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Study Identifies Free Shipping As Likely Sales Booster

Small business owners who have rejected the idea of offering free shipping may want to rethink the situation once again.  A survey's found that consumers love free shipping in a way that's not entirely proportional to the minor expense it represents.

What You Can Learn from Amazon to Increase Holiday Sales

There is a reason Amazon is widely known as one of the biggest retailers online (if not the biggest). The company knows what it's doing. Amazon has appeared in headlines recently for a number of reasons, and a fair amount of them are related to different things the company has been doing to increase its sales as the holiday season approaches. While as a small business, you don't likely have the clout that Amazon does, they do employ strategies that you can learn from in order to potentially increase your own sales. 1. Mobile Payments

Take Advantage Of Free Shipping Demand

Whether or not a company will ship a product for free really shouldn't matter much to people; it's the combination of base price, taxes, and the shipping charge that counts.  Somehow, though, free shipping can be a big draw, and new data from Hitwise may help you determine how to maximize its effect.

Postal Rates Changing On May 12

Grab some Forever Stamps this week, as the price goes from 41 to 42 cents in a week. However, small businesses may see some benefit from other rate adjustments.