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Merchants are Optimistic about the Future of Ecommerce
by Allison Howen
The confidence levels of ecommerce merchants are running high according to a recent survey that was recently ...
Catching the Ecommerce Counterfeiters
by Pete Prestipino
Online brand protection and enforcement service CitizenHawk has introduced a tool that enables companies to ...
Bridgeline, UPS to Deliver Total Ecommerce Package
by Linc Wonham
Interactive solutions provider Bridgeline Digital has signed a multi-year agreement with UPS to give B2B and ...
What's New With Google Shopping?
by Michael Garrity
The Internet was buzzing last week at the beta launch of Google's latest service, Google Shopping. As always, ...
Smarter Commerce Delivers Intelligence to CMOs
by Michael Garrity
IBM continues to aim high with its digital marketing software, releasing some new products as part of the ...
Convert Visitors into Customers with Behavioral Data
by Allison Howen
Data solutions provider RedEye has launched a behavioral remarketing platform for ecommerce merchants called ...
Shopify Merchants Posting Profits from Pinterest
by Allison Howen
Pinterest has quickly become the third most popular social network on the Web and, in doing so, the ...
What a Process: Payment Platforms for Merchants
by Allison Howen
There are a few necessities that ecommerce merchants need to set in place before they can run their stores, ...
Most Consumers Talking Up Live Chat
by Allison Howen
How effective is your online customer service strategy? If you're not sure, a new Oracle study has revealed ...
Manage Customer Complaints with Comment Cards
by Allison Howen
Customer satisfaction measurement provider iPerceptions, has launched a new solution called Comment Cards, ...
The Top 10 Comparison Shopping Engines Compared
by Linc Wonham
Data feed management and comparison shopping engine (CSE) management firm CPC Strategy has released its ...
Find the Perfect Shopping Cart
by Linc Wonham
While social commerce, mobile tools and extensions should be near the top of any merchant's must-have feature ...
A Merchant's Guide to Meaningful Metrics
by Linc Wonham
Baynote and the e-tailing group have collaboratively researched the current state of ecommerce analytics, and ...
Increase Efficiency with New Merchant Tools
by Michael Garrity
Last month, Website Magazine wrote briefly about the latest release of Dydacomp's SiteLINK ecommerce ...
Five Ways Retailers Can Compete with Summer
by Allison Howen
As the days get longer and the temperatures get hotter, retailers on the Web must be prepared for the stiff ...
Dell Solutions Streamline Sales Process for SMBs
by Linc Wonham
Dell is expanding its cloud applications portfolio for growing businesses, Dell Cloud Business Applications ...
Inspire Consumer Confidence Through Classifieds
by Michael Garrity
The makers of the first classifieds Web application built for social media want to make the process a little ...
Website Security: Roundtable for Retailers
by Peter Devereaux
Achieving true success as an Internet retailer is difficult enough on its own. But when merchants take ...
Dydacomp Releases PCI-compliant Cart for SMBs
by Linc Wonham
Dydacomp, an ecommerce technology provider for small and mid-sized businesses and multichannel merchants, has ...
Optimize for Tablet Commerce with Mobify
by Linc Wonham
As the mobile market diversifies and expands, unified access across all popular devices will be of increasing ...
Zmags Launches New Digital Shopping Tool
by Allison Howen
Digital commerce solutions provider Zmags has launched a platform called Zmags Convergence, which invites ...
Pinterest Optimization for Internet Retailers
by Linc Wonham
Virtual pinboard Pinterest is the hottest thing on the Web right now. That means that it deserves the ...
InnestoNuke Module Brings Ecommerce to DotNetNuke
by Pete Prestipino
The future of software will be integrated. And if you're not a believer, read this and you will likely be one ...
Digital River Launches 360° Dashboards
by Allison Howen
Ecommerce solution provider Digital River has introduced 360° Dashboards, which is an advanced ...
Local Businesses Get a Boost from Retailigence
by Allison Howen
Local businesses are taking their customers back from e-tailers on the World Wide Web with location-based ...
Is Drop Shipping the Right Choice for E-tailers?
by Allison Howen
The supply chain management technique of drop shipping is very enticing to retailers on the Web, because ...
Consumer Confidence, Trust and Privacy
by Peter Devereaux
Privacy management solution provider TRUSTe issued the first Consumer Confidence Edition of its ongoing ...
Ecommerce & The Quality of Life
by Peter Devereaux
As a consumer, has ecommerce improved the quality of your life? According to a new study conducted by ...
Increase Ecommerce Revenue with Social Media Tracking
by Michael Garrity
A recent partnership between performance marketing agency AffiliateTraction and performance marketing ...
