Tag: Sales

Choosing the Best Shipping Strategy for Your Online Store

Posted on by Kent Gigger
Choosing the best shipping strategy for your online store, Fishbowl Blog

A lot of brands take a simplistic approach to shipping, especially when they start. Adding ecommerce staples like free shipping options, package insurance, and tracking may help your business stay alive. But without prior planning, these inclusions could burn a hole in your pocket.

Putting an effective ecommerce shipping strategy in place is one of the most important steps for growing your business online. Yet it requires coordination between multiple organizations.

In this guide, we’ll help you develop the best shipping strategy for your online business.

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2021 Sales Tax Changes Report Examines New Business Trends and Shifting Tax Landscape

Posted on by Kent Gigger

Repost from Avalara

Avalara has a 2021 Sales Tax Changes Reports to help businesses.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how we learn, shop, socialize, travel, and work. That, in turn, is influencing tax policy.

After employees across numerous industries transitioned to working from home, states struggled to determine the tax implications of a newly remote workforce. As ecommerce sellers struggled to keep up with a surge in sales, states that tax remote sales benefited from a steady source of sales tax revenue. When education and events moved online, the question of how tax should apply to virtual events arose. And so on.

Our 2021 sales tax changes report examines emerging trends in business and tax. As always, it should serve as a resource for business leaders and tax professionals seeking to better understand the ever-shifting tax landscape.

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How to Optimize Your Product Pages for More Sales

Posted on by Kent Gigger
Optimize your ecommerce product pages to increase sales.

Everyone who owns an ecommerce store knows how important it is to get people to visit the website. But it’s just as essential to get the people who do visit to make a purchase or two. With ecommerce sales expected to reach $735 billion by 2023, acquiring a large piece of that pie should be a priority. One way to do that is by having the best possible product page so that users buy more items from you.

Lots of businesses in ecommerce focus on improving their checkout and cart pages, but the product pages matter as much, if not more, than those components of a site. This is where you can hook customers who aren’t sure whether to buy from you or not. Since ecommerce customers can’t feel or see your products in person, you want to do everything you can to give them the information they need to decide your product is the one they want.

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Fishbowl Integrations

Posted on by Robert Lockard
Fishbowl offers dozens of plugins, integrations, and products, Fishbowl Blog

UPDATED: July 2022

Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Warehouse currently integrate with more than 50 software and hardware solutions:

  • Amazon
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Authorize.Net
  • Avalara
  • BigCommerce
  • Clover Connect
  • DHL
  • Dropbox
  • eBay
  • Endicia
  • FedEx
  • Fishbowl Anywhere
  • Fishbowl Checkout
  • Fishbowl Forecast Module
  • Fishbowl Go
  • Fishbowl Hosted Services
  • Fishbowl Sales Data Module
  • Fishbowl ShipExpress
  • Fishbowl Time & Labor
  • LilyPad Vortex
  • Magento
  • METRC
  • Microsoft Surface
  • Motorola
  • OnTrac
  • QuickBooks
  • QuickBooks Canada
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Payments
  • Reckon
  • Salesforce
  • ShipRush
  • ShipStation
  • ShipWorks
  • Shopify
  • SolidWorks
  • SPS Commerce
  • Symbol
  • 3dcart
  • TrueCommerce
  • Unitech
  • United States Postal Service
  • UPS
  • Volusion
  • Wasp Barcode
  • Windows
  • WooCommerce
  • X-Cart
  • Xero
  • Zebra
  • Zen Cart
  • Zoho CRM

We will go into detail on each of these integrations, how they work, and what benefits they offer Fishbowl users. We’ll begin with Amazon.

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How to Manage Your Business Processes Effectively

Posted on by Kent Gigger
Factory processes need to function like a well-oiled machine, Fishbowl Blog
Factory processes need to function like a well-oiled machine, Fishbowl BlogIn business, you need to manage your processes effectively if you want to compete in the marketplace. Thus, it is essential that you have the right strategy for managing each part of your business logistics. If you don’t, you could end up losing chances for more revenue, marketing, and industry insights. The following methods can help you make sure your processes line up with your major business goals. (more…)

Staying Current with the Currency Module

Posted on by Robert Lockard
Fishbowl Inventory's sales orders are compatible with multiple currencies, Fishbowl Inventory Blog
The Currency module is where you go to set up a home currency and also create alternative currencies that can be converted into the home currency. It’s a vitally important module to ensuring the accuracy of your inventory and accounting records, so let’s explore how to use it. (more…)

Reviewing the Payment Reviewer Module

Posted on by Robert Lockard
Protect yourself and your customers with some online storefront security, Fishbowl Blog
Protect yourself and your customers with some online storefront security, Fishbowl BlogWhen you receive payments into Fishbowl via SalesPoint or the Sales Order module, they will show up in the Payment Viewer module. The Search panel on the left of the module organizes them by date, SO number, amount, and customer name. Double-click on a payment and it will go into even greater detail about the transaction, in addition to the information listed above: (more…)
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