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In Merchant Maverick’s inaugural data report on The Best States In Which To Survive Recession, our analysis found that the states in the best condition to mitigate the effects of a recession aren’t where you might expect. Most of them, as it turns out, are in the Heartland.

Selling vape online is a productive way to tap into a lucrative and growing market. The best platforms include resources that help you discover how to sell vape online and tools you can use to stay in compliance with legal requirements for selling e-liquid. In this post, we’ll walk you through four of the best platforms, discuss their pricing, and outline some of the features that will help you sell vape online.

By tackling Ramp VS Brex, we’re comparing two of the top modern corporate card companies on the market today. Both Brex and Ramp offer competitive corporate card programs with exciting rewards, as well as expense management and bill pay tools for a variety of businesses. So now that we’ve introduced the players, let’s take a bit deeper look into what exactly Ramp and Brex do.

Square offers one of the quickest and easiest setup processes in payment processing and is one of our favorite solutions for small businesses. Still, there may come a time when your business outgrows Square or no longer needs credit card processing. When that happens, you’ll want to know how to cancel your Square account.

Square already boasts one of the more user-friendly and affordable point of sale systems on the market for restaurants, so it’s not a surprise that its online ordering function is equally sleek and reliable. If you already use Square or are searching for new or different POS software, tapping into Square’s online ordering features can boost sales and help improve the efficacy of your inventory management — and ultimately your profitability.

Shelley and Eric Arndt grew their business in 2020 amid a pandemic and historic wildfires with strength, dedication, and the help of their local chamber of commerce.

BOPIS means “Buy Online, Pickup In Store.” This option lets customers purchase items on a retailer’s website, then pick up the item at the store. BOPIS is also sometimes called “click and collect.”

For businesses that make infrequent and small transactions, Cash App is a wonderful convenience. You’ll be able to take Cash App and credit card transactions with minimal fuss and no hardware expenditures outside of the mobile device you’re already using. The flat 2.75% transaction fee recalls the old days of Square; with no flat markup, it’s possible to make very small transactions economically.

Despite continuing inequities and the COVID-19 pandemic, Black entrepreneurship is growing in record numbers. Because of America’s size and diversity, business success rates can vary heavily depending on location. To understand where in the US Black entrepreneurs are best positioned to succeed, Merchant Maverick set out to rank every state based on an array of metrics. Here are the most supportive states for Black-owned businesses.