passive income. When you create a course, you can sell it for many years to come with little to no updates depending on the topic.
It is easy to start a course and you can price it the way you want. According to Teachable.com, their instructors make upwards of $5,200 per month and most start making money immediately after launching their courses.
People are wired to seek education and skills, therefore, if you have a good course that really delivers value, it becomes easy to build a seven figure business with it.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is the act of selling products owned by others for a commission. You can use affiliate networks such as ClickBank and others or look for other online businesses and companies that have their own affiliate offers.
You can easily make money with affiliate marketing if you have a blog with a good following. You can sell products or services that would interest your blog followers and make passive income without much effort.
Drop Shipping
With drop-shipping, you sell products through your site to people who are interested without having to deal with inventory or delivery of the same. It is also a great way to make money online without a lot of investment upfront.
Become a Freelancer
Finally, you can become a freelancer and engage in lucrative ventures such as content marketing, digital marketing and advertising, web analytics, web design, graphic design and others. All of these are freelancing careers that are scalable and able to bring in a decent amount of income. Many people have built million dollar online business offering such services.
Other good ways to make money online include starting a blog, becoming an online tutor, offering virtual assistant services and working with online business like Uber, Lyft and Amazon to offer driver and delivery services.
If you are looking to make money online, the time to start is now. If you are lucky, you might make money immediately; but for most ventures, you will need time to gain traction and start making a decent income.
Mathenge Kabui Is an expert author on matters to do with making money online. You can contact him to give you quality content for your website by following the link below: https://www.kenyawriters.com/customorders/
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Webinar Trainings
One of the ways you can make a significant amount of money online is through webinar training. A webinar is an online event held in real time. The people present are able to interact with each other and with the presenters by sending and receiving messages in real time.
If you are an expert in a certain field, you can use webinars to train people who are interested in what you offer. To be successful in webinar training, it is important that you have a recognized online presence in your niche or area or expertise.
Start an Online Course
Another way to make money online is by starting your own online course. Courses present a good source of passive income. When you create a course, you can sell it for many years to come with little to no updates depending on the topic.
It is easy to start a course and you can price it the way you want. According to Teachable.com, their instructors make upwards of $5,200 per month and most start making money immediately after launching their courses.
People are wired to seek education and skills, therefore, if you have a good course that really delivers value, it becomes easy to build a seven figure business with it.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is the act of selling products owned by others for a commission. You can use affiliate networks such as ClickBank and others or look for other online businesses and companies that have their own affiliate offers.
You can easily make money with affiliate marketing if you have a blog with a good following. You can sell products or services that would interest your blog followers and make passive income without much effort.
Drop Shipping
With drop-shipping, you sell products through your site to people who are interested without having to deal with inventory or delivery of the same. It is also a great way to make money online without a lot of investment upfront.
Become a Freelancer
Finally, you can become a freelancer and engage in lucrative ventures such as content marketing, digital marketing and advertising, web analytics, web design, graphic design and others. All of these are freelancing careers that are scalable and able to bring in a decent amount of income. Many people have built million dollar online business offering such services.
Other good ways to make money online include starting a blog, becoming an online tutor, offering virtual assistant services and working with online business like Uber, Lyft and Amazon to offer driver and delivery services.
If you are looking to make money online, the time to start is now. If you are lucky, you might make money immediately; but for most ventures, you will need time to gain traction and start making a decent income.
Mathenge Kabui Is an expert author on matters to do with making money online. You can contact him to give you quality content for your website by following the link below: https://www.kenyawriters.com/customorders/
Article Source: https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Mathenge_Kabui/557294
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Friday, April 24, 2020
Tips for making some extra money at home
Make money from your SOFA: The lockdown has left many struggling to make ends meet... but with a little creativity you can earn some extra cash
Tips for cashing in at home
How to make some money on the side right now!
Tips for making extra income can be varied and mist of the blogs you will find actually are referring to the American market as you'll see the money earning is shown in dollars.
There actually is plenty of useful ways of creating an extra source of income, but you have to be creative and open to this.
I'm writing this to you coming from London England, having myself been sourcing some extra income.
In these strange times during the covid 19 phase my business cannot operate so we have decided to go on line and sell on ebay.
Now this may seem a little normal but what isn't normal is the rate that online sales have soared by! Honestly the online market is booming and make way for the new wave.
So tips for you could be start going through your loft or garage dig out some items to put up for sale this could be anything condition needs to be presentable.
Set up an account for the following
- Ebay
- Facebook (market place)
- Gumtree
- Shpock
And more.
If you have any sports equipment or gym related stuff you dont want then the market for that has boomed with thr closure of the gyms.
Our business has taken well to the ebay selling and are actually considering continuing online for the future because of the benefits that come with it.
Online income has proven that even during times like these we as humans still have a thirst for spending money.
Use your time to be creative and make some.
Ashley Plumpton
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