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How to Cancel Your Shopify Account or Pause Your Store

Bogdan Rancea September 15, 2021

Shopify is one of the world’s most popular hosted ecommerce platforms. Many people who want to launch an online store prefer using Shopify because of its ease of use and flexibility.

If you don’t want to go through the hassle of setting up, hosting or installing a bunch of complicated extensions or plugins, setting up a Shopify store is probably the best idea.

As you might already know, Shopify is one of the best choices for entrepreneurs who want to launch their store quickly. However, what if you want to cancel your subscription on Shopify? Most people don’t know how to cancel Shopify or close their store.

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How to Start a POD Business in Canada Using Shopify

Joe Warnimont September 17, 2021

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 Best WordPress Alternatives to Consider for 2021

Rebekah Carter September 15, 2021

Do you want a WordPress alternative to help you build your online presence?

It's fair to say that WordPress is one of the most popular tools on the market. 40% of the entire internet is powered by WordPress. That makes it the biggest content management system available today. However, bigger doesn't always mean better.

While WordPress does have a lot of great features to offer, it won't be the best service for every online business. Popularity is great, but no content management system is perfect, and that applies to WordPress too. If you've tried WP for yourself and decided that you need something different to make your website stand out, then you've come to the right place.

Although we're huge fans of the free WordPress experience ourselves, we know that there's more than one kind of blogger out there. People need variety, whether they're choosing an online store, ecommerce platform, or popular CMS.

That's why there are so many options out there today, from WooCommerce and Drupal, to Tumblr, and various open source platforms.

That's why we've pulled together some of the top-performing WordPress alternatives on the market for you today.

Read on to find out more.

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A Handy Hubstaff Review: Is This The Time Tracking Software for You?

Rosie Greaves September 15, 2021

With the pandemic pushing teams out of offices and into their homes, remote working has become a global norm. Whether you run an eCommerce business or regularly send staff into the field, tracing how your team spends their time can be tricky.

However, difficulties aside – it's essential for ensuring productivity is as high as possible, and resources are spent in the right places.

This is where time and task tracking software like Hubstaff comes into play.

From time and GPS tracking to employee monitoring, Hubstaff provides detailed insights into your daily operations.

In light of that, we're reviewing Hubstaff's core features and pricing to help you answer this question: Can Hubstaff help improve productivity and grow your profits?

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Best BigCommerce Dropshipping Solutions (Sep 2021)

Rebekah Carter September 15, 2021

Dropshipping is one of the most valuable business models for today’s growing businesses. After all, while it’s becoming much easier for people to start building their own digital stores online, they still need to find the right solutions to stock and ship their items to customers.

Dropshipping takes some of the stress out of building the perfect store, because you don’t have to worry about finding a place to keep all of your products safe, and there’s no need to stress over shipping items to customers either, because your supplier can handle that for you.

When you consider how much time and effort it takes to handle inventory as a business owner, it’s easy to see how dropshipping could be so appealing. Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the companies that can help you start your dropshipping adventure.

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Shopify Online Store 2.0 – Everything You Need To Know

Bogdan Rancea September 15, 2021

In 2020 more than 450 million people checked out on Shopify. The company processed more than $120 billion in Gross Merchandise Volume. It’s an obvious fact that Shopify is huge and growing bigger.

Shopify on Tuesday (June 29, 2021) announced a number of new features, aimed at making the platform more customizable for anyone running a store on Shopify. Online Shopify 2.0 offers a massive list of new features and themes for Shopify merchants.

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The Best Dropshipping Suppliers In Europe (Sep 2021)

Rebekah Carter September 15, 2021

Running your own ecommerce business can be the ideal way to follow your entrepreneurial dreams and achieve amazing results. However, before you can start making money, you’ll need to figure out how you’re going to keep your store running.

After all, there’s more to an ecommerce business than an amazing website and a marketing campaign. You also need to stock products and get them to your target audience. This is where dropshipping suppliers come in handy. Dropshipping suppliers simplify the process of running your online store, by handling the fulfilment and storage of goods on your behalf.

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A Concise Bluehost + WooCommerce Review (Sep 2021)

Rosie Greaves September 15, 2021

Bluehost is a veteran web hosting provider with a focus on WordPress. They're famously beginner-friendly and affordable, making them a suitable choice for budding entrepreneurs looking to start an online store.

When it comes to eCommerce web hosting, security, performance, and storage are all significant considerations. But you also need a solution that seamlessly integrates with powerful eCommerce platforms like WooCommerce and offers the support you need to keep everything running smoothly.

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