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E-Commerce Financing: Funding Your Online Business

May 11, 2021
By Susan Guillory –

If you run an e-commerce business, that is, you sell products online and ship them to customers, how do you ensure that you keep inventory stocked, even when funds are low? Here’s what you need to know about e-commerce financing

It’s a Catch-22: you sell your products to make money. But you need money to buy those products to sell. What if you don’t have the working capital on hand to do so?

That’s where e-commerce funding comes in. You can take out a loan to purchase what you need, then pay it back from your profits. (more…)