Doubling AOV with Behavioral Commerce
by Pete Prestipino
The more you know about your customers, the better positioned you are to sell them products - and sell more ...
New Ecwid Solution Available for Yola Customers
by Michael Garrity
Yola, provider of a free website builder and premium hosting for small businesses, has partnered with Ecwid, ...
Listrak Launches Post Purchase Solution for Merchants
by Allison Howen
Email marketing firm Listrak has launched an email marketing solution to help online retailers with their ...
Power Up with the eBay Partner Network
by Michael Garrity
Everyone who has heard of the Internet is probably aware of eBay. The company is important because it is ...
Demandware Chosen to Power Decker Sites
by Allison Howen
Global footwear manufacturer Deckers Outdoor Corporation has announced that Demandware Commerce will be ...
Getting Started Selling on Amazon
by Allison Howen
Marketplaces are becoming the go-to Web destination for consumers. Familiar shopping interfaces, more ...
Ubokia & Consumer Control of the Buying Experience
by Pete Prestipino
Consumers are seeking increasingly greater control over their online buying experiences but do merchants have ...
Shopify Taps Ordoro to Improve Merchant Shipping Efficiency
by Pete Prestipino
Online retail platform Shopify is taking aim at back office inefficiency, partnering with order management ...
The Challenges of Ecommerce Retailers
by Allison Howen
A new study by RSR Research reveals information about challenges that retailers are facing in their ecommerce ...
Slow Ecommerce Site Speeds
by Allison Howen
The average ecommerce website takes 10 seconds to load according to a new report from front-end optimization ...
Studying the Business of Ecommerce
by Michael Garrity
While it may not be the most optimistic news for brick-and-mortar stores, ecommerce companies and businesses ...
Consumer Control of Daily Deals Brought by Mobilize.me
by Pete Prestipino
Mobilize.ME is slated to begin a national launch in more than 25 US cities in 2012, after a pilot program ...
An Introduction to Structured Data for Merchants
by Peter Devereaux
In June 2011, Google, Yahoo! and Bing came together to create Schema.org, a website showcasing a unified ...
Best of 2011 - Ecommerce Landing Pages
by Allison Howen
You only get one first impression, and a landing page is the first impression of every successful website. ...
Digital Donations for the Holidays
by Allison Howen
'Tis the season of giving, and now it is easier than ever with the latest online fundraising tools. Blackbaud ...
Holiday Gifts for Nice (and Naughty) Web Workers
by Linc Wonham
Making a list, checking it twice. Carefully determining who has been naughty and who has been nice. This is ...
Inside the Virtual Fitting Room
by Peter Devereaux
Ever take ten garments into a fitting room, just to come out with only one that fits? This common occurrence ...
Customer Recovery Calculator from UpSellit
by Allison Howen
For many ecommerce merchants, reviewing analytics such as conversion and shopping cart abandonment rates is a ...
Ho, Ho, Ho-sting Holiday Savings
by Allison Howen
On the 12th day of Christmas Brain Host gave to me: 25 percent off of my hosting fee. Tis' the season of ...
Coupon Feeds and Holiday Marketing
by Michael Garrity
We're in the thick of the holiday shopping season and, for affiliate marketers, that means this is the best ...
Should Merchants Shift Their Focus to Marketplaces?
by Allison Howen
As the ecommerce world continues to expand through channels like mobile and tablets, one ecommerce software ...
Video Playing a Featured Role in Holiday Sales
by Linc Wonham
Online video solutions provider Invodo has released some new data about the use of video on retail sites ...
Website Tips for Holiday Traffic Spikes
by Allison Howen
Just because Cyber Monday is over, doesn't mean that holiday website traffic is going to slow down. And while ...
Feel Good About the Holidays with GoodShop
by Michael Garrity
Some of the top retail companies on the Web are teaming up to help those in need this holiday season. ...
Miva Merchant Now UPS Ready
by Pete Prestipino
Right in time for the holiday shopping - and shipping - season, ecommerce software provider Miva Merchant has ...
Increase Holiday Sales with Live-chat Software
by Linc Wonham
Real-time chat, voice and content solutions provider LivePerson is gearing up for Cyber Monday - the biggest ...
Prepare for More Last Minute Shoppers this Holiday Season
by Allison Howen
The good news: retail sales are expected to increase this year. The not-as-good news: many consumers may be ...
Putler Serves Up Better PayPal Data
by Pete Prestipino
Internet retailers/ecommerce merchants using Paypal are forced to log into the service whenever they need ...
Feast on These Holiday Keyword Strategies
by Allison Howen
The National Retail Federation predicts that a 10-percent increase from last year will result in 152 million ...
Video Production Guide for Merchants
by Linc Wonham
You may be an expert in ecommerce. You might also know all the latest design trends and everything there is ...
