It’s been an incredibly tough journey for online businesses during COVID-19. We’ve created a checklist that you can use to help your business get back on track!
You’re in good company
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The COVID-19 outbreak has had severe impacts on many if not all industries operating in Australia and across the globe. With restrictions placed on travel and leaving the home, there has been a considerable impact on consumer demand and behaviours — particularly the huge reliance on being able to buy online. Some businesses, however, thrived
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In February 2020, Samsung experienced a data breach, claiming to affect a small number of customers. One month later, news broke that Melbourne Tafe experienced a data breach where 55,000 files containing personal, health and financial data were accessed. Stories like these break every month and usually, it’s only the big corporations we read about.
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Whether you’re new to the online business space or have an established online store, there’s always more you can do to promote your business. You don’t need to spend lots of money on promoting your business to see positive results either. Some of the benefits of promoting your business online include helping more potential customers
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SOUTH-EAST Queensland’s Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers restaurant group has effectively used eCommerce solutions in order to adapt quickly to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 virus. Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers, with locations at Paddington, South Bank and Southport was established by Ben Cleary-Corradini and Theo Roduner, who built their business up from a two-person market stall in Brisbane
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Building and keeping your customers’ trust when it comes to online payments has become more important than ever in 2020. 85% of consumers will refuse to do business with a company if they have concerns about its security practices. This means ensuring you’re doing everything you can to keep your customers’ information secure needs to
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When a larger order comes through ready for shipping, and you might be thinking “you beauty!” a large order. Unfortunately, it might be too good to be true and could be fraudulent. But how do you know? While there is speculation fraudulent orders are plateauing due to the rise in mobile payments, the money losses
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Click Frenzy: Starts 7pm (AEST) May 19th Click Frenzy is fast approaching, which means now is the time to be getting your online store primed and ready for one of the biggest selling opportunities of the year. Last year sales increased 45% for some businesses during Click Frenzy. You can expect increased traffic through your
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Does your business have any of these security weak spots? It’s likely that during these uncertain times, your business has been forced to adapt. More people are working from home, using a mixture of personal and business devices, which means the conversations and business data that used to be enclosed under the one roof has
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Since 10 March 2020, the Australian Cyber Security Centre has: Received more than 95 cybercrime reports (approximately two per day) about Australians losing money or personal information to COVID-19 themed scams and online frauds; Responded to 20 cyber security incidents affecting COVID-19 response services and/or major national suppliers in the current climate; and Disrupted over