Reviews
Shopify POS
Shopify POS is best suited for omnichannel businesses that sell online and in person. Its solutions allow you to unify sales across all your channels with automatic inventory updates and lets you manage your stock, staff, products, and marketing from one place. However, entirely brick-and-mortar businesses and those in industries other than retail might be better off with an...
Toast
Toast stands out as an all-in-one, customizable, and scalable restaurant POS solution. It integrates multiple ordering options with robust inventory and supply chain management. With plans starting at /month, Toast caters to all types of restaurants and budgets, including multi-location businesses. Discover how Toast can streamline your operations and revolutionize your...
Square POS
Catering to restaurants, retail stores, and appointment-based businesses, Square POS is one of the most popular systems on the market – no doubt in part because of its generous free plan, packed with features that are normally found behind paywalls. While Square POS works for most businesses, online-first and omnichannel businesses might find more robust support elsewhere.
Sekure Payment Experts
Despite past hiccups, Sekure Payment Experts has refined its approach and now provides good support and customer service. Businesses on a budget can save with Sekure's zero-cost processing Edge program, plus it offers free equipment and same or next-day deposits at no charge. It’s worth considering, but make sure you carefully review your contract terms before signing.
Lightspeed POS
Lightspeed serves restaurant, retail, and golf businesses, standing out as a feature-rich POS solution with advanced inventory, multi-location, and omnichannel capabilities. It provides e-commerce functionality exclusively for higher-tier plans. This means brick-and-mortar businesses only pay for necessary features. Lightspeed is ideal for established businesses and those...
Swyft Filings
Swyft Filings promises to handle the paperwork for the formation of your LLC, and that’s exactly what it does. Good customer support and an excellent set of features makes Swyft Filings ideal for small business owners. Though there are some extra fees to be aware of, it offers good value for money overall.
SpotOn
SpotOn POS stands out with a POS platform highly customized for retail, restaurants, professional services, salons, and other small to medium-sized businesses. You can easily migrate from another system due to its personalized approach. Its free restaurant and affordable entry-level retail plan make it a good deal, provided you don’t need many add-ons. As for whether it beats...
Epos Now
Epos Now is one of the few POS solutions that provides flexible software compatible with many third-party hardware brands. You can also integrate any payment processor, but long-term contracts may be a drawback. While suitable for small to mid-sized retail and hospitality businesses, large or more complex organizations might find its features limiting.
Copy.ai
Thanks to its wide variety of writing tools for different use cases, Copy.ai is a robust AI writing platform ideal for businesses. It can generate sales copy, create long-form blog articles, and translate your content into multiple languages. It’s not perfect, but it’s worth trying out if you want to elevate your content in minutes.
Harbor Compliance
Though not as popular as some alternatives, Harbor Compliance is a legitimate company handling LLC formation and compliance services. It specializes in industry-specific licensing and offers comprehensive support for nonprofit formation. Combined with its compliance software, Harbor Compliance can save you a significant amount of time. However, it provides less value than our...
Blog Posts
Google CEO: AI Development Will Slow Down in 2025
Speaking at The New York Times’ Dealbook summit, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the next generation of AI models and said he expects AI progress to slow down in 2025 because “the low-hanging fruit is gone” and “the hill is steeper.” While he doesn’t “fully subscribe to the wall notion,” Pichai noted that the “small barriers” companies have yet to overcome...
Fiverr Launches First-Ever Nonprofit Hub
Freelance platform Fiverr launched its first nonprofit hub, Fiverr for Nonprofits. The hub offers nonprofits discounts on services, access to specialized freelance talent, and practical resources to support their growth. Data from Fiverr shows that in 2024, freelancers on the platform fulfilled 127,000 orders for 35,000 nonprofit clients. Fiverr created this hub to address...
Wix Releases Pantone Color of the Year 2025 Web Capsule
Wix Studio and Pantone released a web design asset collection themed around the Pantone Color of the Year 2025, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse. The capsule collection featuring the warm brown hue is the first of its kind and is exclusively available to Wix Studio customers for a limited time. Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute, describes Mocha...
