PayPal and Stripe alternative? I know this gets asked about once a week, but are there any other services where one can avoid the nightmarish holds that come with PayPal and Stripe? I sell a high risk product on Shopify and was first banned my Shopify payments/Stripe and now PayPal. I’ve looked into Authorize.net but am really running out of options. Any help would be appreci…

Amazon Handmade question- personal seller’s info Is there a way to hide the seller’s personal information on their details page? I’m referring to the individual who sells out of their home I’ve noticed their name, home address, and phone number are all displayed Can any of these be hidden? submitted by /u/fat-stanley

Should I go to NRF? B2B saas startup founder here – super early stage. Working closely with retail brands re: tooling for understanding your users. Wondering if NRF is worth it specifically for the educational side of it, or if it’s just all folks showing face and maintaining brand presence. Will I learn anything new/more/meaningful about where the industry’s at a…

Buying an Ecom store? First time poster long time lurker. Has anyone bought or sold an Ecom business? I’m weighing my options in this space and have added buying one to the list. Thoughts? submitted by /u/FISDM

Feedback/Opinions on my website and what I can do to improve! We’ve recently been trying to pivot our CPG business from local in-person events/markets to online sales. We’ve served over 50,000 people locally and have definitely validated our product amongst our ideal customer which is mostly adults 21-45. The biggest challenge we have is its really a product you have to try to have your mind changed. We o…

Which are the biggest profit making stores you have scene in your niche? How do they inspire you? Basically who are the respective giants of your niche that inspire your journey? submitted by /u/Netero1999

Been using Orbitalpay for adult processing but they are vulnerable to bots- Anyone know a good alternative? I’ve used orbital pay for nearly a decade and had a great experience with them. Unfortunately lately card testing bots have launched attacks that their fraud countermeasures have not been able to stop. They have asked me to change my site to stop this, but as they are the ones hosting the forms they don’t know what they are talking about. Anyone…

Cost Optimisation – 3rd Party Design Agency? Hi all, One of my friends planning on acquiring a British clothing brand that’s been around for 30 years and struggling to scale and finance itself at present. They currently have partners like Next, M&S, and John Lewis producing decent numbers but the own website is clearly failing due to lack of ambition / staff. The biggest operational cost…

Need suggestion on Multivendor website region setup Hello, I am building a multivendor ecommerce website silimar to etsy in WordPress, by using Woocomerce and Dokan plugin. I am having trouble to solve how the currency setup should be in my use case. I will have vendors/sellers mostly from USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia. I want my vendors to have the option to add their product price in the…

Best small/mid size eCommerce ERP? Hi – Curious to hear any recommendations on ERP systems given the following very high level requirements (which I think cover a pretty broad cross section of the market). 5-10M sales (growing quickly) Primarily DTC ecom selling a physical product made by the company via Shopify (thus ease of integration with Shopify is important) 2-3000 sku’s (…

Can you please help in finding a suitable software. Hello, We have a print shop and want to change from individual software systems ie Asana for orders, POS, Xero and manual stock calculations, we are looking for software that’s integrated and will have the following: POS ⁠inventory with variations e.g. size, colour etc ⁠order management and tracking (must be able to add files on orders and mus…

Best App/Platform for Creating On-Brand Creatives for Small Business? Hey everyone! I’m a small business owner looking for a simple yet powerful app or platform to create on-brand graphics and creatives for social media, flyers, and marketing materials. I want something that: • Allows me to set up a brand kit (logo, colors, fonts, etc.) for consistency. • Is easy to use (I’m not a designer). • Offers plenty of tem…

How do you make sense of customer reviews for your e-commerce store? Hi folks! I’m curious about how e-commerce store owners analyze customer reviews to improve their business. Do you manually go through reviews, or use a tool to analyze them? Is there anything about this process that frustrates you? I’m exploring solutions to simplify this and would love to get your thoughts. Thanks in advance for sharing! …

Museminded reviews? Has anyone used Museminded for accounting / CFO work? Seem really good but it’s hard to tell – we’re desperate for a new CPA beginning of year submitted by /u/Security-Possible

Why can’t I profit in EU markets with products that sell well locally? Hi everyone! I’ve been selling products successfully in Bosnia, mostly under €15 (including shipping), using Facebook Ads and selling through messages. However, when I try to sell the same products in Poland, Czechia, and other EU countries, I can’t make a profit. Here’s my setup: • All orders are Cash on Delivery. • Product price avg 15-25€ • A…

Need help? “traffic comes from SEO” In the past 28 days (of my GSC), there was a 1.7% CTR with 199 clicks (high buying intent traffic, as 99% of visitors landed on product pages), yet no sales occurred. What could be the reason? ​ submitted by /u/mounir2508

Any “returns centers” in the USA or Middle East? Hi, I would like to know if anyone knows if there are any returns centers or anything or if that is even a thing in the US or Middle East? So that customers could return products within the country then the center would ship them out in one package back to us maybe once a week, month or when there are 30 products or whatever in the center? We ar…

At a loss for what to do- Dealing with bots testing cc’s Hey all, earlier this year there was a large number of attempted transactions with card testing bots, I got temporarily disabled from processing transactions but was re-enabled. Unfortunately it happened again, but I got re-enabled. However this third time my processor has said I must do something to resolve the issue. The trouble is, they host …

Question about BigCartel web software Hi there, For the part on the bigcartel web software set up page where it asks for your address Will customers know your address if you put it into big cartel at any time? Cheers submitted by /u/Flimsy_Connection990

Global sellers, how do you calculate your shipping cost? I’m currently shipping my goods domestically. Easy, just one simple flat shipping rate to deal with. No biggie! But my business is growing and there’s a lot of opportunities inside and outside of the European Union. That means I would have to deal with multiple flat shipping rates (per weight/size class) that can be different per country (even w…