eCommerce News & Tips:
Up-to-Date eCommerce, Shopping Cart, and Online Marketing News and Tips
Whether you are a seasoned onine merchant or just getting into the world of eCommerce, it's important to stay up-to-date with the latest news, tips, and information about the online marketplace. This section of ZippyCart includes daily news updates regarding all things eCommerce. Browse this section for shopping cart news, online selling tips, tools for optimizing your online store's performance, and much more.
Will New Zientte.com Online Campaign Drive Ecommerce Sales? (03/15/10)
Zientte.com is trying to go all out with a new online campaign, which comes with a redeisnged ecommerce store and a new social media push on Twitter and Facebook.
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50% Off Top Web Hosting For Life! (03/15/10)
From time to time, we at ZippyCart are approached with a special deal to offer our readers. When we think the deal will do a service to anyone in the ecommerce industry, we try to do it justice.
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Merchants Continue to Switch to BigCommerce (03/15/10)
Many ecommerce software solutions that merchants are using today are complicated and cumbersome, which means they lose hours of productivity that could be used on marketing to bring in more customers.
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Will Fiverr Ecommerce Model Win Over Consumers? (03/12/10)
There is a new ecommerce business model popping up evey week, but most never take off and achieve any significant success.
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MyNines Aggregates Sample Sales Sites (03/12/10)
Sample sale ecommerce sites have been gaining in popularity across the U.S. and Europe, with most requiring a free membership to get access to the exclusive bargains and deals.
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Shopify Generating Buzz With Their Build a Business Contest (03/12/10)
Shopify is a very popular ecommerce software solution out of Ottawa, Canada, that has been gaining in popularity thanks to their innovative business competition.
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Sears Continues to Expand Ecommerce Efforts (03/10/10)
The performance of Sears traditional brick and mortar stores have not impressed industry analysts, but their ecommerce efforts have been generating buzz and more online products are coming in 2010.
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Moms Are Watching More Product Videos Than Ever Before (03/10/10)
With the economy being what it is, responsible moms are making it their business to find out everything there is to know about the products they need to purchase for their families.
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Corey Haim Death Sparks Ebay Auctions of Memorabilia (03/10/10)
Celebrity news site, TMZ (Thirty Mile Zone), was one of the first to break the story this morning that famous actor Corey Haim was found dead.
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The CoreCommerce 7.7 Release: An Interview With President and CEO Matt DeLong (03/09/10)
CoreCommerce is ranked #1 of ZippyCart's Best Ecommerce Solutions of 2010, and we thought it was about time to catch up with President/CEO Matt DeLong regarding what has been going on lately at CoreCommerce.
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Facebook Expands Preferred Developer Consultant Program (03/09/10)
Numerous brands are trying to figure out how to make the most out of Facebook, often looking to try and enhance their Facebook fan page with customer applications to make it stand out among the pack.
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InvisibleHand Gaining in Popularity Among Deal Hunters (03/08/10)
Although the product is still considered in beta, InvisibleHand is quickly becoming a go-to tool for deal hunters who have typically used comparison shopping engines (CSE) to find the best price.
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UK Ecommerce Study Reveals Why Consumers Abandon Sites (03/05/10)
There are numerous reasons why someone may abandon an ecommerce site, many of which seem like common sense, but most online retailers do not take these issues seriously.
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Ecommerce Start-Up Reviews Just Got a Bit Cooler (03/05/10)
There are a ton of start-up review site online, but most of them are not that great and do not truly offer a helpful and insightful review.
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Success With BigCommerce, An Interview With Co-Founder Mitchell Harper (03/04/10)
ZippyCart had the opportunity to speak with Mitchell Harper, Co-Founder and Product Manager of Interspire and BigCommerce.
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Will New USPS Plan Affect Your Ecommece Business? (03/04/10)
Most people are probably aware that the United States Postal Service has been struggling for years to keep business afloat, as they have continually raised the price of stamps to counter the reduction in snail mail being sent out.
