Ivana Shteriova is an expert reviewer and news writer at Website Planet.

As a business owner and former assistant website manager, her expertise is uniquely positioned at the intersection of finance, business, and tech. She specializes in writing about credit card processing providers and website builders. Ivana keeps a close eye on all things credit card processing to recommend the best solutions for every type of business. She also regularly tests, reviews, and compares website builders.

After getting her bachelor’s degree in Economics, she decided to ditch a career in accounting and turn her passion into a full-time writing affair. Before joining Website Planet, Ivana was a content writer and assistant site manager of finance, tech, and background check sites for 7+ years. Throughout her freelance career, her work has been featured in various publications, including Balancing Everything, 99Firms, TrueList, and Screen & Reveal.

You can find her listening to finance podcasts, reading self-help books, glamming up, and rocking bold outfits. Advocating for animal welfare and women’s rights is also on her spare time agenda.

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Copy.ai

Thanks to its wide variety of writing tools for different use cases, Copy.ai is a robust AI writing platform ideal for businesses. It can generate sales copy, create long-form blog articles, and translate your content into multiple languages. It’s not perfect, but it’s worth trying out if you want to elevate your content in minutes.

4.4
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Lawsuit: Amazon Allegedly Allowed “Defect” Ads

According to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon in September, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos instructed executives to welcome more junk ads to increase ad revenue. This practice has also made it hard for shoppers to find what they’re looking for and pushed them toward more expensive products, the FTC claims. Portions of the FTC lawsuit...

4.3
December 01, 2023
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9 Cheapest Credit Card Processing: Stick to Your Budget [2023]

Credit card processing companies aren’t always transparent about their pricing structure. Admittedly, calculating fees and producing rough estimates can be difficult when there are so many variables to consider. Picture this: You choose a monthly subscription and agree on a transaction rate, but things don’t add up once the invoice arrives. You might notice hidden fees or...

5.0
December 01, 2023
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8 Best Credit Card Processing APIs for Your Business in 2023

The great thing about e-commerce payment technology is that it’s relatively easy to customize. All you need is some experience using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) – or a willingness to learn – and a credit card processor that offers this helpful development toolkit. With that being said, not every payment processor offers an API. Those that do rarely provide...

4.3
December 01, 2023
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6 Best Credit Card Processing for Therapists in 2023

Every good therapist knows that client comfort goes beyond the therapy session. The same principle applies to collecting payments, too. By offering a simple invoicing process and multiple ways for clients to pay, you can set yourself apart from the competition. Unfortunately, not every credit card processor offers the level of service you need. Some accept very few payment...

4.5
December 01, 2023
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The Biggest Highlights from OpenAI’s First Developer Event

At OpenAI’s first public developer event, DevDay, the AI research organization unveiled new AI models and developer products. Here are the day’s biggest announcements. New GPT-4 Turbo Model OpenAI announced the GPT-4 Turbo, a new and more capable version of its popular GPT-4 model. GPT-4 Turbo is familiar with events up to April 2023, boasts a 128k context window or around...

4.8
November 30, 2023
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Elon Musk Launches xAI’s New Chatbot Grok

Elon Musk’s startup, xAI, released its first AI chatbot. Grok will be available exclusively for X Premium+ subscribers once it exits beta. A group of US X users is already testing the new AI tool. It took xAI two months to develop Grok. The chatbot has “real-time access” to data from Musk-owned microblogging platform X.com (formerly Twitter), which gives it a “massive...

4.7
November 28, 2023
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CCleaner Confirmed Its Data Was Stolen in MOVEit Data Breach

Optimization app CCleaner confirmed hackers stole heaps of personal user data in a breach back in May, affecting 2% of its paid customers. Hackers compromised names, phone numbers and email addresses, billing addresses, and purchase histories. CCleaner’s parent company, Gen Digital, which also owns Avast, Avira, and Norton LifeLock, sent an email to customers explaining...

4.5
November 24, 2023
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Fiverr’s Working Not Working Launches NTRNL

Fiverr’s subsidiary Working Not Working, a platform for sourcing top-notch creative talent, recently launched NTRNL. This new employee retention platform for creative organizations will help find hidden skills and passions among internal talent and apply them to relevant projects. Justin Gignac, Working Not Working Co-founder & CEO, introduced the new platform in...

4.3
November 23, 2023
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President Biden Issues an Executive Order on AI Safeguards

President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order demanding strong safety and security standards and regulations for the AI industry. The Executive Order also introduces new customer and worker protections and provides extensive guides for federal agencies on how to supervise and control rapidly growing AI technologies. In accordance with the Defense Production Act, the order...

4.0
November 22, 2023
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10 Best Payment Gateways: Easy Setup & Low Fees in 2023

Using a popular payment gateway like Apple Pay and Authorize.Net as your primary processor sounds sensible but can become problematic in the long run. That’s because they limit your payment methods, can often be costly, and don’t offer much in terms of customer or tech support. The best solution is to access these payment gateways through a fully featured credit card...

5.0
November 20, 2023
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Monday.com Launches New Data Infrastructure

Work management platform monday.com finally introduced its new data infrastructure that’s been quietly in place since June. MondayDB can support more complex projects and enable users to create and manage workflows at scale and speed. Initially, mondayDB will improve performance for boards and dashboards, with broader enhancements across monday.com’s entire Work OS platform...

4.3
November 17, 2023
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8 Best Payment Gateways for WooCommerce: Top Picks in 2023

As an e-commerce business owner, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when choosing a payment gateway. There are many payment gateways, but some don’t integrate with WooCommerce. Likewise, a few don’t support the payment methods and security features your customers need. Plus, you need to be mindful of cost. Each payment gateway has its own payment structure – some charge a...

5.0
November 17, 2023
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Apple to Infuse Generative AI Features Into Multiple Products

A series of job listings posted by the tech mogul suggests Apple is getting more serious about AI adoption. Apple is “working on a generative AI-based developer experience platform for internal use,” one of the App Store listings read. Another job posting targets professionals familiar with “long-form text generation, summarization, [and] question-answering” to work on a...

4.7
November 16, 2023
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Survey: 93% of US Consumers Plan to Buy Holiday Gifts Online

Shopify partnered with analytics and advice firm Gallup to ask 1,761 US consumers how, when, and where they intend to buy holiday gifts this year. Here are the most important insights from the newest Holiday Shopping Pulse survey. Shopify’s survey reveals that despite the tough economic climate, most of the surveyed US shoppers (74%) plan to spend the same amount or more on...

5.0
November 14, 2023
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How To Accept Credit Card Processing on My Phone [2023]

Whether you own a restaurant, beauty clinic, or even a home repair service, customers expect a seamless checkout experience. Not only does this improve the customer experience, but it makes it easier to get paid wherever your point of sale is. This is why mobile credit card processing is an excellent option for all kinds of businesses – not just those that take payments in the...

4.0
November 13, 2023
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