Small Business Struggles with Flaky Custom Order Customers
Small and micro businesses lose time and money dealing with unreliable customers who cancel meetups, ghost on orders, and require excessive hand-holding. Lack of prepayment systems and automated scheduling for small sellers compounds the problem.
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