Four Ways to Use Video for the Holidays
by Linc Wonham
It's that time of year where we look up from our keyboards to find the holiday season freight train barreling ...
A Different Angle on Product Views
by Allison Howen
Ever had someone tell you not to touch something? Of course, immediately you want to touch it. This holds ...
Spice Up Holiday SEO with Product Microdata
by Peter Devereaux
Google can be stingy with new information about its search algorithm, which makes the company's sharing of ...
Why So Complicated? A Beginner's Guide to PCI Compliance
by Michael Garrity
Most people start businesses because they want to do something they're passionate about, but often they don't ...
Internet Retail Experience of Tomorrow
by Pete Prestipino
Five Keys to the e-Store of the Future The store of the future will allow consumers to shop the way they want ...
Holiday Enthusiasm for Mobile Has Doubled
by Linc Wonham
Twice as many consumers are planning to use their mobile devices to make purchases this holiday season than ...
Ecommerce for the youth market with Virtual Piggy at Xsolla
by Pete Prestipino
Virtual Piggy, a technology platform designed for the management of the under-18 age group, announced that ...
Gain Global Ecommerce Domination
by Peter Devereaux
What is the universal language? Some may say love, while others may say math, science or money. But who would ...
Better Looking Digital Pubs with Amazon KF8 Format
by Pete Prestipino
The digital world of ebooks is about to get a lot more attractive. Amazon just announced that several new ...
A Bundle of eBay Announcements
by Peter Devereaux
New announcements from eBay about ecommerce, Facebook and PayPal have been filtering through the news over ...
5 Build-your-own Product Solutions for Merchants
by Allison Howen
A favorite web-surfing habit of mine has always been visiting sites that allow me to create my own product, ...
Four Strategies for Ecommerce Success
by Allison Howen
Maintaining a successful ecommerce site is a vital part of a thriving retail business model these days. ...
Check Out These Add-To-Cart Buttons
by Allison Howen
Riddle me this: We all do the same thing; however, some of us do it better than others - this could be due to ...
SaaS Vendor TeamLab Selects Avangate to Support Subscriptions
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce solution provider Avangate announced that TeamLab, a corporate collaboration platform, will use its ...
Report Gives Insight for the 2011 Holiday Season
by Allison Howen
A new study gives insight into possible shopping habits for the 2011 holiday season. The Online Consumer ...
Get Familiar with Comparison Shopping
by Peter Devereaux
Comparison Shopping Engines (CSE's) are great tools for consumers that like to compare products and prices ...
The Importance of Translating in Ecommerce
by Michael Garrity
Thanks to a recent study by TransPerfect, the important role that language translations play in ecommerce ...
New Data Feed Service for Merchants
by Allison Howen
New software is now available to ecommerce merchants using the Magento Commerce and AspDotNetStorefront ...
Merchants See Performance Gains at Channel Intelligence
by Pete Prestipino
With consumer confidence still at record low levels, and in an increasingly complicated technical ...
Multimedia Customer Support from VeriShow
by Linc Wonham
Live support and real-time collaboration are two of the hottest topics in Web business right now, and there's ...
Merchants Can Rest Easy About New Tax Laws
by Linc Wonham
As most everyone knows by now, earlier this month California became the latest of several U.S. states to have ...
Ecommerce Beyond the Cart
by Peter Devereaux
Consumer Acquisition and Customer Retention Much is made of ecommerce shopping cart optimization, and for ...
Mobile as an Ecommerce Supplement
by Peter Devereaux
The buzz around mobile applications, mobile design and mobile advertising can distract Internet retailers ...
Attensity Command Center for Voice of Customer
by Pete Prestipino
What are your customers saying about your company right now? Most businesses (large and small) simply have no ...
Finding Customers & Targeting Messages (Beginner)
by Pete Prestipino
:: THREE PRIMARY SOURCES OF WEB VISITOR ACQUISITION :: Where do Internet users come from? The real question ...
Why You Need Ecommerce Video Now
by Linc Wonham
The biggest takeaway from the State of Video in Ecommerce that we published several months ago, citing ...
Get Smart: Competitive Pricing Intelligence
by Pete Prestipino
When you know what your competition is doing it makes decision making for your own enterprise easier. There ...
E-Books Outselling All Print Books on Amazon
by Linc Wonham
Sales of Kindle books on Amazon have overtaken those of both print and hardcover formats combined, according ...
LightCMS to Launch Ecommerce Platform
by Linc Wonham
LightCMS, the leading Web content management system for designers and their clients, has announced a major ...
Beat Competitors with an Amazon Repricing Engine
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce software provider Zoovy has announced a pilot of its Amazon Repricing Engine, which is designed to ...
