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09/01/2012 - Shipping is Key to Shopping Carts
UPS recently commissioned a study to pinpoint key details regarding shipping and online purchases useful in preventing online shopping cart ABANDONMENT. With cart ABANDONMENT rates soaring around 70 percent, businesses with online stores can benefit from the information uncovered by comScore, Inc., the company commissioned to perform the study.

08/01/2012 - Mobile Online Transactions
Online shopping cart ABANDONMENT rates are sky high, topping 70 percent according to some studies, and incomplete sales can be a problem for today's online retailers.

05/01/2012 - Six Secrets of Successful eCommerce
Web companies need to stay on top of the constantly evolving methods of advertising on the web.

02/01/2012 - ABANDONMENT Update
A new study by SeeWhy's Conversion Academy declares that despite most companies' fears of cart ABANDONMENT, for many customers it is, an important part of the normal buying cycle, and not a rejection of the company or the store.

12/01/2011 - The Truth About Traffic
In the last issue, I outlined some important thinking that makes up basic foundational elements of a successful ecommerce business.

11/01/2011 - Cart ABANDONMENT?
A study revealed, shoppers frustration with the amount of shipping costs and a desire to comparison shop for a lower price.

09/01/2011 - The Perfect Cart Experience
Ask any number of shoppers what elements would need to be present to create the perfect cart experience and likely there will be a variety of different answers.

06/01/2011 - Five Ways to Stop Cart ABANDONMENT
Too often, ecommerce transactions are spoiled by abandoned shopping carts.

11/01/2010 - Web Retailers Go Global
A new report from Forrester Research says the frontier of online retailing is going global.

08/01/2010 - Creating a Sale Capturing Checkout Process
The checkout process is one of the most important parts of a successful ecommerce site.

12/01/2009 - Shared SSL Certificates vs. Private
A big part of increasing conversion on an ecommerce site involves building trust and credibility with your customers.

10/01/2009 - Abandoned Cart Email
In a study of 500 online retail shopping websites, just 11 percent of Internet merchants sent email responses to shoppers who abandoned carts.

05/01/2009 - Teddy Scares
APPLEHEAD FACTORY has created a family of Teddy Scares.

04/01/2009 - 3 Most Important Web Pages
To be successful in ecommerce, you need to be proactive, not passive.

03/01/2009 - Decreasing Cart ABANDONMENT
Moving customers through the checkout process effectively is a critical element toward closing any sale online.

09/01/2008 - Early Holiday Web Marketing
While most consumers don't start holiday shopping in earnest until the day after Thanksgiving, online retailers should begin marketing for the season as early as October, according to MarketLive Inc., an eCommerce platform provider.

08/01/2008 - Shoppers Like Peer Reviews
The popularity of shoppers' online reviews of products is leading to the use of peer reviews in emails, too.

08/01/2008 - Fees Squelch Web Sales
One reason why online shoppers abandon shopping carts is the shipping fee, according to a recent survey by comScore Inc., conducted by PayPal.

01/01/2008 - Generating Post Sale Buys
In the last column I provided ten sure-fire ways to reduce your shopping cart ABANDONMENT rate.

12/01/2007 - ABANDONMENT Solutions
Working hard attracting visitors, motivating them to add items to their cart, while later having them abandon the ordering process without buying is despairing.

10/01/2007 - Strategies to Skyrocket Web Sales
In the last issue of Web Wholesaler, I explained how to overcome a high bounce rate of visitors arriving on your website, only to immediately leave without taking one step deeper into your site.

08/01/2007 - Choosing The Right Shopping Cart
Without a stable shopping cart that is easy for customers to navigate, etailers will find themselves at a distinct disadvantage

04/01/2007 - Google Premieres Checkout
Google unveiled a series of aggressive money saving promotions over the past few months, intended to hasten the adoption of its new Google Checkout feature among online retailers and consumers.

02/01/2007 - Holiday Web Sales Update
Online retail holiday sales hit $15.6 billion, and were up 25 percent over corresponding days in 2005, according to a report by comScore Networks.