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Growing an ecommerce business often requires a broad set of skills. An online merchant may need to be equal parts bookkeeper, marketer, and developer. Fortunately many of the necessary skills can be developed online for little or no cost.

Here is a list of educational resources for online merchants. There are resources for specific subject areas, such as inbound marketing, coding, and mastering Google Analytics. There are also broad education sites, with many useful courses in business and technology, and many other topics.

With 2015 lurking around the corner, it’s time to ensure your ecommerce site is ready to tackle the challenges the New Year will bring to e-retailers.

This is going to be a significant year for online retailers as the concept of ecommerce recently turned 20 (if you consider the age of internet payment processing systems). Bigcommerce predicts global B2C ecommerce market will hit record growth in 2015, with revenue of around $2 trillion. According to a study conducted by Emarketer.com, Asia-Pacific is likely to become the top region for ecommerce sales in 2015, followed by North America and Western Europe.