Jon Bottarini A D-U-N-S Number (also abbreviated as “DUNS”) is a unique nine-digit identification number assigned by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to a business or organization. It’s used to identify and track companies and their creditworthiness, and is often required for business-to-business transactions, government contracts, and other financial transactions. A common requirement for many online businesses is … Read more
As a business owner, you know how important it is to have access to capital to grow your new or existing business. You may have heard of options such as Shopify Capital, but what is it, how does it work, and what does it offer you and your business? In this article, we will discuss … Read more
I’ve written extensively on how Shopify is truly one of the easiest ways to sell products online. Because of how easy it is to set up and sell on Shopify, I’ve used them for tons of different products and companies, and have referred Shopify to friends and family for years because they make it so … Read more
Over the past few years, e-commerce has exploded, and the number of e-commerce platforms has grown to meet the demand. Two of the most popular choices in the market for many business owners and entrepreneurs large and small are Shopify and Etsy. Both platforms offer an array of tools to help new businesses launch their … Read more
Mailchimp allows you to configure SPF and DKIM records to authenticate your custom domain. You can still send emails without authenticating your domain, but some major email service providers (like Gmail or Yahoo Mail) may mark your emails as spam if you don’t have the proper SPF & DKIM records. Adding these records and authenticating … Read more
Update: As of January 2023, USPS has discontinued Regional Rate boxes. This means you will no longer be able to take advantage of regional rates. You can still use the boxes themselves, but they will be processed as weight and rate packages according to current USPS pricing rules. For the official announcement, please read the … Read more
There are many tools out there that can calculate the difficulty to rank different keywords. The problem is that most of the really good programs available on the market cost a good amount of money – so what if you just have a few keywords you want to research? Luckily, there are many tools that … Read more
Website uptime is important, and every second your site is down means lost visitors and potentially missed revenue. Making sure that you have monitoring in place to check that your site is operating as expected is critical, but you also need to be alerted as soon as something goes wrong. With New Relic, you can … Read more
I use Craigslist all the time – usually it’s painless and I meet with the buyer in person and complete the transaction, but other times I get weird text messages from strangers who want to send me extra money in the form of a cashiers check to cover “shippers fees” or other ridiculous charges that … Read more
Embedding videos on Shopify is easy with this Shopify embedded video code. Copy the code below, and replace YOUR_VIDEO_URL with the URL of the video you copied from Shopify file manager: How to Embed Videos on Shopify Pages, Themes and Products For a tutorial on how to use this code to embed videos on your … Read more