Alibaba Acquisition Spree Continues with Auctiva Purchase

August 25, 2010 By the ZippyCart Shopping Cart Reviews Content Team The Alibaba acquisition frenzy continues in August,  as the official announcement is now out that the ecommerce giant from China has purchased eBay auction management software company, Auctiva. It was only one month ago, that Alibaba made another major acquisition of Vendio Services. Merchants [...]

Vendio Free Shopping Cart Now Powers Over 50,000 Ecommerce Stores

August 20, 2010 By the ZippyCart Shopping Cart Reviews Content Team Over the last year there has been substantial buzz on the Internet among merchants about the free shopping cart and online store offering from Alibaba owned Vendio Services. There are a variety of free ecommerce solutions online, but none of them are as easy [...]

Alibaba to Invest in Chinese Search Engine Sogou

August 13, 2010 By the ZippyCart Shopping Cart Reviews Content Team The Alibaba Group is well known throughout Asia for their ecommerce companies like Alibaba.com, Taobao.com, and Alipay. Many people in the U.S. are familiar with the company, as Yahoo purchased a major stake in the Alibaba Group back in 2005. Over the last year, [...]

China Tightening Rules for Internet Entrepreneurs

July 8, 2010 By the ZippyCart Ecommerce Software Reviews Content Team Sales of counterfeit and illegal merchandise have been a major issues for China over the past few years, as ecommerce sites have had very few rules enforced upon them to deter them from performing this illegal activity. This is why China’s State Administration for [...]

Vendio & Alibaba Merger Improves Free Online Store Platform

June 28, 2010 By the ZippyCart Ecommerce Software Reviews Content Team Last week, the acquisition of Vendio by Alibaba.com was announced, ensuring that Vendio’s free online storefront solution will continue to provide merchants with innovative ways to find success selling online. This morning, we spoke with Michael Levit, VP of Marketing for Vendio, about the [...]

Vendio Services to be Acquired by Alibaba

June 25, 2010 By the ZippyCart Ecommerce Software Reviews Content Team Vendio Services Inc has been in business for over 10 years, helping merchants sell online with their ecommerce solutions. The company, which is headquartered in California, now has over 80,000 merchants using their multi-channel ecommerce platform. Vendio provides merchants with a FREE online store [...]