Smart" Web Consumers Have Higher Expectations"
by Linc Wonham
On-demand ecommerce platform provider Demandware has released the results of a survey examining the shopping ...
Miva Merchant Enlists Listrak to Reduce Abandonment
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce software and services provider Miva Merchant is teaming up with Listrak, a leading email marketing ...
As eBook Sales Grow, So Do Online Opportunities
by Linc Wonham
We've discussed the potentially big business of eBooks here in the past, and it's happening even faster than ...
Power Reviews and Miva Merchant
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce software provider Miva Merchant has released a module in conjunction with social reviews provider ...
Grow Profits From the Farmer Update - Ecommerce Express
by Peter Devereaux
When Google talks, the rest of the Web has no choice but to listen. While the Farmer Update in late February ...
The State of Video in Ecommerce
by Linc Wonham
Online video solutions provider SundaySky recently released a telling report about how the Web's biggest ...
Illinois Governor Signs Internet Sales Tax Law
by Michael Phillips
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today signed into law the Internet sales tax, or "Amazon" tax. Like other states ...
SortPrice is F-Commerce Unstoppable
by Pete Prestipino
SortPrice has released some impressive statistics on the growth in retailers using its store application on ...
Moosejaw Launches Mobile Ecommerce Video
by Linc Wonham
Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Moosejaw has always stayed ahead of the latest trends in ecommerce, making ...
Retailers Lack Cart Abandonment Strategies
by Linc Wonham
It's not surprising that shopping cart abandonment rates continue to rise as today's online shoppers have ...
Ecommerce Keyword Research
by Pete Prestipino
The reason that it is important to stay informed about feature changes at major services is because it ...
Comparing the Top Comparison Shopping Engines
by Linc Wonham
The upcoming March issue of Website Magazine includes an article on optimization strategies for comparison ...
Retailer Provided Best Online Experience During Holidays
by Linc Wonham
Record sales were not the only thing online retailers achieved during the past holiday season, at least not ...
Top 10 Comparison Shopping Engines
by Pete Prestipino
The March issue of Website Magazine included an article about optimizing for comparison shopping engines, ...
Illinois To Get Hit With Amazon Tax?
by Michael Phillips
Illinois Amazon affiliates received an unwelcome email last night. Illinois, it seems, is positioned to pass ...
Web Users Will Pay for Digital Content
by Pete Prestipino
The days of "free" are seemingly coming to a rapid end according to survey results released last week by the ...
E-readers are Rewriting Retailers' Bestseller Lists
by Peter Devereaux
While many in the traditional publishing industry couldn't wait to close the books on 2010, the makers of the ...
Email the Leading Driver of Visitors to Top Retail Sites
by Peter Devereaux
While we continue to hear about social media's increasing influence over Internet consumers' purchasing ...
Groupon at the Bottom of This Holiday List
by Linc Wonham
A website and application performance monitoring firm tested 11 leading social shopping and daily deals sites ...
All Eyes Should Be On eBay
by Linc Wonham
Ebay all but introduced the world to online shopping, and it continues to shape the ecommerce industry ...
nsCommerce Gets Gift Registry
by Pete Prestipino
Online gift registry provider MyRegistry.com announced the integration of its gift registry solution with the ...
BazaarVoice Big with Big Brands
by Peter Devereaux
Social commerce solution BazaarVoice announced today that more than 1,000 brands (including Best Buy, Costco, ...
Local Products Startup Milo Purchased by eBay
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce giant eBay struck a significant deal Thursday, purchasing startup local product inventory search ...
Cyber Monday Yields Highest Online Sales Ever
by Linc Wonham
The 2010 holiday season continues to break records and exceed expectations. Passing the billion-dollar mark ...
Bing Integrates Facebook to Create Social Shopping Lists
by Peter Devereaux
Bing has added a new feature this week that integrates Facebook with Bing Shopping search results. Users can ...
Cyber Monday Prep: 10 Tips for Greater Sales
by Michael Phillips
Put down the turkey sandwich and place the pumpkin pie back in the refrigerator. It's time to make sure your ...
Rec.fm Makes Online Shopping Charitable
by Pete Prestipino
New fundraising platform Rec.fm announced a special holiday promotion that doubles the amount of money ...
2Checkout Partners with Znode
by Pete Prestipino
Multi-store ecommerce software provider Znode has partnered with payment solution provider 2Checkout. While ...
Rich Snippets for Ecommerce
by Pete Prestipino
Google announced on its Webmaster Central blog that they are now supporting rich snippets for ecommerce ...