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Should Amazon Worry About Walmart's New Ecommerce Initiative? (03/03/10)
A new ecommerce inititive from Walmart is being dubbed Global.com, which they created to help focus on increasing overall online sales worldwide.
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Smash Social Media and Commerce With PEST (03/02/10)
In this article by Steve Koss of Local-Marketplace.com, Steve disects the importance of a PEST assessment and the questions to ask when performing such a strategy.
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Ecommerce Success Forcing Store Closures in Japan (03/02/10)
Japan has been one of the countries leading the world for years in terms of ecommerce and mcommerce adoption, but unfortunately the change in which people shop has hurt many brick and mortar stores.
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10 Reasons Why Your Ecommerce Site Could be Failing (03/01/10)
It's the time of year where online merchants notice some drag in sales and traffic. This is a result of the end of year rush for deals finally waning, mixed with spring setting in across the country, and a need for many consumers to start saving to prep for their upcoming vacations and 3-day weekends.
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Online Retailers Must Embrace Savvier Online Shoppers (02/26/10)
Consumers are becoming increasingly smarter and savvier with their online shopping techniques, as a variety of web resources are making it easier for them to research products and hunt for deals.
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Improved Fraud Protection Aids International Ecommerce Growth (02/25/10)
The United States is known for having some of the biggest names in ecommerce in the entire world with brands like Amazon, Ebay, Overstock.com, and others popular throughout the world.
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Market Like Your Shopper Thinks (02/25/10)
There’s no mistaking today’s consumer. She’s looking for a bargain, comparing her e-newsletters and regular direct mail to find the best offer for the brands with whom she’s loyal.
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Social Payment Network Takes Ecommerce Offline (02/24/10)
Shopping online is becoming increasingly popular ever year, as the cost of computers has come down dramatically and more people are able to obtain faster Internet connections.
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Do You Know the Money Making Words You Should be Using in Your Videos? (02/24/10)
Video is more than imagery in motion. It has a copy side to it as well. Whether narrated, or appearing as bullets or subtitles, the texts you choose for your videos are as important as the pictures you present.
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Pixazza Ecommerce Advertising Model Gaining Traction With Web Publishers (02/23/10)
People have been buzzing about Pixazza.com since they launched their crowd sourced photo-tagging product in March 2009, but things have really started to pick up since November 2009 when they opened up Pixazza to any web publisher.
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Google Shopper Aims to Improve Mcommerce on Android (02/22/10)
It is highly unlikely that the new Google Shopper app for Android (as it is now), will change the way in which mcommerce is conducted on smart phones.
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Pinnacle Cart 3.7.0 Takes Pinnacle Cart and Merchants to the Next Level (Part 1 of 2) (02/22/10)
Last week, Pinnacle Cart released an update to their ecommerce software suite that will ensure their customers can obtain success in the evolving online marketplace.
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Mcommerce Revenues in Europe to Surpass US by End of 2010 (02/19/10)
The mobile commerce sector has been heating up in the U.S. over the past two years, jumping from revenues of only $396 million in 2008 to an astounding $1.2 billion in 2009.
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New CompUSA Integrates Ecommerce Site Into Retail Stores (02/19/10)
CompUSA went out of business in 2007, but now is under new management that is experimenting with a hybrid concept dubbed Retail 2.0, which integrates their ecommerce site into their retail stores.
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Are Ecommerce Sites Prepared for the Bing and Yahoo Search Deal (02/18/10)
The pending Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search deal has been in the works for quite some time, but today the partnership was given a green light from the US Department of Justice and the European Commission.
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Facebook and PayPal Partner to Allow Additional Payment Options (02/18/10)
PayPal is one of the earliest and most successful ecommerce related brands to date, and their new partnership with Facebook will keep them entrenched in the space for years to come.
