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How to Start a POD Business in Canada Using Shopify

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Starting a print-on-demand (POD) business in Canada using Shopify isn't much different than if you were to build one anywhere else, except that you need to find POD suppliers that provide quality products and fast shipping to Canadian provinces and territories.

You also want to understand where your customers are located in Canada, seeing as how the landmass of Canada is rather expansive, and some POD suppliers may not dropship to all areas of the country. Regardless, if your goal is to start a POD business in Canada, you have several options to make that a reality.

In this guide, we'll cover everything you need to know about establishing a POD business in Canada, from setting up an online store to syncing it with your POD suppliers, and designing your products to setting the right prices for those items.

Keep reading to understand the ins and outs of the Canadian POD industry, and to make sure you don't make any mistakes along your journey.

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The Fastest WordPress Hosting Services in 2023: A Round-up

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Regardless of if you're starting a business or if you already have one running, speed is one of the crucial factors to ensuring that your WordPress site grows, and retains your visitors.

However, finding the fastest web hosting service can be a little tricky as there are so many options to choose from with each having unique capabilities. Plus, most WordPress hosts have so many packages that can get you confused when you go through them for the first time.

That's where we come into the picture. We've built a selection of some of the top ones, especially the web hosts that offer our primary goal in mind – getting the fastest WordPress hosting solution. The services listed in this roundup are among the fastest in the industry and alternate from cheap to expensive and vice-versa depending on your budget.

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Shopify POS Hardware: What to Get and How to Set It Up

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The foundation of a Shopify store revolves around its dashboard interface, shopping cart, and all of the other elements that typically go into an online store.

However, Shopify also provides the infrastructure you need for running a brick-and-mortar checkout counter with its POS (point of sale) software and hardware.

You can combine an online store with the Shopify POS hardware or simply stick with a system for collecting payments from customers in person.

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How to Set up Shopify Fulfillment (Updated for 2024)

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The Shopify Fulfillment Network is Shopify‘s version of a 3PL (third-party logistics) company. Merchants still partner with a third-party, but there's no need to manage multiple dashboards or billing accounts, seeing as how your Shopify account is handled in the same invoice and dashboard as the Shopify Fulfillment.

We've completed a thorough review of the Shopify Fulfillment Network here, so we recommend you check out that guide if you're having trouble understanding what it's all about or if your company should consider it as a viable 3PL company.

In this guide, we'll talk about how to set up Shopify Fulfillment by covering everything from activating your account to figuring out your rates and choosing where to store your products.

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Best Fulfillment Center in New York and the Surrounding Areas

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In order to make your shipping and fulfillment process more efficient and affordable, you must consider partnering with a third-party fulfillment center. Fulfillment centers typically offer software to integrate with your website, along with warehouses and workers to store, pick, and ship your products. If you live in New York (or Brooklyn, Long Island, etc.), there's no shortage of fulfillment centers and distribution services, seeing as how the east coast of the US provides direct shipping routes to places all over the US, to Mexico, Canada, and even Europe. In this article, we help you locate the best fulfillment center New York has to offer for your business. We'll compare the top contenders, talk about elements like pricing and locations, then explain the true benefits of each one.

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Top 3pl Companies: A Comparison of the Ideal Partners for Ecommerce Fulfillment

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Third-party logistics, or 3PL, is a term used to refer to one of the most popular and cost-effective ecommerce fulfillment methods.

The method involves you (the merchant) partnering with a third-party logistics provider that focuses only on fulfilling the logistical side of your operation, with tasks like inventory storage, order management, packaging, and shipping.

This minimizes or eliminates costs for things like paying for your own warehouses, warehouse workers, and packaging materials.

Not to mention, you can save money in the process, usually get better shipping rates and speeds, and turn your focus to other aspects of your business like marketing or product development.

With all that in mind, where do you start when it comes to picking from third-party logistics companies?

In this article, we outline the top 3PL companies based on their prices, reputations, offerings, shipping speeds, and more.

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How to Start Dropshipping Business in 6 Simple Steps (2023)

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In this guide, we'll outline everything you need to know about how to start a dropshipping business, from choosing a lucrative product niche to figuring out the demand for products, and choosing an ecommerce platform to running the right marketing campaigns to bring in customers.

In addition, we talk about if a print-on-demand shop is right for you, along with other questions about the legality of dropshipping, how much money you need, and more.

Keep reading to learn all about how to start a dropshipping business the right way.

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Udemy vs Teachable (2023): A Comparison of Online Course Selling Heavyweights

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So you want to sell courses online? Maybe you have a knack for Adobe Illustrator or like the idea of making money by teaching people photography. One of the great things about the Internet today is that you can take a look at your current skill set and potentially monetize it by becoming an instructor online. But how do you go about building a website and selling these online courses? Luckily, there are several online course building platforms to choose from. We want to compare two of the most popular options, so we'll pit Udemy vs Teachable and see which one comes out on top.

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