Social Meets Ecommerce in Consumer-Generated Gift Guide
by Pete Prestipino
Social media solution provider Brickfish has teamed with luxury retailer Nieman Marcus for its Presents ...
Cashie Launches Leveraging PayPal X
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce solution provider WebAssist released a new hosted, cloud-based service today called Cashie which ...
Boost Sales with Better Buttons
by Peter Devereaux
When it's all said and done, there is no more powerful weapon in an online retailer's arsenal than the ...
eBay's Auction Activity Pushed to the Side by PayPal
by Linc Wonham
Online auctions and ecommerce pioneer eBay remains one of the strongest properties on the Web, but its ...
Merchants: ProStores and Clickable
by Pete Prestipino
Merchants of Ebay's ProStores will now have access to online advertising solutions from Clickable, a solution ...
These Daily Deals Put Focus on Ecommerce and Search
by Linc Wonham
The latest entry into the dynamic daily deals space may provide the best opportunity yet for ecommerce ...
Customer Influenced Design at Moosejaw
by Pete Prestipino
Few companies are expert at marketing their products and even fewer are closely connected with their buyers. ...
Does Your Online Shop Need an iPad Magazine?
by Pete Prestipino
The craze over the iPad (and upcoming table devices like the iPad) is reaching fever pitch. While few ...
Tis the Season: Free Holiday Graphics from Volusion
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce solutions provider Volusion is in the giving spirit. The company announced on its blog Friday that ...
Lower Your Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates
by Linc Wonham
While many merchants are looking ahead to the official mid-November start of the holiday season, the ...
Deep Customer Analysis with iPerceptions' 4Q
by Michael Phillips
Web analytics are critical to every Web enterprise. They can tell you about certain segments of your audience ...
Groupon Merchants Telling a Different Story
by Linc Wonham
When you reach the pinnacle of success as quickly and as publicly as Groupon has, it's only natural to have ...
Transform Your Website Into a Customer Intelligence Tool
by Peter Devereaux
Understanding customer behavior - truly understanding it - has never been more important for businesses and ...
Comparison Shopping Engines: A Retailers' Best Friend
by Peter Devereaux
For building brand awareness, shopping search engines are a retailer's best bet As the online shopping ...
Alibaba's U.S. Expansion Aims to Benefit Small Retailers
by Linc Wonham
Alibaba, the largest ecommerce operation in China, has made its second U.S. acquisition in as many months. ...
Overstock.com Enters Private Sales Market with New Site
by Linc Wonham
Overstock.com has announced the launch of its own private sale website, staking a claim to its own piece of ...
Online Holiday Shoppers Already Revving Their Engines
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce merchants who wait until November to launch their holiday promotions may miss out on as much as 65 ...
A Retailer's Guide to Comparison Shopping Sites
by Linc Wonham
Comparison shopping sites are nothing new to the ecommerce industry, the first ones having appeared on the ...
Streamlined Shopping with Visa Rightcliq
by Pete Prestipino
Visa today launched an online shopping tool that aims to improve the way consumers browse and compare ...
Amazon's Mobile Commerce Sales Top $1 Billion
by Linc Wonham
Any doubters as to the potential that mobile brings to the ecommerce industry need only look at Thursday's ...
Shop.org Forming Ecommerce Think Tank
by Linc Wonham
Ecommerce professionals, here's an opportunity to make a lasting impact on your industry: the National Retail ...
5 Ways to Reboot Your Ecommerce Business
by Linc Wonham
IRCE 2010 wrapped up a couple of weeks ago after drawing nearly 6,500 ecommerce professionals to Chicago for ...
Dex One's Digital Coupons: Solution Without a Problem?
by Pete Prestipino
Local business marketing purveyor Dex One has given its customer the ability to create and publish customized ...
Retailers Taking in More Cash with eBillme
by Linc Wonham
Online supplier of home appliances Number1Direct.com is one ecommerce company that has experienced firsthand ...
Japanese Ecommerce Giant Gaining Ground in U.S.
by Linc Wonham
Forget about Facebook for the time being. When it comes to aspirations of world domination on the Web, the ...
10 Tips for Better Pricing
by Peter Devereaux
Start Generating New Profits and Growth Tomorrow Morning by Rafi Mohammed : Pricing is one of the most ...
SalesForce and Jigsaw - Together At Last
by Pete Prestipino
Cloud-based CRM SalesForce.com has made a $3 billion entry into the crowd-sourced and cloud-based data ...
Six Ways to Test Your Ecommerce Site
by Linc Wonham
An objective opinion is one of the most valuable, easily obtainable yet underutilized commodities in ...
5 Upgrades for your Ecommerce Website
by Linc Wonham
To succeed in the competitive ecommerce marketplace, merchandisers have to fill their own shopping carts from ...
