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How an eCommerce Business Grew to Become one of the Fastest Growing Companies in Indiana
This is a story about how One Click Ventures became one of the fastest growing companies in Indiana. One Click Ventures (OCV) started out as a man and wife team (Randy and Angie Stocklin) in their Greenwood, Indiana home with $20,000 in 2005. They now own a portfolio of niche retail websites, including SunglassWarehouse.com, HandbagHeaven.com…
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From the Garden to the City: The Epic Entrepreneur’s Story
Every entrepreneur has their own version of the classic “entrepreneur’s journey”. They usually share this story at the beginning of an interview or podcast. I’ve never been interviewed or been on a podcast so I decided to write my own. I’m choosing myself. 🙂 Family Background From the time I was born my family moved…
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e-Commerce Metric: Time to First Sale
This is not just a record of the amount of time it took to get to first sale, a metric called “time to first sale”, but a story about what it took to go from idea to first sale. This is a story of how one idea can lead to another and how people can…
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Amazon Webstore Review
I signed up to test Amazon’s eCommerce Software, Amazon Webstore, mostly because of these two factors: List Amazon.com items on your own Webstore to augment your product selection Take advantage of additional services such as Selling on Amazon, Fulfillment by Amazon, and Amazon Prime on Your Site to grow your business and improve customer satisfaction…
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My First eCommerce Company
While I didn’t think of it as an e-commerce company at the time, I was buying books in real life and selling them on Half.com – something I’ve wanted to get back into for the last year. This is a story of my first e-commerce company, Blu Bukx. The Beginning of Blu Bukx Company Like…
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Best eCommerce Platforms in 2013
Which e-commerce site would you recommend? Is it better to have a site that starts as a blog with a shopping cart added, or an e-commerce site with a blog added? I’m currently recommending BigCommerce.com as the number one best eCommerce platform in 2013. It’s an online shopping cart/ecommerce platform that performs well, looks great,…
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osCommerce Vs. Magento Community
Recently an e-commerce customer who uses osCommerce asked me about re-installing his e-commerce site from scratch or whether or not he should switch platforms: 1. Can I start from scratch to build an osCommerce site? What’s involved? Would I need to link my shipping and payment? Yes, but I don’t recommend that because it’s out-of-date…
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How to Convert Shopperpress Custom Post-Type Articles to WordPress Posts
Recently I wrote about how to setup a blog on Shopperpress, which then led one of my readers to ask about what happens to the custom post-type articles Shopperpress uses for the blog functionality when you convert to another theme or want to move your content to another site or ecommerce platform? I saw your…
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eCommerce Blueprint 2.0
I started writing this in January of 2013 in response to the original E-Commerce Blueprint from December of 2012, but now, 2 years later, I have more perspective after having helped several e-commerce companies get started. In 2013 I wrote a basic outline of things I felt were important ways to market an e-commerce business:…