Great quotes can inspire digital sellers and e-commerce business owners offering new insights and motivation.
The e-commerce world is growing and changing rapidly. New trends like expanding online marketplaces and advanced marketing automation have emerged.
As e-commerce becomes more dominant businesses are challenged to improve.
This article features inspiring quotes from e-commerce leaders like Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma providing valuable guidance and perspectives for success in this dynamic online market.
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Ecommerce Quotes
Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce. ~ Michael Oxley.
In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver. ~ Joseph Joubert
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. ~ Jeff Bezos.
The real genius to make a marketplace flourish doesn’t come from the government. It comes from the individual genius of its people. ~ Jim Rohn.
Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution partners. Why should they give away their profit margins? ~ Natalie Massenet.
The liberation children experience when they discover the Internet is quickly counteracted by the lure of e-commerce web sites, which are customized to each individual user’s psychological profile in order to maximize their effectiveness. ~ Douglas Rushkoff.
You wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the ‘Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause? ~ Alex Kozinski
Communication is at the heart of e-commerce and community. ~ Meg Whitman.
It’s very important for folks to understand that when there’s more trade, there’s more commerce. ~ George W. Bush.
Best Ecommerce Quotes
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. ~ Andrew Jackson.
The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty. ~ Priyanka Gill.
My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.
Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce. ~ Meg Whitman.
E-commerce is not an industry; e-commerce is a tactic. ~ Tobias Lutke.
My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. ~ Jack Ma.
Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn’t let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman. ~ John Dingell.
Is the United States going to decide, are the people of this country going to decide that their Federal Government shall in the future have no right under any implied power or any court-approved power to enter into a solution of a national economic problem, but that that national economic problem must be decided only by the States?… We thought we were solving it, and now it has been thrown right straight in our faces. We have been relegated to the horse-and-buggy definition of interstate commerce. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers. ~ Clarence Thomas
For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is to say, of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes. ~ Thomas Jefferson.
Motivational E-commerce Quotes
One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it’s got value? We’re moving toward an e-commerce experience for local, an Amazon-like experience for local. ~ Jeremy Stoppelman
Number one, you can sell before you buy. I call it reverse e-commerce. You take a picture, you list it for sale, you sell it, you collect the revenue, then you go buy it and send it to the customer. ~ Marc Ostrofsky
From the consumer perspective, what happened in the U.S. 10 years ago and Europe five years ago is now happening in Russia. People are beginning to understand that e-commerce is easy and safe. ~ Maelle Gavet
In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up. ~ Jack Ma
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment. ~ Alex Winter
The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, … since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary therefore that signs be instituted.There is no market or exchange without language. The first instrument of all commerce is language. ~ Paul Valery
I would recommend a free commerce both of matter and mind. I would let men enter their own churches with the same freedom as their own houses; and I would do it without a homily or graciousness or favor, for tyranny itself is to me a word less odious than toleration. ~ Walter Savage Landor
I deleted all the apps. You can actually turn off the App Store. And I gave the passcode to my wife so I didn’t have the passcode to reinstall the App Store. And I deleted all social media apps and e-commerce apps. ~ Justin Kan
If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it by a sign language. Whether your vehicle be commerce, literature, or politics, you can do nothing but raise signals, and make motions to the people. ~ John Jay Chapman
The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle — their abhorrence of every enjoyment which might gratify the sensual and degrade the spiritual nature of man. It was their favourite opinion, that if Adam had preserved his obedience to the Creator, he would have lived for ever in a state of virgin purity, and that some harmless mode of vegetation might have peopled paradise with a race of innocent and immortal beings. ~ Edward Gibbon
E-commerce brings high-paying jobs, major economic benefits, and significant tax revenue to the Golden State. ~ Michelle Steel
Create content that teaches. You can’t give up. You need to be consistently awesome. ~ Neil Patel.