New Ecommerce Software From AspDotNetStorefront
by Linc Wonham
AspDotNetStorefront has released the next generation of its successful shopping platform that already powers ...
5 Social Shopping Backlinks for Ecommerce
by Pete Prestipino
The Easter holiday shopping season is in full swing, and it may just be your last chance to make some big ...
Live Chat Effective for Internet Retailers
by Pete Prestipino
Is providing live chat technology effective for Internet retailers? According to a report from Bold Software ...
Ecommerce Software in Action
by Peter Devereaux
Despite the economic downturn that has affected everyone from Madison Avenue to Main Street, the state of the ...
Survey Says: Customer Service a Costly Afterthought
by Linc Wonham
Online consumers are willing to pay nearly 11 percent more for ecommerce items if it means the highest level ...
A (Very Average) Consumer's Guide to Ecommerce
by Linc Wonham
I am not a serial shopper. In fact, I'm quite the opposite. It's an event when I go outside of my zone to ...
Top Ecommerce Apps for Facebook
by Pete Prestipino
2009 was perhaps the single worst year for ecommerce. Consequently, it was one of the best for those ...
eBay Changes Fees, Angers Sellers
by Michael Phillips
EBay has once again made a change to seller fees. On the one hand, they dropped insertion fees. On the other ...
The Age of Digital Coupons
by Pete Prestipino
Coupons are experiencing a renaissance. Shoppers are on the prowl for savings, and merchants are responding ...
Ecommerce Stats - $913 Million in Online Spending on 12-15-09
by Pete Prestipino
Comscore has reported that holiday season retail ecommerce spending for the first 48 days of the ...
Avant-Garde Ecommerce KPI's
by Pete Prestipino
The next issue of Website Magazine addresses the topic of high-performance analytics. As you might imagine, a ...
3D (Virtual) Shopping Arrives
by Pete Prestipino
File this one under innovative but ultimately a little too much (in my opinion) to make a dent in the highly ...
Spot Instances in Amazon EC2
by Pete Prestipino
Amazon Web Services announced Spot Instances, a new option for purchasing and consuming Amazon EC2 compute ...
Beating Big Retailers at their Own Game
by Michael Phillips
Beginning Black Friday, November 27, brick-and-mortar retailers will see a deluge of consumers, ready and ...
Guest Post: 'Tis the season...to abandon your shopping cart
by Pete Prestipino
by Charles Nicholls, Founder, CSO of SeeWhy, Inc. While past seasonal trends suggest that ecommerce ...
Off-Site Development Tops Holiday Retail Objectives
by Michael Phillips
Shop.org's annual eHoliday Study points to a growing trend among merchants this holiday season - off-site Web ...
Get It On With Groupon - Ecommerce 2.0
by Pete Prestipino
Shopping website Groupon has been on the radar at Website Magazine for quite a while. The service, which is ...
Fulfillment Solutions for Ecommerce Merchants
by Pete Prestipino
By Maureen Alley, Managing Editor For ecommerce business owners, product and marketing are typically core ...
SYKES Offers On-Site, Interactive Customer Assistance
by Maureen Alley
In late August, Website Magazine reported on survey results from Harris Interactive and IMShopping which ...
Net-Results Integrates with Salesforce.com
by Michael Phillips
Net-Results, a leader in the marketing automation solutions industry has announced they have integrated their ...
Amazon Tax: Developments and Implications
by Pete Prestipino
by Geno Prussakov, AM Navigator One of the biggest hot-button issues of online retail goes by many different ...
Ecommerce Web Page Response Times
by Pete Prestipino
Akamai Technologies and Forrester announced the results of a survey on website performance and its ...
eBay and WidgetBox Collaborate on RSS Feed Widget
by Pete Prestipino
eBay's affiliate/publisher network has buddied up with Widgetbox to give eBay partners the ability to create ...
Ecommerce Merchant Blogs: Product, News, Philanthropy
by Maureen Alley
For an ecommerce merchant, publishing a blog can present various opportunities such as building a community ...
Quality Click Pricing Introduced for eBay Partners
by Michael Phillips
eBay's partner network has undergone some changes recently, starting with severing ties with Comission ...
Mastering Customer Capture on Your Website
by Pete Prestipino
By Steve Castro-Miller and Ryan Allis A savvy e-tailer's work is never done. Everything from effectively ...
Another Day, Another Social Ecommerce Solution; Atrinsic Acquires Shopit
by Pete Prestipino
Another day, and another social ecommerce solution is in the news. Digital marketing and advertising service ...
Ecommerce Tips for the Holiday Season
by Maureen Alley
Though it may be the middle of July, ecommerce merchants are getting ready for the upcoming holiday season. ...
