Category: How to Build an Online Store

How to start an online store

What Is A Resale Certificate And How To Save On Sales Tax

One of the best ways to grow your wealth is to start an online business. And the easiest way to get started in ecommerce is to resell existing products. Basically, you buy…

Entrepreneurship

How To Buy An Online Business For Sale And Get The Best Deal

For many people, running an online business is “the dream.” After all, a successful online business can free you up to live the life you want on your own schedule and on…

Amazon

Amazon SEO – A Step By Step Process To Rank In Amazon Search

When it comes to ranking your products in Amazon search, there’s a common misconception that amassing a bunch of 5 star reviews is the key to success. Don’t get me wrong. Reviews…

Case Studies

How Fake Coupon And Deal Sites Are Stealing Your Sales And What To Do About It

Picture this scenario. A customer in your online store is about to checkout. But they see a discount code field in your cart, do a search for “YourStore.com coupons” and find a…

Amazon

Amazon Brand Registry And The Best Way To Prevent IP Theft

Joining the Amazon brand registry is more important today than it has ever been before. Not only does registering your brand allow you to control your listing but it’s also a requirement…

Entrepreneurship

How To Start A Business With No Money. Here’s Exactly What I’d Do

Contrary to popular belief, it does NOT require a large upfront investment to start a successful online business. What you lack in funds can be made up for with a little ingenuity…

Amazon

Amazon Scams And Dirty Tactics To Expect When You Sell On Amazon

Over the years, I’ve become increasingly disgusted with the multitude of Amazon scams that plague the Amazon marketplace. Everyday, honest merchants are getting ripped off by unscrupulous buyers and sabotaged by dirty…

Entrepreneurship

3 Life Lessons On Perseverance, Business Success And Asian Parenting

I always get crazy looks whenever I tell people that I started studying for the SATs in 4th grade. Or when I attended nerd camp in the 7th grade and completed Geometry,…

Entrepreneurship

How To Find A Career Path That Makes You Happy (Without Getting Pressured Into It)

For most of us, our choices in life are heavily influenced by our environment. We are born into a society that tells us how to pick a career path and we’re often…

Content Creation

Drip Vs ConvertKit Vs AWeber Vs MailChimp – Reviewed By A 7 Figure Blogger

Recently, I switched email marketing providers for the 3rd time in 7 years. The evaluation process took several months to complete and I looked at every possible alternative in order to avoid…

Conversion Optimization

The Dangers Of Using Free WordPress Plugins And Javascript Code On Your Site

Over the last decade of running this blog and teaching my online store course, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among many ecommerce entrepreneurs. Now this trend is especially prevalent because 99% of…

Advertising

Facebook Retargeting – How To Use Dynamic Product Ads To Generate A 12x Return

A while back, I published an article entitled “A Facebook Advertising Strategy For Ecommerce Stores That Really Works”. And in that post, I outlined how I run profitable Facebook ads by sending…

How to Build an Online Store

How To Use Consumer Psychology And Pricing Mind Games To Increase Sales

Pricing your products effectively isn’t just about assigning a set of numbers to items that you sell. It’s also about managing perceptions and understanding consumer psychology. A common misconception is that customers…

Advertising

Google Search Ads Tutorial – How To Buy Cheap Targeted Traffic With Storeya

I don’t know why but Google seems to go out of its way to make sure that you lose money when advertising on their Adwords platform. Not only is the interface overly…

Advertising

How To Advertise On Facebook – Strategies The Pros Use To Generate Sales

When I first launched my online store, I generated a lot of sales early on by advertising with Google Adwords. And even today, orders from Google Adwords still represents a significant chunk…

Amazon

How To Trademark A Name For Amazon Brand Registry

This short guide will teach you how to trademark a name for your business so you can participate in the Amazon brand registry. Most people who start an online business unknowingly neglect…