Insightful E-commerce Quotes
America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might. ~ David Brooks
Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
Those wishing to be successful in the market can’t ignore the boomer numbers, the wealth and spending power they have. ~ Pat Conroy
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home. ~ George Washington
Through e-commerce, women have found a means to jump over cultural and traditional lack of available time for remunerated activities. ~ Arancha Gonzalez
Expanding the sales tax base contradicts the primary function of California’s sales tax law, stifles innovation and hurts our state’s robust e-commerce industry. ~ Michelle Steel
On average, an e-commerce client who evolves into a premier enterprise client increases their annual spend by 10 times in that first year. ~ Jon Oringer
For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market. ~ Dana Rohrabacher.
Inspirational E-commerce Quotes
When we look at investing, we always think about ‘how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.’ E-commerce tends to be something easy to copy because it’s execution. ~ Niklas Zennstrom
Our currency is what we are able to make. ~ Robert Genn.
I see Intershop as a leader in the E-commerce digital economy and believe the company has truly long-term potential. ~ Eckhard Pfeiffer
There are so many young designers who need stock, who need my push. With the commerce, the one thing I knew is that I wanted to have things that were affordable. I was always one of those customers that would go to an amazing store and be like, “Um, what’s the least expensive thing?” ~ Nicola Formichetti
In e-commerce, your prices have to be better because the consumer has to take a leap of faith in your product. ~ Ashton Kutcher
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Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. ~ John F. Kennedy
Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die. ~ Herbert Hoover
Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations. ~ Freya Stark
Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of ‘Businessweek.’ But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn’t authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds. ~ Lionel Richie
People tend to think of the web as a way to get information or perhaps as a place to carry out e-commerce. But really, the web is about accessing applications. ~ Marc Andreessen
The consequence of a very free commerce between the sexes, and of their living much together, will often terminate in intrigues and gallantry. ~ David Hume
I dream of a Digital India where e-Commerce drives Entrepreneurship. ~ Narendra Modi
Children are the ultimate investment of all of those that want to make money, to sell, to dominate. So there are two meanings. They are our ultimate investment for anyone who is honest and ethical and loving, but also for all the commerce. ~ Laura Huxley
I think, as e-commerce grows as a category, most e-commerce companies are focused on women because they are the decision makers and the consumers. When you think of e-commerce, and fashion is a big part of that, women are much more in tune with what other women are looking for online. ~ Brian Lee.
Quotes about Ecommerce
I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. ~ Elon Musk
The value of e-commerce is not in the e, but in the commerce. ~ Octavio Paz
Walmart is going to be very good at this e-commerce game. ~ John Layfield
I think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce. ~ Jack Kemp
Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. ~ Jeff Bezos
The Commerce Clause has already been inflated so much that we basically can’t do anything without the government’s permission. ~ Alex Epstein
When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in ‘guang-shi,’ face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There’s no trust system in China. ~ Jack Ma
Female users are the unsung heroines behind the most engaging, fastest growing, and most valuable consumer Internet and e-commerce companies. ~ Aileen Lee
Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred. ~ Robert Toombs
The logic is often far-fetched – how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? – and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. ~ Michael Kinsley
Thank god now for social media and just e-commerce. Now designers have a direct pipeline to their customer and access to her like they never had before, like they never could before. Clothes can happen now that never would have had a chance in the traditional chain of command of the way things worked. ~ Byron Lars
The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe. ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton.
Great E-commerce Quotes
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government. ~ James Madison
You of the West are practical in business, practical in great inventions, but we of the East are practical in religion. You make commerce your business; we make religion our business. ~ Swami Vivekananda
Marc Lore has been a mentor of mine for a long time. He taught me how to hire people and how to do the hardest thing in business, which is to make a great culture. I believe Marc is the most innovative and ambitious e-commerce entrepreneur on the planet. ~ Andy Dunn.
While artists fervently believe that the art marketplace was invented by the devil and remains in his henchman’s hands, they have no choice but to carry long spoons and sup there. ~ Eric Maisel.
No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match. ~ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair.
Everyone loves to criticize Ticketmaster, but the real asset of Ticketmaster is that it’s the third-largest e-commerce site in America. ~ Michael Rapino.
The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries does increase, as has been shown in the case of Spain, and can now be shown in that of Germany. ~ Henry Charles Carey.
The hacking trend has definitely turned criminal because of e-commerce. ~ Kevin Mitnick.
