E-Commerce Articles

Business » E-Commerce | By Chuck Irving @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 6:56 AM

In the traditional credit card processing industry it has always been difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a merchant account for merchants who charge customers in advance for services that they have not yet performed. The type businesses would include such businesses as health clubs, newsletters, or any type service where the consumer is paying in advance for a service that has not yet been rendered. Traditional credit card processors will not accept these types of businesses a... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Daniel Millions @ Thursday, 28th February 2008 @ 11:39 PM

It would be hard to imagine a world where an online shop didn't exist. While many industries have benefited from online shops, the Auto and mobiles industry are among the best examples of what technology can do. In a nutshell, online shops have enabled cheap cars and Nokia mobiles to become cheaper and consumers aren't complaining. How Manufacturers Cut Costs in Online Shops: Manufacturers of cheap Nokia mobiles or cars have seen a lot of success with online shops but... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Andrew Gibson @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008 @ 6:57 PM

It is widely accepted that birthday cards originated in England more than a century ago. Unfortunately there is no evidence of who sent the very first card and nobody knows the identity of the person who received that very first card. A persons birthday was considered a special event and they were greeted personally by their friends and family. The people who were unable to this in person sent a birthday card instead.During this time a card was considered more of an apology than as a gree... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Dan Peterson @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 3:47 PM

The rapid growth of the internet commerce in recent years presents established small businesses with a serious dilemma. On the one hand they can stick with the business model that has worked for them for the last number of years. On the other hand, they can make the shift to serious eBusiness. Choosing to stand pat is usually much easier in the short term. But in the longer term this almost certainly means they will be left behind by technology, and lose many of their most important clien... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Russell Marsh @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 1:40 AM

All online business entrepreneurs worth their salt know that to create a long term successful business it's virtually a necessity to get a good ranking in Google and the other Search Engines. Other methods of traffic generation such as PPC and even simply buying traffic can be useful in the short term but as 'Google Adwords' 'Cost per Click' seem to be rising all the time this 'bought traffic' is getting to be more and more a short term measure and not ... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Christa Kowalczyk @ Sunday, 24th February 2008 @ 9:13 PM

This small electronic device is fast finding its place in everybody's pocket. It is your cell phone which we are discussing about and with the increased use of it we can agree that it is such an object you cannot imagine your life without. Your cell phone is not all about making or receiving calls but it is also popularly used for sending SMS or texts and also receiving them. If you have been texting your friends regularly you know how much fun is to send some interesting messages to... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Saleem Rana @ Monday, 4th February 2008 @ 8:58 AM

When it comes to free ways to make money online there is no shortage of ways to do it. Of course if you have a product of your own that is the best place to start. What if you do not have a product of your own? Here are a few ways you can sell stuff online with affiliate marketing to make money for yourself. Affiliate Programs. Getting paid to sell other people's products is the quickest way to get going that I have found. Affiliate marketing has been around for over 10 year... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Saleem Rana @ Sunday, 3rd February 2008 @ 11:13 AM

Do you want to learn the secrets of how to make a living online? There are plenty of people offering their secrets to help you make more money online. The only problem is that as you trawl around the web searching out these secrets you soon discover they aren't secrets after all. What you will learn is good, old-fashioned business common sense. These secrets will teach that some kind of a promotion is necessary to attract people to your web site. Once attracted, you need to entice ... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Saleem Rana @ Sunday, 3rd February 2008 @ 11:13 AM

There is a very good reason why it is important to learn how to make money online. Are you still working for someone and earning only a small amount of money just enough to make ends meet? Are you constantly being pushed by your bosses to meet your deadlines and have to stay for long hours in the office to meet the deadlines? The main question is that are you making enough money and still happy with your work? If all these questions are on your mind, it is time you start looking around fo... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Chuck Irving @ Friday, 1st February 2008 @ 10:58 PM

If you are starting an online business you must accept credit cards for payment. You simply have no chance of surviving in business if you don't. Businesses which are new and small and have sales under $750. each month, can probably get away with a Pay Pal type account to get started. But once your business grows to over $750 per month it will most likely save you a lot of money and aggravation to get your own merchant account. For those who you who have recently started an... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Brooks Van Norman @ Thursday, 31st January 2008 @ 10:15 PM

