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DESCRIPTION:<p><span style="background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 
 0\, 0)\;">Think eCommerce\, think Andy Higgins\, managing director of uAfr
 ica. He will be speaking at our upcoming OnlineX Gathering\, on Thursday\,
  20 August\, from 4pm-5pm. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="backgroun
 d-color: transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Join him for a FREE\, in-d
 epth\, interactive webinar session: ‘</span> <strong style="background-c
 olor: transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Why now’s the time to launc
 h your eCommerce business’</strong> <span style="background-color: trans
 parent\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">\, where he will give you practical tool
 s\, guidance and resources to help you cash in on the eCommerce wave.</spa
 n></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent\; color: rg
 b(0\, 0\, 0)\;">What you can expect:</span></p><p><br></p><ul><li><span st
 yle="background-color: transparent\;">In-depth interactive talk\; and</spa
 n></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent\;">An open Q&A. </sp
 an></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent\; co
 lor: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">What you’ll take out:</span></p><p><br></p><ol><l
 i><span style="background-color: transparent\;">Some eCommerce businesses 
 have been successful\, some have failed. What do you need to know before y
 ou take the leap?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparen
 t\;">Understand the critical factors that make (or break) an eCommerce bus
 iness.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent\;">There 
 has never been a better time to launch an eCommerce offering. And it's eas
 ier than ever. Learn about the best eCommerce solutions for your business 
 and how to get online quickly and start making sales.</span></li><li><span
  style="background-color: transparent\;">Understand why trust\, security &
  safety are the biggest obstacles to customers buying online - and how to 
 overcome it.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent\;">
 Are you paralysed by indecision because you don’t know where to start? G
 ain kick-off insights from an expert with over two decades of experience.<
 /span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent\;">We’re going
  to give you key quickfire take-outs:</span></li></ol><ul><li class="ql-in
 dent-1"><span style="background-color: transparent\;">How to launch you
 r eCommerce offering quickly and effectively.</span></li><li class="ql-ind
 ent-1"><span style="background-color: transparent\;">Online versus Offline
 ? How to navigate the world of omnichannel.</span></li><li class="ql-inden
 t-1"><span style="background-color: transparent\;">How to increase your co
 nversion rates by understanding why customers abandon shopping carts</span
 ></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><span style="background-color: transparent\;
 ">Online payments: Are all payment platforms created equal? How to choose 
 the right one for your business.</span></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><span 
 style="background-color: transparent\;">Logistics - the ‘forgotten child
 ’: Understand why this is your most critical consideration right now.</s
 pan></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><span style="background-color: transparen
 t\;">How to get customers to your website\, and how to convince them to pa
 rt with their money.</span></li></ul><p><br></p><h3><strong>About Andy Hig
 gins</strong></h3><p><span style="background-color: initial\;">Andy Higgin
 s is an experienced professional in all aspects of ecommerce including onl
 ine marketplaces\, payments and logistics. He has worked in the ecommerce 
 industry his entire career spanning more than two decades across 5 contine
 nts.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial\;">Andy founded b
 idorbuy and was instrumental in starting PayFast in South Africa while als
 o having been involved in the early stages of Takealot.com.</span></p><p><
 span style="background-color: initial\;">Andy has served on a number of bo
 ards including bidorbuy\, PayFast\, Private Property and uAfrica. A career
  highlight includes working closely with the Shopify team in Canada to lau
 nch the Shopify eCommerce platform in South Africa.</span></p><p> </p><p>
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SUMMARY:Why now's the time to launch your e-commerce business
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.howler.co.za/onlinex20aug
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