Wishabi Predictive Ecommerce
by Pete Prestipino
Some very interesting predictive intelligence technology was announced this week from Wishabi. The Canadian ...
Google Checkout Buy Now Buttons Available
by Pete Prestipino
Last week Google announced the availability of Buy Now buttons for the exclusive purpose of selling digital ...
Consumers Flock to Ecommerce Demanding Coupons
by Maureen Alley
eMarketer released its "Ecommerce in a Recession" report where it notes that consumers are moving towards ...
Exclusive Free Ecommerce Software for Website Magazine Readers
by Michael Phillips
Web-based software developers Interspire have developed Big Commerce, a shopping cart that combines ...
Baynote to Power Ecommerce Recommendations with Endeca
by Michael Phillips
Baynote, a well-known recommendation and social search engine, has partnered with Endeca through Endeca ...
Consumers Flock to Online Classifieds
by Michael Phillips
According to a study by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, online classified ...
Reduce Abandonment - SeeWhy
by Pete Prestipino
Conversion is one of the most critical metrics for understanding website (and of course marketing) ...
Consumers Still Spending
by Pete Prestipino
Performics unveiled a study which revealed that online retailers may still find themselves well positioned in ...
eBay Partner Network Impressive in Scope and Functionality
by Pete Prestipino
Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a panel on alternatives to contextual publisher ...
Shopster Launches PowerMerchant
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce merchant and affiliate network Shopster announced the launch of a new online retailing solution in ...
Open Source VS Commercial Ecommerce Software
by Pete Prestipino
Open source software is getting plenty of looks from all Web professionals as the collective focus has turned ...
How To Use Twitter for Ecommerce
by Pete Prestipino
Many think ecommerce has no place in the Twitter-verse, but look at some of the top accounts and you'll think ...
PCI Compliance for Every Online Merchant
by Pete Prestipino
Online shopping continues to gain acceptance with the public, meaning that more transactions are occurring ...
Loyalty Programs & Customer Retention
by Pete Prestipino
When you spend thousands of hours on SEO and thousands of dollars on paid search or display advertising, you ...
Loyalty Programs as a Customer Retention Tactic
by Pete Prestipino
When you spend thousands of hours on SEO and thousands of thousands of dollars on paid search or display ...
Ubikwiti On-Demand Accounting for Online Retailers ($4.99/mo)
by Pete Prestipino
Ubikwiti has announced an accounting solution for online retailers. These and other cloud-based, on-demand ...
Top 10 Converting Retailers, What We Can Learn
by Michael Phillips
Nielsen Online and Marketing Charts have released a report of the top 10 converting online retailers (minimum ...
Ecommerce Tips For More International Conversions
by Pete Prestipino
In an increasingly flat world, running an ecommerce website is in some respects easier than ever as ...
eBay Leads the Way in Customer Dissatisfaction with Ecommerce
by Michael Phillips
According to ForeSee's American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction with ecommerce has fallen ...
Straight Talking Consumers with Answer Sites
by Michael Phillips
It's always important to address consumer concerns and questions directly, and as quickly as possible. One ...
Focusing on the Consumer in 2009
by Michael Phillips
We all want to do better in 2009. And that's a tough task considering the times we are in. This is going to ...
No Ecommerce Glitches Here; Keep Moving
by Pete Prestipino
One-third of online shoppers encountered "glitches" this holiday shopping season, according to a joint survey ...
Four Point Basic Ecommerce Shopping Cart Review
by Pete Prestipino
Now that the holidays are over and the final items have been shipped, it's time to take a hard look at what ...
Traffic and User Reports For Ten Shopping Engines
by Pete Prestipino
Google is facing a crisis. Its users keep leaving and patronizing other sites, not in the sense of where ...
From the Trenches: Customer Service
by Michael Phillips
We're going to start a new feature here at Consumer Corner, From the Trenches. Every now and then we'll talk ...
CardinalCommerce, OrderDynamics Reach Alternative Payment Arrangement
by Pete Prestipino
Canadian Ecommerce service provider OrderDynamics has announced a partnership with CardinalCommerce. ...
Cyber Monday Consumer Intention Stats
by Pete Prestipino
The ceremonial kickoff to the online holiday shopping season for 2008 has begun. According to a Shop.org ...
While eBay Freefalls, Consumers Move To Online Classifieds
by Michael Phillips
For a very long time, eBay has owned the alternative marketplace. It has been a place for consumers to find ...
Consumers Flock to FreeShipping.com - Take Note
by Michael Phillips
The holiday season is heating up, and consumers are warming to the idea of savings wherever they can find it. ...
