Category: E-Commerce
PayPal Shifts Strategy, Now Available at Home Depot
One of the best-known online payment processors in the world recently made the decision that it would not focus on developing a tap-to-pay service for mobile phones, and would instead focus on expanding itself into the world of brick-and-mortar retail.
10 Psychological Characteristics of Online Buyers
Understanding the top characteristics of online shoppers will help you to market your products more effectively.
Nexternal Discount Incentives Encourage Social Commerce
Nexternal’s Facebook Like & Save feature provides an instant discount to customers that “Facebook Like” a product. This can create a viral marketing effect for your online store.
Measures to Protect Social Commerce
Many stores are leveraging social networks to allow consumers to execute transactions in the comfort of their own Facebook pages, where attention is high and the user’s likes and dislikes are clear. The Social Commerce premise is that the focus is on people instead of products.
New National Movement Champions Shopping Locally
Local businesses across the country now have a new champion in the form of Independent We Stand, a national movement of independent business owners educating their communities on the benefits of shopping at local stores.
Shopping Rewards App Expands to Android Market
Free to download and use, CheckPoints lets shoppers earn points by “checking in” to over a million U.S. retail locations and scanning barcodes on featured products from major brands.
Reward Cards Build Loyalty & Revenue
Regardless of your chosen profession or industry, referrals are always one of the most powerful and reliable ways to earn new business and expand your market reach.
Volusion Shares 101 Tips to Boost Holiday Sales
Start leveraging social and mobile commerce to pull in more shoppers this season.
.Co-Ordinating Your Brand with a New Domain
Using an alternate domain extension, such as .net, .org, .info and .biz, might help you find the name that you want, but Internet users can easily overlook these target niche audiences.
New Orleans-Based Businesses Survive & Thrive Post-Katrina
A New Orleans-based antique furniture seller wants to remind the world that the Gulf Coast is back in business.
Sign of the Times: Social Sign-On is a Top Priority
According to a new survey released by Gigya and Edge Research, leading online businesses have big plans for social sign-on — the ability to register on a website using an existing social identity.
How to Help Your Employees Sell More
By having employees look the customers squarely in the eye and sincerely thank them for doing business with them, they will sell subconsciously to that customer’s built in expectations of being appreciated and valued.
E-commerce Isn’t an After Thought
If you have an existing business and want to generate incremental revenue through the web, what should you be doing? How do you successfully sell online?
Money Matters: Selling Your Stuff Online
Author Michael Miller offers tips on where and how much it will cost you to sell your unwanted items online.
Strike Up a Conversation: New Tool Puts Chat on Any Website
Chaggle, a free browser side bar, lets you chat in real time with all other users viewing the same website you are viewing.
New Facebook Application Creates Shopping Tab Through a Feed
The ShopTab premise is simple – monetize a web-based retailer’s presence on Facebook by uploading products or services to a “shop” tab on a Facebook Page.
