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You know those barcodes that you swipe across a scanner at checkout to total up your purchase? If your business makes anything to wholesale to retail stores, you’re going to need one of those barcodes. Technically, they’re called UPC barcodes, UPC numbers, or UPC codes. We’ll tell you what they… Read More »How to Get a UPC Barcode for Your Product
This article takes a quick look at how to make and publish an app on Google Play. It’s a part of our series on how to sell apps. If you’re curious about how to list an app on Apple’s App Store, here’s our App Store article that parallels this one.… Read More »Intro to How to Make an App on Google Play
This article is part of our series on app building for small businesses. Here, we’re focused only on the basics of building and publishing an app for the App Store. We have a related article on the Google Play store, if you’re interested in learning about that. This article is… Read More »Intro to How to Make an App for the App Store
As a part of our journey to start a small business, let’s take a quick look at what’s involved to build an app and then sell it on the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. Our last series of articles looked at online places where you can build… Read More »Should Every Small Business Build an App?
Wix is well-known for its proprietary, drag and drop software that can let anyone build a website in minutes. You won’t have to know how to code and you won’t have to own a domain name. You just have to sign up for their free account. And Wix works really… Read More »Is the Wix Website Builder for Beginner Merchants?
Square is best known as a company that helps merchants take credit card payments. But, over the years, it’s added to its service offerings. One of these offerings is an easy-to-use website building software that lets non-techies build a nice-looking webstore in less than a day. Square’s webstore building platform… Read More »Should a Square Online Store be Your First Webstore?
This article is a part of our series on how to set up your first online store and start selling as quickly as possible. It’s a just-the-basics-facts article because we don’t think Shopify is suited for the beginner merchant. Still, we often see people ask whether they should build their… Read More »Is the Shopify Website Builder for Beginner Merchants?
If you’ve heard of Etsy, then you know it’s a place to buy crafty, one-of-a-kind handmade items. But you can actually find all sorts of other things on Etsy, from carnivorous plants to cupcakes. So, if your small business is looking to open its first online store and you sell… Read More »Opening an Etsy Shop to Jumpstart Your Small Business
eBay started as an auction site where enthusiasts bought and sold collectibles of all kinds. Later on, more traditional businesses started to use the site to sell in the more traditional way—by setting a firm price and selling the item right away. Today, eBay has an enormous user base, and… Read More »Starting an eBay Store to Jumpstart Your Small Business
Facebook has had its PR ups and downs, but it’s still the top social media platform for keeping in touch. So, if you want to sell anything online without building your own website, setting up a Facebook Shops store is a pretty good choice. After all, a vast number of… Read More »Why Set Up Facebook Shops, for Small Businesses
