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Finding a profitable business opportunity can be challenging. If you’re looking for a new venture, here is a big list of opportunities you can take advantage of today to grow a profitable business in 2020 and beyond.

Brothers Greg and Chris Meade, and their childhood friend Mike Delpapa had the idea of merging four square and volleyball into a new sport. Leaving their corporate careers behind, the trio founded CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Chris Meade of CROSSNET shares how they invented a new sport, manufactured their products, and expanded with retail footprint and media coverage.

Al Cuttell, Diana Paisis, and Jos Reinders are the trio behind Bitten Design, a global giftware maker based in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team designs and produces over 40 new items each year and distributes them in over 45 counties. With over a decade of operating under their belts, the team shares how they entered entrepreneurship, built a global network of distributors, and remained financially independent.

Buying a website is like investing in online real estate.

Chosen carefully and maintained correctly, purchasing an online business creates an additional income stream that you can own and grow without having to build it all from scratch.

Between budding entrepreneurs and veterans, successful ecommerce brands and dropshipping businesses, there are hundreds of thousands of ecommerce websites on Shopify.

And now with Shopify Exchange, there's a marketplace for these merchants to buy and sell their stores.

If you couldn't catch the live event or want to get more details on what we announced, here are all the highlights from Reunite 2020.

A thank you from me to entrepreneurs for the resiliency they've shown during this time.

The sedentary life of beaches and golf might suit some as a reward for years of hard work, but it might actually detrimental to the health of others. What if retirement looked more like work and less like leisure? Learn how a former teacher found happiness in retirement—as an alpaca rancher and sock seller. And, find out how to start your own business after you retire.

Meet your customers where they are—it's the golden rule. In that spirit, we're thrilled to share a first-ever preview of Facebook Shops for Shopify merchants: a new shopping experience that lets you create a customizable storefront on the Facebook and Instagram mobile apps.

Whether you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce business, or you’ve been selling products for a while, you’ve probably thought about warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment.

If you need more time or space to manage inventory and orders, it might be time to outsource fulfillment.

 

Are you looking for advice on boosting your small business and improving your life? 

We've compiled a list of the best books by renowned business leaders, novelists, and successful entrepreneurs, packed with practical advice on becoming an industry innovator and finding your passion through meaningful work. With these books, you too can build your own business and thrive. 

We encourage you to find a local bookstore that offers delivery or curbside pickup. Check IndieBound if you truly don’t have local options, or consider purchasing from Bookshop, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores.

Size has always been a challenge to convey on product pages. That's why we built Size.link: a free tool that lets anyone view the size of a product in the space around them with their smartphone camera. With it, you can create size links for your products, which customers can click to visualize product dimensions directly through their mobile browsers using augmented reality.