Guy Dudding

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We know that younger generations love all things online, but the rise of online shopping in Canada is now driven by baby boomers! Absorb this new insight because this trend will be the permanent legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fleshed out by KPMG research, reported by Retail Council of Canada, here are the facts: - Baby boomers make up a group of people who are 56 -74 years old.... - Financially secured Canadians are dominated by folks aged 45+. - Those older than 55 are most concerned about the health threats imposed by COVID-19. - Before the pandemic, 74% of baby boomers preferred in-store shopping, which is higher than any other generation group. - During the pandemic, baby boomers who have money, who take their health seriously, who have been forced to stay at home and shop differently, tried online shopping and LIKED IT! With Gen Z and Millennials, who already embraced e-commerce, having all generations who hold the purchasing power join the online shopping trend is huge news. For businesses, this means only one thing. Let us know if you need help getting your products and services online. #brickandclick #digitalization #consumerbehavior #adaptandovercome

Hey! Is this you? A proud owner of a small business with a successfully launched online store, taking a break, relaxing, and watching orders come in this Cyber Monday? We hope that’s the case; congratulations to you, and we wish you to end this sale event on a celebratory note! For everyone else, let’s learn from this guy. E-commerce was growing for a while before the pandemic, but now, since the public health crisis disrupted everything for everyone, online shopping has been... rapidly accelerating month after month. Many were forced to make sharp turns to stay afloat. This business owner, who can now sip on his coffee with ease and make time to decorate the Christmas three while counting online orders rolling in, pivoted and extended his product line to an online shop. He also knows that this will help him excel during the holiday season and in the long-term. When we do something long enough, we create new habits. From March until now, that’s a long enough time for shoppers to grow affections towards buying and ordering online. #CyberMonday will soon be behind us, but the pandemic, unfortunately, is still here, and these new growing trends are going to stay on the same trajectory. Your business simply has to be online. #onlinestore #ecommerce #monexgroup #paymentprocessor

Well, we know that the pandemic didn’t cause the start of online shopping but that it has caused people’s increased reliance on it; we know that for sure. It’s been months now since the altered ways of living took over, and the new habits have set in. For brands, retailers, small business owners, this presents an imperative to innovate and meet the customer expectations driven by these new habits. As the time advances, the customers will be increasingly looking for instant g...ratification and expecting on-demand, same-day order fulfilment, and quick delivery of whatever they might be after. Just the convenience they used to get from the local corner store. With everything being just a mobile search away, e-commerce lets them go for the most convenient, fastest, stress-free, best-priced quality product with flawless service, wherever they are and whenever they need it. This dependence on online shopping is making online stores the convenience stores of the future. Does your business have an online store yet? You simply CAN’T MISS being a part of this trend! Call us today if you need help to start selling online. #sellonline #brickandmortar #retail #onlinestore #ecommercebusiness #startonlinebusiness #ecommerce #canadianbusiness #merchantservices #monexgroup #paymentprocessor

Have you ever wondered how to start an online store right here on Facebook and Instagram? Oh, it’s way too easy if you have an Ecwid shopping cart on your website. Ecwid is a highly intuitive e-commerce platform whose beautiful, customizable design tools guide you step by step, teaching you how to create an online store within mere minutes. You can upload your product images in a flash, describe them, set the basic store details, set the desired shipping option, and hook it u...p to a payment gateway. As step number one, contact us to set up your merchant account and take care of the payment processing part. Then, once your online store is ready, all you need to do from your Ecwid dashboard is to connect to your Facebook business page, which happens over approximately five clicks (Yes, we’ve counted!), and your store will be automatically synced to your Facebook shop feature. And just like that, you can start selling directly to over 2 billion Facebook users. Similarly, you can add product tags to your Instagram feed and story posts, and make them shoppable if you connect your Facebook business page to your IG account first. From there, go to your Ecwid dashboard and repeat the same process as you did for Facebook. As one last step, you will need to confirm the shopping feature under Settings within your Instagram account from your mobile phone. Of course, there is an integration to websites like Amazon and e-Bay as well, all for your plug-and-play experience! To not repeat the very similar steps, you get the gist that adding that Buy Now button to these monster sites is just a few clicks away before you are fully equipped to sell pretty much anywhere! For more about this topic, head over to our website and find this title in our blog section: How to Start an Online Store Overnight with This One Simple Tool. #onlinestore #socialshopping #smallbusiness #sellonline #ecommerce #onlinebusiness #ecommercebusiness #startonlinebusiness #shoppingcart #selloninstagram #sellonamazon #sellonfacebook #mobileshopping #shoppingapp #onlineordering #ecwid #shopsmall #canadianbusiness #merchantaccount #merchantservices #monexgroup #paymentprocessor See more