Nail Profit before Site Extras, Owner Says

Nail Profit before Site Extras, Owner Says

July 10, 2026 · 37 min

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Paolo Vidali advises ecommerce merchants to prioritize profitability and address basic operational issues before adding advanced site features.

Paolo Vidali has a suggestion for merchants looking to add advanced features to their ecommerce sites: Be careful. Focus first on profitability, he says, and solve the basics of product returns, customer service, and free shipping. Paolo is a developer and marketer who launched Hidden Gears, an ecommerce agency, in 2014. It's now a Hawaii-based Shopify expert partner with a varied client base: wholesalers, physical retailers, and D2Cs. His second site, SuperBuilt, offers vetted developers fo...

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