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Google Hires Their First VP of Commerce (02/18/10)
Google knows that ecommerce is a huge industry, so much in fact that they recently hired their first ever VP of Commerce, former Ebay executive Stephanie Tilenius.
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In the Products and Services First Pond, You Do Not Need a Web Site! (02/17/10)
Local, local, local, local is the buzz in the marketplace. What is missing is the Leonardo Da Vinci systematic thinking to connect all the dots.
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27 Amazing iPhone Apps for Ecommerce Merchants (02/16/10)
Did you ever wonder what the best iPhone apps were for ecommerce merchants to use, so that you can become more efficient and effective in running your online store?
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An Interview With Miva Merchant: What to Expect in 2010 (02/15/10)
At the end of January, ZippyCart had a call with Rick Wilson, the Executive Vice President of Miva Merchant, to learn more about upcoming changes in 2010 for Miva Merchant and their product road map.
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Death of Alexander McQueen Drives Online Sales at Ebay (02/12/10)
The death of Alexander McQueen in London on Thursday is suspected to be a suicide, but there has been no official report on the cause of death from the police.
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Domino's Pizza Online Store is a $1 Billion Dollar Success Story (02/11/10)
Since 2007, Domino's Pizza has been trying to push the envelope by letting customers order online via their mobile phone or personal computer, but the mobile customers have really skyrocketed over the past year helping Domino's surpass $1 billion in sales.
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Video and Ecommerce, an Interview with Mike Darnell (02/10/10)
We took a moment to interview one of our guest bloggers, Mike Darnell, to bring you an expert view of the current state of online video and how it impacts ecommerce.
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How Can Small Business America Get in the Big eCommerce Game? (02/09/10)
We asked Steve Koss of Local-Marketplace.com to provide our readers with some inspirational words of wisdom with regards to getting into the ecommerce space.
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Mobile Optimized Website, Mobile Commerce App, or Both? (02/09/10)
Consumers are using their smart phones more and more to shop online and make purchases via a mobile commerce app or a mobile optimized website.
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Google Adds Designer Products to Their Ecommerce Store (02/08/10)
Google is, without a doubt, the best search engine on the Internet, although they sometimes go a bit crazy with some of their ecommerce related ideas.
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The Downfalls of Google Suggest for Ecommerce (02/05/10)
We asked, Daniel Broche, the Founder and CEO of Discounteo.com, to translate his post about Google Suggest and how it negativley impacted CNFDI (The National Private Distance Learning Group).
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Top Online Deals for Valentines Day 2010 (02/04/10)
Every year people rush at the last minute to buy Valentines Day gifts, but all of that stress and energy can be minimized by shopping online.
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Malaysia: An Untapped Ecommerce Opportunity? (02/04/10)
It was the first time in history that a Malaysian company made headlines at TechCrunch last December.
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Dynamic Pricing Leaves Some Consumers Spending More Than Others (02/03/10)
Consumers don't know about it, and if they did, chances are they wouldn't like it, but more and more e-tailers are turning to customer-specific "dynamic pricing."
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Internet Retail Sales Outlook is Strong for Europe in 2010 (02/02/10)
Shopping online has been becoming more popular in Europe over the past few years as they have been hit by an economic recession, which has forced many consumers to visit Internet retail sites for their purchases.
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New Ecommerce Focused EU Rules Threaten Amazon's Bottom Line (02/02/10)
In an editorial in today's Wall Street Journal, Amazon's retail vice president for Europe launched a blistering attack on the European Commission.
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Convergent Mobile Finds Ecommerce Opportunity in Text Messaging (02/01/10)
With all the talk of Apple iPads, advanced smart phones and 3G networks, e-tailers would do well to remember that plain old SMS text messaging is an extremely powerful medium.
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Buying Twitter Followers Cheap is New Ecommerce Trend on Ebay (02/01/10)
Acquiring thousands of followers a day on Twitter has been a goal of many celebrities for sometime, with many surpassing the one million mark.
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