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The answer to the question posed by the title of this article really boils down to whether you are a car seller or a car buyer. If you’re a car seller, life is going to be rough. Seriously. Tough times. Why? Don’t be surprised if there is a steady stream of people going to yourRead More

It’s very easy to assume that Amazon has always been big. After all, it’s the 800-pound gorilla of online commerce. Next to Alibaba and AliExpress and that network, Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. It’s easy to think that it has always been this dominant. Well, actually, it didn’t start out this way. InRead More

The funny thing about eBay and Amazon is that they’re actually complementary. You really can’t pit them head-to-head because a lot of people buy stuff from Amazon, and then resell on eBay, and vice versa. This is called arbitrage. If you think that sounds crazy, it isn’t, because a lot of people are making moneyRead More

You probably are laughing at the title of this article, because at the back your head, you know the answer. In fact, you only need to look around you, or drive around your town or city, to get at the answer. The answer, of course, is that increasingly, online stores are replacing brick and mortarRead More

A lot of people are kind of feeling guilty about an arising practice: Offline tryouts, online sales. Basically, people would research a particular electronic product or gadget that they want to buy online. But before they do, they would go and take time to check out the physical product at their local electronic supplier. ThisRead More

It’s easy to think that just because you go on an online store, that they are selling you the stuff that you are buying. They advertise a brand or they advertise a particular product that’s supposed to have a certain effect, and you just buy it hook, line, and sinker. It’s easy to get caughtRead More

It’s very easy to get excited about buying clothing online. After all, you no longer have to get in your car, go to the other side of town and struggle with the long lines and the crowds at a big department store sale. You can cut through all of that, and also, get some clearRead More