Square Chargeback Protection: How Disputes Work and What Protection You Get

Square Chargeback Protection: How Disputes Work and What Protection You Get

Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Does Square have chargeback protection? As of November 2026, I could not find a current Square chargeback protection program on the Square pages I loaded. A post on Square’s community forum from 2019 says Square […]

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PayPal Chargeback Protection: Seller Protection, Fees and What Is Not Covered

PayPal Chargeback Protection: Seller Protection, Fees and What Is Not Covered

Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ClearSale and ChargebackOps are my partners, and I say so each time they come up. PayPal Chargeback Protection is a paid add-on, and PayPal Seller Protection is a free feature, and mixing them up is […]

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Chargeback Reason Codes: Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover Explained for Merchants

Chargeback Reason Codes: Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover Explained for Merchants

A chargeback reason code is the short code a card network attaches to a dispute to say why the cardholder’s bank pulled the money back. As of November 2026, Visa sorts its dispute conditions into four numbered groups (10 fraud, 11 authorization, 12 processing errors, 13 consumer disputes), Mastercard uses four-digit codes in a similar […]

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Stripe Chargeback Protection: What It Covers, What It Costs and When It Is Worth It

Stripe Chargeback Protection: What It Covers, What It Costs and When It Is Worth It

Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Stripe Chargeback Protection was announced in 2019 as a one-click add-on that reimburses the disputed amount plus chargeback fees on fraudulent charges, for a listed fee of 0.4% per transaction. That is the only Stripe […]

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Best Chargeback Management Platforms for Small Businesses: Features and Pricing

Best Chargeback Management Platforms for Small Businesses: Features and Pricing

The best chargeback management software for a small store depends on one thing first: whether you want a tool that fights disputes after they land or a service that blocks bad orders and backs its decisions with a guarantee. As of November 2026, the cheapest published entry point I could verify is ClearSale’s Growth plan […]

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How Clean Books Can Add Real Value to an Ecommerce Exit

How Clean Books Can Add Real Value to an Ecommerce Exit

I’ve sat across from sellers who had a genuinely good business and still watched their deal slow down, or their price get chipped away, because their books couldn’t actually support the numbers they were claiming. I teach ecommerce and high-ticket dropshipping at Ecommerce Paradise, and clean financials are one of the cheapest, most controllable levers […]

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How to Sell a Shopify Store: What Buyers Actually Need

How to Sell a Shopify Store: What Buyers Actually Need

Agreeing on a price for your Shopify store is only half the deal. The actual transfer, apps, domain, payment processing, customer data, supplier connections, is where I’ve seen otherwise smooth sales turn into weeks of frustrating back and forth because nobody mapped out what actually needs to move before closing day. I teach ecommerce and […]

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Why One Supplier Can Kill Your Ecommerce Valuation

Why One Supplier Can Kill Your Ecommerce Valuation

A healthy-looking P&L can hide one of the ugliest risks a buyer will find during diligence: every single product running through one supplier who could raise prices, change terms, or simply stop responding whenever they feel like it. I teach ecommerce and high-ticket dropshipping at Ecommerce Paradise, and supplier concentration is one of those risks […]

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If Your Ecommerce Business Needs You Every Day, You Don’t Own an Asset

If Your Ecommerce Business Needs You Every Day, You Don’t Own an Asset

I’ve looked at a lot of ecommerce stores over the years that put up great revenue numbers and still struggle to sell for a fair multiple, and almost every time the reason is the same: the business can’t actually run without the person who built it. I teach ecommerce and high-ticket dropshipping at Ecommerce Paradise, […]

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Asset Sale vs Equity Sale: What It Actually Means When You Sell Your Ecommerce Business

Asset Sale vs Equity Sale: What It Actually Means When You Sell Your Ecommerce Business

Most first-time ecommerce sellers assume the deal structure is just about the price, and then a buyer’s attorney brings up asset sale versus equity sale and the conversation suddenly involves tax consequences and liability questions nobody mentioned when you first agreed on a number. I teach ecommerce and high-ticket dropshipping at Ecommerce Paradise, and this […]

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