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Comparing your progress to other people admittedly exposes you to plenty of emotional risks, but the truth is it’s an unavoidable part of building a business. In fact, comparison can even be a tactically useful way to grow. Here’s how comparison can help you learn—and earn.

Combining style with function, Marissa Groots created STIL, a collection of planners that’s purposeful and design focused. In this episode of Shopify Masters, we chat with Marissa on how to scale a side hustle, working with large retailers, and how to stay creative with marketing strategies.

Print on demand is a process where you can customize white-label products and print them on a per-order basis. No buying in bulk. Here's a rundown of popular print-on-demand services and what you need to know when creating custom products.

From positioning to promotion to price, marketing helps you attract and engage customers. Fortunately, you can get quite an education on its dos and don’ts between the covers of a book. Here are 20 marketing books every small-business owner needs on their bookshelf.

With many merchants experiencing shipping delays and increased carrier costs, it's more important than ever to keep your shipping policy up to date. Learn how to create and communicate a shipping policy that helps you set the right expectations with your customers.

The right quote at the right time can change things—words matter, and motivating phrases can encourage us to get up, take action, ditch the excuses, escape our comfort zone, and do the hard work that needs doing. Here are over 200 of our favorite quotes from a variety of sources. We hope you find a few you like and can revisit often.

They say it takes 10 years to become an overnight success, but for Zakia Torres, founder of Quartz & Rainbows, it felt like it only took her two. Find out how Shopify Capital helped Zakia grow her self-care and spirituality brand based on her sales—not her credit score.

It’s been a year. We’ve all been hit by one crisis after another, and it’s fair to feel pretty burnt out.

We need inspiration. We need stories. We need something to help us hold it together in the middle of these interlocking crises.

Enter: Resilient Retail. Shopify’s brand new virtual event series is all about connecting retail industry experts and operators to share the tips, tactics, and cutting-edge knowledge they’re using to weather the current storm.

Instead of going on a gap year, Dean Legg started his second business after selling his first. Honing in on his interests, Dean launched PureChimp to showcase matcha and natural skincare through commerce and pledges 5% of profits to charities that provide care for chimpanzees. In this episode of Shopify Masters, we chat with Dean about social media ads and how to achieve high conversion rates in a saturated market.

When you use anyone other than Shopify Payments, you're giving up dollars to chase cents. We make your business work better: by increasing your checkout conversion rate by 50% or more. And we’re less expensive: by winning 45% more chargeback disputes for you.