We hate the word Blog. Literally the term Blog is a blend of web and log. But does it have to sound so ugly? We tossed around the idea of calling this portion of our website The Sunny Side of the Street, Cool Stuff, Stuff you need to know. But at the end of the day we have to practice
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Part 3 of our Ecommerce 101 series is going to look at features or 'add-ons' and services that your shopping cart should provide you. In addition to what you are going to need to get started with an online shopping cart, there are certain features that are offered with any ecommerce solution that are kind of a 'given' and should
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Step Brightly is going to share the terms you need to be familiar with to need to get your online store running in a legitimate and professional way. All of these items; Merchant Account, Payment Gateway, API integration and an SSL certificate are additional fees, which are often not included in the package price you see
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Step Brightly offers many services to our clients in the realm of retail and online ecommerce solutions. From initial strategy to front-end navigational issues to a fully functional online shopping centers, we have 12+ years of experience working with on and off-line retail boutiques. Recently, we completed extensive research into four top-ranking shopping carts, 3dcart, BigCommerce, Shopify and Zen Cart and
...read more"As one door closes and another door opens itself." Who said that? I don't remember, but it is a good fit to this past week. I have been so blessed to have shared such an amazing experience with the AIGA Chicago board of directors over the past three years. I can't even list the names of all the generous people who
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Creative ladies! We continue our video series about how-to run an online business from a design, marketing and business-savvy perspective. To start our second part in our series, Vana Chupp and I share our experiences about how we each built the right online selling platform---aka; website. We start the conversation with the benefits of having an Esty site verse your
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