A business credit card pre-approval offer feels like good news, and often it is, but it is not the guarantee it looks like. Pre-approval is a soft credit check that estimates your odds before you apply, not a promise the issuer will actually approve you once you submit the full application. Knowing the difference saves […]
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A growing number of my clients ask me the same question once their ecommerce business hits a stable rhythm: what should the second revenue stream be? I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce and helping entrepreneurs build businesses that do not depend entirely on one platform or one
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Choosing property management software is one of the highest-leverage decisions a short-term rental host or property manager makes, right up there with picking the right market to invest in. I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce and helping entrepreneurs build and diversify revenue streams, and a growing number
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Guesty and Hostaway are consistently the two names that come up when serious property managers compare all-in-one platforms for short-term rentals, and clients ask me to weigh in on this specific matchup more than almost any other software comparison in the vacation rental space. I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years
Guesty vs Hostaway: Which Property Management Software Wins in 2026? Read More »
Guesty is genuinely a strong platform, but it is not automatically the right fit for every host or property manager, and I hear this question constantly from clients weighing a short-term rental portfolio as a new revenue stream. I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce, and choosing the
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One of the most common questions I get from clients exploring a short-term rental portfolio is a simple one: what does Guesty actually cost? I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce, and I have learned that vague software pricing pages waste more of an entrepreneur’s time than almost
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Paying your ecommerce business taxes with a credit card sounds like an easy way to rack up rewards on a large, predictable expense. In most cases, it is not. The IRS-approved processors charge a convenience fee of roughly 1.75 to 2.95 percent depending on the card type, and that fee usually costs more than the
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Short-term rental management has quietly become one of the most popular side businesses among the entrepreneurs I coach, and almost every conversation about scaling past a handful of listings eventually turns to the same question: is Guesty worth the investment? I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce and
Most creators and coaches who launch a paid community make the same mistake: they focus almost entirely on getting members in the door and barely think about what keeps those members paying month after month. I run Ecommerce Paradise, where I have spent over 15 years teaching high-ticket ecommerce, and the coaching and community side
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Circle and Skool come up in almost every conversation I have with clients who are deciding where to build their paid community. I run Ecommerce Paradise, and over 15 years of building audiences and coaching programs alongside my ecommerce stores, I have watched both platforms mature into genuinely strong products that happen to solve the
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