There's no question that the marketplace is loaded with vendors offering solutions to increase website conversions. With an increased drive toward true alignment of search marketing and site optimization for online shopping, it would seem that a majority percentage of people arriving on a website would buy. But they're not. In fact most organizations rarely have better than a 1% conversion rate for all unique traffic. What's worse is that many of these organizations ... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Andy West @ Wednesday, 30th January 2008 @ 8:07 PM

An online storefront can offer customers plenty of options and make shopping online easier and quicker than ever before. Most small business owners don't give these online storefronts the credit they deserve for another advantage that they offer, however. The real consumer revolution is the ease with which small to medium size retailer companies can implement an online storefront and successfully compete with the big dogs of online shopping. Stores like Amazon, Overstock and a hand... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Andy West @ Tuesday, 29th January 2008 @ 11:03 AM

Without an online shopping cart, any expectation of reaping sales from an online website is pretty much nil. This handy feature performs a number of important functions, making it the one thing an online retailer cannot do without. After a customer chooses the products he or she wants it is the means for exacting payment in full. A shopping cart feature allows the retailer to transact an acceptable form of payment safely and securely. The most common method of payment by Internet shoppers... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Christa Kowalczyk @ Thursday, 24th January 2008 @ 9:06 PM

Ever wondered what could be the best way to stay in touch with your family and friends when e-mails and chat is no longer the exciting method and not a possible way when your friends are offline. Welcome to online texting, the surest way to reach your friends anytime (whether they are offline or online), and that to without wasting time in keying in your message on the small keypad of your mobile. The online texting or sending SMS online is a new and exciting way of being in touch. Fa... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Andy West @ Thursday, 24th January 2008 @ 5:25 PM

The ecommerce storefront is one of the most valuable tools for the online retailer. No matter what the main product is, there is a web-store that can perfectly showcase a site's goods. There is a vast array of designs available, from the super simple to the wonderfully chic and sophisticated. It is fairly easy to see that a site with one product does not need an overly elaborate storefront. Just the same, a site that sells many different products cannot get away with a basic, one-dim... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Scott Johns @ Thursday, 24th January 2008 @ 1:17 PM

Do you like to write? Have you dreamed of seeing your name in print? It is possible to make money as a freelance writer. The term freelance may be misinterpreted by aspiring writers. One may assume that work will be hard to come by. This is not true if you are willing to do research and can produce quality work. Thanks to the Internet, a myriad of possibilities exist. Finding writing gigs, is not as difficult as it seems. There is a high demand for writers and freelancers in just about any... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Mike Tansey @ Monday, 21st January 2008 @ 1:38 AM

Now that you have selected a set of keywords for your website, what do you do with them? Keywords are words that describe the main topics of information for a website. This means that the text of your website should include these carefully selected keywords. Keyword Density Keyword density is a measure that indicates how many times a particular keyword appears in the text of your website, expressed as a percentage. To calculate the keyword density, first count the number of times... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Mike Tansey @ Friday, 18th January 2008 @ 2:11 AM

Every online business owner benefits from understanding the basics of search engine results. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Windows Live Search and Ask are services that index the millions of pages of information on the Internet and categorize them according to topics. This allows a search engine to recall relevant information when a user types a search phrase into the search box. The search engine displays the results of the search in numbered order, with the most relevant pages listed ... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Scott Johns @ Tuesday, 15th January 2008 @ 11:20 PM

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well. 1) Do not use splash pages Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like welcome or click here to enter. In fact, they are just that -- pretty vases with no real purpos... more...

Business » E-Commerce | By Art Gib @ Tuesday, 15th January 2008 @ 9:46 PM

Organizations that process credit card payments are subject to fraud, hacking and many other security threats and vulnerabilities. Any company that processes, stores, or transmits credit card numbers must be PCI Compliant or else risks losing its rights and abilities to process credit card payments of any type. Merchants are required to validate compliance via audits by PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessment (QSA) Companies. PCI DSS, which stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security S... more...