A partial list of the products and services we use to run our business. In time, we’ll offer some specific how-to’s for each of these. For now, this is my “bus list.”
Online Store Management
- WordPress and WooCommerce hosted by WPEngine
- DNS and SSL provided by CloudFlare
- Affiliate Management by Referral Candy and WPAffiliates
- Stand-alone and embedded Facebook store by Shopify
Inventory Management
- Order routing and fulfillment by ShipStation, with postage by Stamps.com
- International Shipment by USPS, FedEx and USPS (consolidated through ShipStation)
- Warehousing by Fulfilled by Amazon
Financial Management
- Online credit card processing by Stripe and PayPal
- Offline credit card processing by Square
- Bookkeeping by Bench.co (creators of one of the best on-boarding experiences I’ve ever seen. Seriously, try them.)
- Payroll by Gusto
Professional Services
- Tax consulting by Rosenfelt, Siegel & Goldberg
- Legal services by Matanovic Law
- Internationally-compliant Privacy Policy, Data Usage Policy and Cookie Policy crafted and hosted by iubenda
- Food Safety Certification by ServSafe
- Startup Food Consulting by Kitchen Table Consultants
[…] for sure, some of these things can be outsourced, even to software. I use a ton of web-based software and services to run my business. And, to be sure, we are adding some automation to the production process, but for now: it’s […]