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  • Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)

    The manufacturer's suggested retail price, or MSRP, is the price a supplier recommends a retailer charge the public.

  • Marketplace Fee

    A marketplace fee is what a platform charges to let vendors sell on it.

  • Markup vs Margin

    Markup vs margin is the difference between measuring profit against your cost and measuring it against your price.

  • Merchant Account

    A merchant account is a special type of bank account that lets your business accept credit and debit card payments.

  • Mere Exposure Effect

    The mere exposure effect is our tendency to like things more simply because we've encountered them before.

  • Meta Description

    A meta description is the short summary of a page that appears under its title in search results.

  • Micro-Conversion

    A micro-conversion is a small action a visitor takes on the way to buying.

  • Minimum Advertised Price (MAP)

    A minimum advertised price, or MAP, is the lowest price a supplier allows a retailer to advertise a product for.

  • Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)

    A minimum order quantity (or MOQ) is the smallest amount a supplier will let you buy in one order.

  • Multi-Vendor Marketplace

    A multi-vendor marketplace is an online store where multiple independent sellers offer their products under one single website brand.

  • Multichannel Selling

    Multichannel selling is a retail method where a store owner sells products on several different platforms at the same time.

  • Multiple Wishlists

    Multiple wishlists let a single shopper create and name more than one saved list.

  • Mutually Exclusive Discount

    A mutually exclusive discount is a deal that can't be combined with any other promotion in the same cart.