Business
An ecommerce site is a business. Our Management & Finance category addresses online payments, funding needs, employee issues, merchant profiles, key metrics, multichannel and omnichannel strategies, cross-border analyses, inventory management, accounting topics, sales taxes, and much more.
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Business
Pinwheel CEO on Selling Kid-Safe Phones
June 12, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
In 2019 Dane Witbeck had a problem: What were his kids doing on their smartphones?
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Cross-border Selling
How Brands Win at India’s Quick Commerce
June 9, 2026 • Manoj Sharma
India's booming local-delivery model enables consumers to buy goods online and receive them within 30 minutes.
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Business
Engineer Quits, Launches Online Art School
June 5, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Florence Morin, a disillusioned engineer, longed to earn a living from making art.
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Cross-border Selling
Why European Ecommerce Fails in the U.S.
June 2, 2026 • Oksana Tsvigun
European consumers prioritize the right decision. Americans seek easy, confident choices.
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Business
2 Bootstrapped D2C Brands, 1 CEO
May 29, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Eric Steckling runs two direct-to-consumer companies: Brio sells beard trimmers, and Ollie sells oral care goods.
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Cross-border Selling
What Foreign Merchants Miss in India
May 26, 2026 • Manoj Sharma
Sellers entering India often underestimate how deeply the Unified Payments Interface and localized checkouts drive sales.
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Cross-border Selling
How Foreign Brands Sell into Africa
May 22, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
Marketplaces provide the easiest entry, but direct international selling and local retail partnerships drive long-term growth.
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Cross-border Selling
E.U. Product Safety Laws Reach Sellers
May 19, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
The revised General Product Safety Regulation applies to all merchants selling into the E.U., including those based in the U.S.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
A Preview of Agentic Marketplaces
May 17, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Anthropic's recent "Project Deal" experiment demonstrated that AI agents could buy and sell in a narrowly focused marketplace.
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Business
Chord Commerce CEO on Pivoting to Data
May 15, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Bryan Mahoney's company initially offered a "headless" ecommerce platform, but merchants wanted only the data component.
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Inventory
AI Reshapes Print-on-Demand Ecommerce
May 14, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Successful POD businesses will combine strong merchandising, structured product data, and patient customer acquisition.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Ecommerce May Not Save the USPS
May 10, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Only the USPS must deliver to every U.S. household six days a week — not FedEx, UPS, Amazon, or others.
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Business
Inside Beardbrand’s Expansion Plan
May 8, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Beardbrand has hit a plateau. Revenue is down, the market has shifted, yet its founder resets for growth.
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Cross-border Selling
Viahart Founder Eyes Sales in China
May 1, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Molson Hart's contrarian approach envisions long-term success in China.
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Business
Surviving D2C’s Boom and Bust
April 24, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Chris Wichert's luxury shoe brand launched in 2015 and quickly scaled. Then the pandemic hit.
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B2B
B2B Ecommerce Powers Africa Retail
April 21, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
In much of Africa, consumer retail revolves around physical mom-and-pop shops, kiosks, and market stalls.
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Finance
Iris Founder Talks AI-Powered Finance
April 17, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Drew Fallon's platform forecasts profitability, cash flow, inventory, and more — anything a CFO would do, he says.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Who Delivers Your Orders Matters
April 16, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Delivery is increasingly part of the brand experience, much more than fulfillment alone.
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Cross-border Selling
Big Difference in E.U., U.S. Return Rules
April 14, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
A single global returns policy creates either compliance risk in the E.U. or unnecessary costs in the U.S.
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Local Business
‘Ask Maps’ Elevates Local Merchants
April 12, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Google Maps latest AI-driven feature is an opportunity for local businesses to elevate visibility.
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Business
EcomFuel Founder on 2026 Industry Trends
April 10, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Andrew Youderian recaps his company's annual trends report, addressing the state of ecommerce among 300 participating businesses.
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Cross-border Selling
Digital Goods Could Now Face Tariffs
April 9, 2026 • Armando Roggio
In its March conference, the World Trade Organization's member nations did not extend the longstanding tariff moratorium on “electronic transmissions.”
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Business
My Ideal Second Business
April 3, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
What's an attractive second company, one that would enhance my life without creating stress and headaches?
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Cross-border Selling
Smarter Ecommerce Delivery in Africa
March 31, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
Modern tech stacks help avoid delivery failures from landmark-based addresses and consumers' pay-on-receipt habits.
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Cross-border Selling
How Foreign Brands Test the U.S. Market
March 24, 2026 • Oksana Tsvigun
Before spending big money, test the demand in two ways.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
USPS Losses Threaten Ecommerce Shipping
March 22, 2026 • Armando Roggio
What if the USPS, a key last-mile delivery provider, becomes slower, pricier, or unreliable?
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Amazon & Marketplaces
E.U. Law Tightens Marketplace Selling
March 17, 2026 • Beata Twardowska
Verification and transparency are becoming routine for marketplace sellers in the E.U.
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Inventory
Launch Your Own Private-Label Brand
March 15, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Private-label brands remove one or more layers of intermediaries from the supply chain.
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Business
How Vessi Sells Waterproof Shoes
March 13, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Director of ecommerce Ray Hua shares the challenges of targeting the right audience, cross-border selling, diversifying, and more.
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Fraud Prevention
Why OpenAI Acquired Promptfoo
March 12, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Acquisitions by OpenAI and Meta foretell an agent-driven world with evolving security risks.
The Race to Own AI Shopping
Google's Redirects Blur Search Rankings
New Ecommerce Tools: September 8, 2026
Influencers Mostly Skip Disclosure
New Ecommerce Tools: September 2, 2026
Branded Sites Are Vital for Merchants