Welcome to the Retail and eCommerce Group! 🛒🛍

[ElisabethB]

Hello, and welcome to the Retail and eCommerce group in the Square Community! 👋

We launched this group to connect retail sellers and provide a place to share tips, knowledge, ideas, and more. 

If you're new to the group, feel free to reply here and introduce yourself and your business, or start a new thread about anything you want!

If you haven't already joined the group, visit the group home page and click the "Join Group Hub" button.

We're looking forward to getting to know you! 😊

[WolfDenDave]

Dina:

Oh trust me we will do it a little at a time.  One of the reasons the number is so intimidating is the cyclical nature of the Collectible Card Game business.  Every month or two there's a whole new crop of SKUs with a new product, a bit like having new baseball teams for baseball cards four to six times a year, for each "sport".  Of course after a while the hype dies down and we discontinue carrying old product, but the newness is what keeps customers coming back to that side of our business.

[EliteCollect]

Hey Dave,

We do sports and trading cards. So same industry.
Square has really helped with inventory and online sales.
Make sure you get your square store synced with google, facebook and instagram. If you have that much inventory it should start selling from time to time on your website. Just make sure you pull it from the floor when it sells.
I just started doing preorders with Pokemon, Magic and a few other items and it helps get some items sold before they come in the door.

Ryan Graham

Elite Collectibles

1258 Main Street
Imperial, MO 63052

[TristanJade]

Hi, Somehow I just learned about this group. Been selling on Square for several years now. Glad to (finally) know about this group.

I was selling services and products but am now just selling arnica products at tristanjade.com. Appreciate Square for low service fees and ease of setting up a store.

[maxpete]

Glad to have you here!

[TristanJade]

Thank you. Nice to have a place to learn and communicate with others.

[Twpchair]

Welcome!

[SignatureTreasu]

My name is Allen, and I own an online Collectibles store called Signature Treasures.  We specialize in signed collectibles, signed sports memorabilia and TCGs.  This is a new venture for me, and I am also new to using Square.  I look forward to meeting some of you along this journey.  If anyone has any tips, I am always open to listening and learning.  Thanks!

[maxpete]

Hey Allen! Welcome to the group! 🙂 

[EliteCollect]

Hey Allen,
We're in the same industry, but we only mess with sports and trading cards.
Here's our store if you want to check it out https://www.elitecollecting.com/

I'm direct with Leaf and Topps at the moment.

[JayElleBee]

Hello to all yinz! My name is JayElle and I am the owner of SloppySoap Inc. I have been in business since 2015 as an avid vendor show agent, and a 'legitimate' business with all the trimmings (registrations, trademarks, filings) since 2017. I have primarily had a brick and mortar store at local malls and have been online since 2016. I have been using Square for Retail since it launched.

JayElleBee

SloppySoap Inc

www.SloppySoap.com

[maxpete]

Welcome @JayElleBee! Are you from Pittsburgh? I recognize Yinz!

[JayElleBee]

I am from Pittsburgh. Born and raised here. LOL!  Over the years, depending on where I'm at - I have had to explain that colloquial, but it is just 'inbred' I guess! 🙂

[maxpete]

I was born in Pittsburgh too! 

[PeytonsPotngShd]

Hello!  My name is Peyton and I own a native plant store (Peyton's Potting Shed) where I grow native perennial plants for butterfly/pollinator gardens.  I mostly attended Farmer's Market sales in our area (Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri) last year but I would like to increase my online traffic a bit.  Any other plant/landscape/flower sellers out there? 

[maxpete]

Welcome Peyton!

Wanted to connect you with @VanKalkerFarms, @Twiggy, @Euflora, and @PlantSellerYEG 

[AskRalph]

Good morning from Calgary Alberta,  Canada.  I provide delivery services. 

[maxpete]

Welcome!

[VanKalkerFarms]

unfortunately, I don't do any online sales except in 2020.  We can barely keep up with retail and wholesale so I am not really pursing online as we are selling out of 5 acres of double cropped plants.  Instagram, TikTok, Facebook to get your name and pics and videos out there would be my focus.

[goldenivyc]

Hello. My name is Shaundra Slade and my husband and I own Golden Ivy Creations. We create wreaths, home decor, gift items, and my husband does landscape and wildlife photography. We have an Etsy store https://goldenivycreations.etsy.com and are on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/goldenivyc. 

[CactusCats]

Hello everyone!

I'm Brandi, co-owner and manager of Cactus Cat Creations LLC. We are a multi-talented group of artists and creators from around the globe. Our main focus is our creations in the Audio Drama and Podcast spaces. 

Our first show is Yokai Detective Agency, a full-cast supernatural noir-inspired series. Our first season has brought us to amazing places, including a 2025 nominee with The People's Choice Podcast Awards in Fiction. Season 2 for YDA is currently in production, as well as several other stories from our writers. 

We also operate an online shop, where we sell our products as exhibitors at comic cons and conventions when possible.