ChatGPT & Other LLMs Use Deceptive Web Design Patterns
A study by computer scientists from the University of Glasgow, the Technical University of Darmstadt, and the Humboldt University of Berlin found that large language models (LLMs) tend to integrate deceptive design practices when asked to build web pages. Participants first presented themselves as web designers to ChatGPT, prompting it to generate pages for an e-commerce...
Upwork: Green Freelancers Are on the Rise
Freelance platform Upwork reports a new trend in the independent talent landscape is on the rise: green freelancing. The company noticed a skyrocketing demand for green freelance jobs. According to its data, searches for sustainability experts rose by 500% between 2019 and 2023. A Boston Consulting Group study shows that the rising number of companies incorporating ESG...
Wix Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results
SaaS website builder platform Wix reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024. The company saw notable growth across all areas and is exiting Q3 with an optimistic outlook for 2024. Wix’s bookings reached $449.8 million in the third quarter, resulting in a 16% year-over-year (y/y) growth. The biggest growth contributors include Wix’s platform for agencies...
Study Finds Gen Z Riches Come From Social Media
A survey from Credit Karma reveals nearly half of Gen Z are making money on social media, and just as many consider themselves digital side hustlers. The study defines digital side hustlers as people who earn additional income online outside their day jobs. It also shows younger generations favor digital gigs over traditional 9–5 jobs. Over one-third (36%) of Zoomers turn...
Squarespace Completes Google Domains Migration
Website builder Squarespace has finalized the Google Domains migration. Squarespace announced that all Google domains have successfully migrated to its platform after it acquired Google Domains last year. On June 15, 2023, Google entered into a definitive agreement with Squarespace, agreeing to sell all Google domain registrations and related customer accounts to the...
OpenAI Spends Millions of Dollars on a URL
ChatGPT creator OpenAI paid $15 million for a single domain. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, shared a link on X (formerly Twitter) to the domain chat.com, which now leads directly to ChatGPT. HubSpot’s founder and CTO, Dharmesh Shah, previously owned the URL, which he purchased in early 2023. Shah called chat.com his “most expensive domain name transaction,” spending $15.5...
AI Boom Can Both Help & Hinder 2050 Decarbonization Goals
Accenture published its fourth “Destination Net Zero” report. The report, which analyzes net zero commitments, carbon reduction efforts, and emissions data for the 2,000 biggest companies worldwide, found that while companies are progressing toward net-zero goals, they are not moving fast enough to reach global climate targets. “AI can help,” Accenture says, but it could also...
Apple To Acquire Photo-Editing App Creator Pixelmator
Lithuania-based Pixelmator, the firm behind popular photo editing tools, agreed to an acquisition by Apple. The deal awaits regulatory approval, with financial details remaining undisclosed. Pixelmator said that while the regulatory approval is pending, there will be “no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time,” but to...
Google Ad Change Could Impact Millions of Small Businesses
Google is changing its Local Services ads, which appear at the top of Google search results and are an essential marketing tool for many small businesses. Starting November 21st, businesses must have a verified Google Business Profile to run these ads. The new requirement aims to reduce fraud by ensuring that ads come from verified advertisers but may impact millions of...
Northwest Registered Agent vs Rocket Lawyer Comparison [2024]
Northwest Registered Agent and Rocket Lawyer can form your Limited Liability Company (LLC) and serve as your Registered Agent, among other services. They have some features that overlap, but if you take the time to analyze them closely, you'll find some significant differences. I spent weeks comparing them to the slightest detail. Thanks to my academic background in...
Report: Companies Are Firing Gen Z Workers Soon After Hiring
Intelligent.com, an online magazine providing students with higher education rankings and research, surveyed 966 business leaders involved in hiring decisions to explore their attitudes toward hiring Gen Z college graduates. The results show hiring managers find recent college graduates unprepared for the workforce and hard to manage and often fire them quickly after...
Fiverr: AI Is Only as Powerful as the Talent Using it
Freelance platform Fiverr issued its 2024 Generative AI Usage Report. The report draws on responses from 3,300 Fiverr freelancers, unveiling insights on the most used AI tools, AI trends, benefits, and challenges. According to the report, AI usage has reached 63% among freelancers, up by 5% since 2023, with ChatGPT(88%), MidJourney (37%), and Firefly (29%) being the most...