Cyber Threats to Spike This Holiday Season
by Michael Phillips
Security Solutions provider Webroot is warning shoppers of the increase in security threats for online ...
Don't Get Scrooged This Holiday Season
by Peter Devereaux
By David Clarke Consumers continue to shift toward more cautious spending in the second half of 2008, thanks ...
Market Brief: 2008 Holidays Sales
by Pete Prestipino
A holiday shopping forecast from Forrester indicates that the economic downturn will slow consumer spending ...
Site Stripe for Amazon Associates
by Pete Prestipino
Amazon has made some significant improvements to Associates Central affiliate dashboard as well as the ...
Are You Ready for (Ecommerce) Fulfillment?
by Pete Prestipino
Order or product fulfillment is when a fulfillment warehouse sends a customer the product ordered or ...
Amazon Slashes S3 Prices
by Pete Prestipino
Just a quick note: Amazon Web Services announced that effective November 1st, 2008, a new tiered pricing ...
Consumers Migrating to Share Important News
by Michael Phillips
Social networking, submission and bookmarking sites are nothing new. In fact, they are discussed ad nauseum ...
StarReviews Provides Expert and Consumer Website Reviews
by Michael Phillips
StarReviews is aiming to be a Consumer Reports of Websites. The site incudes articles and reviews by their ...
Where Are Consumers Comparison Shopping?
by Michael Phillips
With the economy sagging, consumers will likely slow down their spending. While it doesn't mean people will ...
Increase Ecommerce Sales in A Gloomy Economy
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce merchants have learned a thing or two over the years about how to achieve success. In uncertain ...
Dynamic Pricing Model for Behavioral Targeting
by Pete Prestipino
Online advertising network Turn announced last week the release of a dynamic pricing solution for ...
Ecommerce Website Usability
by Pete Prestipino
What did you spend in man (or woman) hours and advertising dollars last month to drive traffic to your ...
Five Tips For Improving Ecommerce Website Usability
by Pete Prestipino
What did you spend in man (or woman) hours and advertising dollars last month to drive traffic to your ...
Reseller Pricing on LISTSERV Solutions
by Pete Prestipino
Email list management software L-Soft, the company behind LISTSERV® has introduced a direct order ...
Maximize Campaigns This Holiday Season
by Pete Prestipino
by Frans Keylard, Widemile Conversion Marketing Online retailers can expect up to 20% of their total sales ...
Revolution For Online Merchants
by Pete Prestipino
Revolution Money Inc. and CardinalCommerce Corporation today announced that, beginning in October, online ...
Retail Competitiveness Index Survey
by Pete Prestipino
On-demand, multi-channel retail management software developer CoreSense today announced the launch of the ...
Full-Tilt: Ecommerce Ecosystems
by Pete Prestipino
Retail management software provider CORESense announced partnerships with several notable ecommerce software ...
Comparison Shopping Engines
by Peter Devereaux
Should CSE's Be Part of YOUR PPC Mix? by Nick Loeser Simply put, comparison shopping engines (CSEs) are ...
Ecommerce & The Friction Removal Process
by Peter Devereaux
by John-Scott Dixon Have you recently asked the question "Why do we have a website?" Please take a moment to ...
Commentary: Taxing Ecommerce
by Peter Devereaux
One of the allures of shopping online is shopping tax-free. That's about to change. The government has had ...
TOP SECRET: ecommerce Tactics
by Peter Devereaux
It figures to be a busy online holiday shopping season this year and for many years to come. With an ...
Online Video Fundamentals for Ecommerce
by Peter Devereaux
By Darin Ingalls It's hard not to notice the impact online video is having, from turning the broadcast market ...
Find Online Coupons and Earn with RetailMeNot.com
by Michael Phillips
There are two major allures to shopping online. Convenience and price. RetailMeNot.com looks to solve the ...
Easier Ecommerce : Sell Anything Online
by Peter Devereaux
by Peter Prestipino There are millions of active websites today, and many of them are enjoying success ...
Holiday Website Promotions: Are you ready?
by Pete Prestipino
You may not be as ready as some others, but many SEO's and SEM's are preparing (or have established ...
Retail Bonanza Starts Online
by Pete Prestipino
Can you imagine using online advertising to drive people to Sears to buy a wrench? Well, it's happening today ...
The Lowdon on Ecommerce
by Pete Prestipino
An Inside Track to Online Retail Success So you want to sell your brand-new, one-ofa-kind widget on the Web? ...
The Basics Of Merchant Accounts:
by Peter Devereaux
Should you choose an online payment processor? If you are selling a product or service on the Web then you ...
Overcoming Internet Sales Resistance
by Peter Devereaux
Building Trust Online If you are selling products or services on the Web but not producing as many sales as ...
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