The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that there is over 3 million .CA domains under management, reaching the mark on November 30th .CA registrations are up 34% in 2020 over 2019 as more companies adopt ecommerce, especially small businesses. .CA currently stands as the 12th largest country code domain in the world Released…
Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday have given small businesses a good start to the Christmas season as online sales climbed Ecommerce platform provider Bigcommerce saw sales increase 74% during the 5 day period with the Sunday sales rising 86% year over year The total number of orders from the Thursday to Monday period increased…
A new report by Scotiabank found that 7 out of 10 small businesses asked said they were confident having survived Covid-19’s second wave and lockdown measures A further 4 in 10 said that they were ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ confident for the future. The report saw that many businesses feel far better equipped then prior to…
Research by the Business Development Bank of Canada has found that 56% of Canadians are now shopping online more regularly since the beginning of the pandemic The findings, which were looking at the impacts of Covid-19 on businesses, also found that 83% of consumers asked were more willing to pay more for products if…
BMO is set to launch a new support system to help small businesses across Canada, in both rural and urban areas, the company had announced The banking company has said they are looking to directly help businesses that are “acutely affected” by the pandemic. The system is also looking to support minority and women…
The Royal Bank of Canada has announced the results of the Canada United scheme, designed to help local and small businesses during the pandemic by offering support and tools to help set up for ecommerce Raising C$14 million for the Canada United Small Business Relief Fund, it will be distributed to businesses to help…
