The 5 Best Retail Point of Sale (POS) Systems for 2024

The best retail POS systems are easy to use, reliable, and simplify managing inventory, customer, and employee data. Continue reading The 5 Best Retail Point of Sale (POS) Systems for 2024

Rogue Shopify Staff Accessed Customer Records, Says Ecommerce Platform Investigating Security Breach

Members of Shopify’s support team abused access to company network Customer contact information and order details accessed FBI and international law enforcement agencies are investigating Shopify, the major ecommerce platform which powers many online s… Continue reading Rogue Shopify Staff Accessed Customer Records, Says Ecommerce Platform Investigating Security Breach

Tips From a Former Niche Item Etsy Store

Etsy is a service aimed at providing a way for makers of handmade items to sell them online. [Bithead] closed up shop earlier this year and wrote up an interesting perspective on what did and didn’t work out. The main market for [Bithead]’s store was Star Wars cosplayers, because it …read more

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From Project To Kit: The Final Furlong

This article is the fifth in a series looking at the process of bringing an electronic kit to market from a personal project. We’ve looked at market research, we’ve discussed making a product from your project and writing the best instructions possible before stuffing your first kits ready for sale. In this article we’ll tackle the different means of putting your kits out there for sale.

Given a box of ready-to-sell kits, what next? You have to find some means of selling them, getting them in front of your customer, making the sale, sending them to the purchaser, and safely …read more

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