Small Business

Let the Lending Begin: Amazon.Com and Seller Lending

We’ve been hearing about it for a while, but it’s in full swing.  Amazon.Com is officially lending money! Below is a copy of an email received by a current Amazon.Com Seller: Dear Seller: Amazon is always looking for ways to help our sellers grow. Your seller performance has prequalified you to become one of the […]

3 Tips for Entrepreneurs

I confess, one of my favorite teachers on business and finance is radio personality, Dave Ramsey.  If you’re serious about running your business I’d highly recommend purchasing his book, “EntreLeadership” and subscribing to his FREE “EntreLeadership” podcast. On the EntreLeadership podcast recently Dave nailed me between the eyes with 3 simple points.  Although I can’t […]

Etailers: Get Ready for Sales Tax

Online biz owners, get ready.  If you haven’t learned the horrors of multi-jurisdiction tax tables and rates you’re about to. According to a recent article, the US Senate just had an overwhelming vote to support the upcoming “Marketplace Fairness Act” which will require e-commerce merchants to begin collecting sales tax in all states. So far […]

9 Ways to Prevent Credit Card Chargebacks, Pt. 2

In our last post we discussed 4 of our 9 ways to prevent credit card chargebacks in your e-business.   These four steps were primarily related to legitimate customer purchases who are filing chargebacks for varions reasons. Most of your credit card chargebacks will come from transactions that are fraudulent.  Online credit/debit card fraud is one […]