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Does Buy Now, Pay Later Threaten Credit Card Issuers?

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Capital One recently announced that it would prohibit the use of its credit cards to finance buy-now-pay-later transactions. According to a Capital One spokesperson , BNPL buys"could be risky for clients and the banks that serve them." In this guide, I will examine Capital One's claim. Let’s see our product: Pos for Magento Pos for Shopify Pos for Commercetools MSI Pos for bigcommerce Pos for woocommerce How It Works Buy today, pay later allows approved clients -- online or in-store -- to defer the payment for goods and services. BNPL providers pay the merchant in full immediately, with no service fee. The client pays the BNPL supplier in agreed-upon payments charged to the client's credit card. BNPL is a simpler, more transparent way for most consumers to consummate a purchase. Credit cards are plagued by hidden charges, compounding interest, and poorly-explained penalties. BNPL differs because rates, fees, and payment schedules are displayed clearly and explain...

Serious changes are coming into the E.U. VAT

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As I write this in mid-December, there's absolutely not any Brexit trade arrangement between the U.K. and the E.U. Firms in the U.K. have no clue what is going to happen on January 1, when the U.K. formally exits in the E.U. [Editor's note: An hour after we published this guide, E.U. and U.K. officials declared a Brexit agreement.] Surely importers and exporters will experience headaches. Manufacturers could have hiccups in obtaining raw materials, which might cause price volatility. But, it's less of a problem than it appears for ecommerce retailers. The cost of the goods may vary. But so long as they fix their selling prices to match the cost, most U.K. retailers will continue. Let’s see our product: Pos for Magento Pos for Shopify Pos for Commercetools MSI Pos for bigcommerce Pos for woocommerce Value-added tax The actual issue for U.K. merchants will be adapting to changes in the E.U.'s value-added tax. The changes -- that apply to non-E.U. companies that sel...

Entrepreneur's Page-builder Tools Bring Out Equity, 100 Workers

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Finbarr Taylor moved into the U.S. nine years ago with a target. He'd just graduated from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, with a Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science. "I moved from Scotland to Silicon Valley with the express intent of starting a technology company," he informed me. "I'm doing it, and I am having the time of my life. I am in no hurry to stop." Let’s see our product: Pos for Magento Pos for Shopify Pos for Commercetools MSI Pos for bigcommerce Pos for woocommerce Taylor's tech firm is Shogun, which offers innovative page-builder tools that improve ecommerce websites. He's co-founder and CEO. The business has nearly 100 employees. It recently completed a $35 million Series B capital injection. I talked with Taylor earlier this month about Shogun, its goods, innovative web apps, and the long-term outlook for the enterprise. Our audio dialog is embedded below, followed by the transcript, which can be...
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Frequent B2B Mistakes, Part 4: Shipping, Returns, Inventory I've consulted with B2B ecommerce businesses worldwide for ten years. I also have assisted in the installation of new B2B websites and with continuing support. This post is the fourth in a series where I tackle common mistakes of B2B ecommerce merchants. The first post addressed errors associated with catalogue pricing and management. The second clarified user management and customer service failures. The third post discussed glitches from shopping carts and order management systems. See our products: Magento pos bigcommerce pos Shopify pos Woocommerce pos commercetools pos MSI With this setup, I will review mistakes associated with shipping, returns, and inventory management. B2B Mistakes: Shipping, Returns, Inventory Limited shipping choices. Many B2B sites only offer one transport method. Customers don't have any option for quicker shipping. Connected to this is delaying an whole order because of a single...

B2B's Digital Shift Is Permanent and Incomplete

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The pandemic has forced many B2B businesses to add ecommerce capabilities quickly to keep orders flowing. "B2B organizations which were intending to do more with electronic five years down the road had to quicken their deadline. Covid made them," said Challin Meink, senior marketing manager for Avionos, an agency. See our products: Magento pos bigcommerce pos Shopify pos Woocommerce pos commercetools pos MSI The transformation is almost certainly permanent, changing how B2B businesses operate. Additionally, it is incomplete. B2B Transformed 1. Buyers prefer ecommerce. Even prior to the pandemic, B2B buyers anticipated the"convenience, simplicity, and precision" of a digital experience, stated Meink. This shouldn't be surprising since the identical buying professionals who place orders on behalf of the companies also shop for themselves. They're used to the ease of ordering from Amazon, Walmart, or any of those thousands of merchants selling online. ...

Obtaining Your B2B Team on the Digital Train

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The pandemic has accelerated the electronic transformation of many B2B businesses. Implementing ecommerce and other electronic tools requires rethinking how your company operates and how it interacts with customers. It's a chance to enhance sales and back-office efficiencies. Part of the transition entails altering employees' roles and responsibilities. Employees will have to adjust. Likely they lack the essential digital skills. Many will push back or refuse to evolve. What follows are ideas for helping your B2B team get on the electronic train. There are lots of terrific educational resources. One is Practical Ecommerce, including my latest webinar on high-performing B2B vendors . Gartner publishes over 800 on-demand webinars on topics ranging from marketing to finance to management. See our products: Magento pos bigcommerce pos Shopify pos Woocommerce pos commercetools pos MSI Favorite Books My favorites books on managing change in a digital world include: " No...

5 B2B Ecommerce Trends for 2021

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B2B ecommerce was growing quickly when the global pandemic struck in early 2020, accelerating the wholesale business's digital transformation. And while it would be possible to record several industry changes for the forthcoming year, five trends might be especially disruptive. See our products: Magento pos bigcommerce pos Shopify pos Woocommerce pos commercetools pos MSI All these could produce significant changes in how manufacturers, brands, distributors, retailers, and customers interact in 2021 and beyond. 5 B2B Ecommerce Trends for 2021 1. Drop shipping. For several years, brands (that may or may not manufacture their own products) and vendors have been shed shipping orders on retailers' behalf. A customer ordering, by way of instance, Ariat boots from numerous omnichannel retail shops might have his order sent directly from an Ariat warehouse in California. Likewise, when a shopper visits the Sur La Table site and buys a small kitchen appliance, a distributor or manu...

Covid-19 Exposes Inefficiencies in B2B Accounts Receivable

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The continuing pandemic has exacerbated long-standing inefficiencies using the B2B accounts receivable process, such as manual entry, little standardization, and errant data. Accounts receivable personnel have historically overcome several of these difficulties, however an increase in distant work might require B2B sellers to move to a more automated or integrated procedure. See our products: Magento pos bigcommerce pos Shopify pos Woocommerce pos commercetools pos MSI Manual Processes "Generally speaking, accounts receivable, especially in a B2B context, can create challenges [to get a company ] because it's a whole lot more manual than most folks realize," said Brandon Spear, president of MSTS , a B2B credit supplier. Brandon Spear thinks that the pandemic has exposed problems in the B2B accounts paychecks. These manual procedures can exist at any step in the accounts receivable workflow. As recently as 2017, a representative for a bigger brand explained that requests...