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As a merchant, utilizing an affiliate network can increase revenue and extend your brand awareness farther and faster than many merchants could do so on their own. But sometimes it’s hard to know where to start or what to ask...
Online retailers suffer greatly when they depend on a payment provider and that system crashes. Such was the case recently when both Authorize.net and PayPal went down within weeks of each other. Lost sales can be devastating. But...
Vertical shopping search engine TheFind formally announced the debut of its Merchant Center. Retailers are now able to provide information about their store to be included within the site's search results. Similar to Google or...
Yahoo! is tuning in to the needs of its merchants (and paid close attention to some telling search queries) and consumers launching Yahoo! Deals today - and none too soon either. Comscore released its Q2 2009 retail e-commerce sales...
Another day, and another social e-commerce solution is in the news. Digital marketing and advertising service provider Atrinsic has acquired Shopit , an e-commerce platform that enables buyers and sellers to complete transactions on...
Engine Ready released its 2009 industry study on the role traffic sources play in visitor purchasing behavior on e-commerce websites. It confirms what most marketers already know - not relying exclusively on one marketing channel....
Though it may be the middle of July, e-commerce merchants are getting ready for the upcoming holiday season. Best practices are important year round but they are even more critical during a time of heavy sales. Converting visitors...
It looks like retailers are going to be paying a lot more attention to how the shopping experience ends - that means the checkout process. According to a survey scheduled for release this morning at Shop.org’s Online Merchandising...
Some very interesting predictive intelligence technology was announced this week from Wishabi. The Canadian e-commerce company enables both price and value comparisons of more than three million products using statistical analyis,...
How did your gross online sales for the period April 1 through June 30, 2009 perform relative to the same period last year (April 1 through June 30, 2008)? The National Retail Foundation's digital divsision Shop.org asked that...
eMarketer released its “E-Commerce in a Recession” report where it notes that consumers are moving towards online retailers versus traditional retailers. According to the report, online sales increased 4.6 percent in 2008...
Last week Google announced the availability of Buy Now buttons for the exclusive purpose of selling digital goods. If you're an e-book seller or provider of individual software downloads you'll be very interested in this development...
by Pete Prestipino When we create compelling experiences for users and measure them accurately, we can make incremental gains towards improving the financial return on advertising and the return on other marketing efforts like social...
Web-based software developers Interspire have developed Big Commerce, a shopping cart that combines ease-of-use with powerful functionality. And it's free. The shopping cart will not be available to the public for a few weeks,...
A recent ABestWeb forum thread has truly shocked me. Shocked I tell you! And I've become nearly immune to most everything, hardly blinking an eye in the face of even the most innovative techniques, trends and technologies that...
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