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Let Me Tell You About the Time I Lost $87 on a Bad Ecommerce Bet\nOkay, so picture this: it’s 2015, I’m at a conference in Austin, and some guy named Marcus (not his real name, but what...
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Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Lost My Mind Over an Online Order\nSo, there I was, at 11:30pm on a Tuesday, staring at my laptop screen, contemplating my life choices. I’d just spent...
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It all started last Tuesday\nI was sitting at my kitchen table, laptop open, staring at a spreadsheet that made about as much sense than a cat’s tax return. 187 orders, 43 returns, and a big ...
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I Hate Online Shopping. Let Me Explain.\nLook, I’m supposed to be some kind of e-commerce guru. I’ve been writing about this stuff for, like, 20 years. But honestly? I hate online shopp...
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My Darkest Ecommerce Confession\nLook, I’m gonna level with you. About three months ago, I almost quit online shopping. I mean, completley. I was standing in my apartment, surrounded by 17 un...
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Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Lost My Mind\nOkay, so picture this. It’s 2015. I’m sitting in a cramped office in Brooklyn, surrounded by empty energy drink cans, and I’m...
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Confessions of a Reformed Amazon Addict\nLook, I gotta be honest with you. I was an Amazon junkie. I mean, I had that app on my phone, one-click ordering set up, you name it. I was their biggest fa...
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Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Threw My Laptop\nIt was 2008, a tiny office in Chicago, and I was committment-ed to making this ecommerce site work. I had no idea what I was doing. None. An...
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Confessions of a Frustrated Online Shopper\nLook, I’m gonna be honest here. I’ve been an ecommerce journalist for way too long. Twenty-one years, to be exact. And I’ve seen it all...
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I’ve Been Around The Block\nLet me tell you something, folks. I’ve been in this ecommerce game since before it was cool. Back in ’98, when I was working at a tiny shop in Seattle ...
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Why I Still Love Ecommerce (Despite Everything)\nOkay, full disclosure: I’m a sucker for ecommerce. Always have been. Back in 2003, I sold handmade jewelry on eBay (don’t laugh). My fri...
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Let Me Tell You About The Time I Almost Got Scammed\nIt was 2008. I was young, dumb, and running an ecommerce site out of my apartment in Brooklyn. Let's call the guy who almost got me Marcus. He p...
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