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09/01/2009 - Checkout Options Flourish
Most anyone who has made a purchase on eBay is familiar with PayPal, an ecommerce checkout option, which since 2002 has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the online auction site.

09/01/2009 - Content Trumps All
Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to designing a retail website, according to Lauren Freedman, president of research and consulting for E-Tailing Group Inc.

08/01/2009 - Making Emails Personal
If retailers' emails are to be effective, they must be relevant to each recipient and sent via their mobile phones and Facebook pages, said Mike Hilts, president and general manger of Yesmail, an email marketing SERVICE.

07/01/2009 - Exploring Free Shipping Options
Since shoppers are interested in buying from retailers who offer free shipping, that SERVICE will only increase a MERCHANT's online sales.

07/01/2009 - Plant Essences Make Profitable Scents
As shoppers gain access to information regarding health and environmental issues, they are looking for retailers to mirror their awakening, and ideally become a reputable source for knowledge and wisely chosen products.

06/01/2009 - Accept European Payment Preferences
Many European consumers prefer to pay online with such methods as checks, eWallets, debit cards and electronic bank transfers, according to a study by CyberSource Corp.

06/01/2009 - Simple Products: Simply Success
Six years ago, Simple Products exchanged complex product lines for a simpler philosophy.

06/01/2009 - Study Confirms Shift to Online
Time and money savings are among the reasons consumers give for shifting more of their spending to the Internet.

04/01/2009 - Payments From Bank Accounts
A new payment system called Mazooma enables online shoppers to pay directly from their bank accounts.

04/01/2009 - Furniture.com Mines Wholesale
Furniture.com Inc., a one time retailer that relaunched several years ago as a provider of ecommerce and fulfillment SERVICEs to other furniture retailers, has re-emerged again as Blueport Commerce Inc.

03/01/2009 - Web Club Touts Deals
DealBundle.com, a worldwide online social shopping club, has been established by YippeeO LLC.

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

02/01/2009 - Online Fraud Climbs 11 Percent
Ecommerce fraud losses in the U.S. and Canada are expected to reach $4 billion for 2008, an 11 percent increase from 2007, according to CyberSource Corp.

02/01/2009 - Beating the Giant Chains
It is a challenging economic climate for retailers big and small.

02/01/2009 - Avoid Bad Check Losses
No business is required to take personal checks, and any business can require customers to pay in cash.

01/01/2009 - Retailing to Etailing
Independent retail businesses still without a website are not alone. According to a recent study by research firm, Warrillow & Co., a whopping 59 percent of small businesses do not have a site yet.

12/01/2008 - Sales Tips for Indy Retailers
The retail environment is now especially challenging for the small, independent retailer who is not only faced with penny pinching consumers, but also with giant retailers slashing prices.

12/01/2008 - E-Tail Marketplaces
Small and mid-sized online MERCHANTs who have not experimented with e-tail marketplaces are leaving money on the table.

11/01/2008 - Holiday Email Tips
Major online retailers began sending holiday emails on October 28th last year, 58 days before Christmas, according to a new report.

10/01/2008 - SERVICE Speeds Gift Card Access
Omni Prepaid Group, LLC, based in Pittsburgh and operator of GiftCards.com, has announced that it is Visa certified and has brought its gift card printing operations in-house.

10/01/2008 - Prep Websites for Holidays
More consumers are expected to shop online this holiday season. Now is the time to make sure your retail website is ready to maximize the potential.

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 - 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.

08/01/2008 - Checkout Options
Some retailers and wholesalers are still using their websites as more of an online catalog than an ecommerce engine and it is a shame to see them leaving so much money on the table.

07/01/2008 - Meeting Global Challenges
The decline of the U.S. dollar has led many domestic online retailers to consider targeting international markets as a way of expanding their customer base and revenue.

06/01/2008 - Payment System for Retailers
Authorize.Net has launched a new online payment SERVICE designed for specialty MERCHANTs that typically sell one item per order.

06/01/2008 - India Retailer Targets U.S.
India's largest retailer is targeting Indian consumers in America.

05/01/2008 - MarketLive Launches FastTrack 2008
MarketLive, Inc., the leading global eCommerce software and SERVICE provider for retailers.

04/01/2008 - Web Cash Payment Sparks Sales
As lending standards tighten and credit card interest mounts, several online retailers are reacting by offering interest free, cash payment checkout options for shoppers.

04/01/2008 - Payment Fraud Grows
The percentage of online revenue lost to fraud in 2007 held steady with 2006 at 1.4 percent.

04/01/2008 - Online Visibility For Small & Medium Businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses have two pressing needs they would pay to satisfy, according to a new survey: visibility in online searches; and actionable contact information on consumers who phone them.

04/01/2008 - Exist or Not Exist: Securing the Buyer's Attention
In last month's column, I wrote about building sales momentum through relevance and consistency.

03/01/2008 - Vertex Launches Tax Automation Tool
Vertex Inc., a leading provider of tax technology solutions, has unveiled their Vertex O Series Retail Solution, an application that presents retailers with consistent, accurate sales tax calculations.

03/01/2008 - New Click Fraud Filter Improves Traffic Quality
Click Forensics, Inc., the leading provider of click fraud prevention solutions, has announced the availability of Click Forensics for Publishers

03/01/2008 - Chinese Consumers Buy Directly From U.S. Retailers
As Millions of Chinese Consumers Flock to the Internet to Purchase "Made in America" products, this International deal is seen as a windfall for U.S. Companies.

03/01/2008 - Building Relevance And Sales Momentum
Relevance occurs when an input (a sight, sound, a display, words) connects with an individual's background to yield conclusions that matter to them, like answering a question

02/01/2008 - Golden Compass Increases Web Sales
I have noticed a recurring problem among MERCHANTs who have contacted me to help them increase their website sales.

01/01/2008 - Web Buying Habits
Easy search tools were seen as the most useful and desired characteristic of retail websites in a recent survey from The E-tailing Group Inc.

12/01/2007 - PCI Compliance Update
There are few things more important for ecommerce sites than being PCI DSS compliant.

11/01/2007 - Websites to Get Facelifts
As today's shoppers become more discriminating about their interactions online, the stakes are being raised for retailers to provide a consistently positive, more sophisticated experience.

11/01/2007 - NRF Pushes Web Tax
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and nearly 100 retailers and trade associations are asking Congress to approve legislation

10/01/2007 - Retailers Facing Fines
Retailers who do not protect their customers' credit card data could face fines.

09/01/2007 - Match Landing Pages To Messages
Web retailers that are good at developing personalized email campaigns often lose potential business because of lackluster page optimization, according to a study from Silverpop Systems Inc.

09/01/2007 - Court Ruling Threatens Discounting
In a reversal of a 96 year old antitrust rule, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that suppliers' efforts to control the minimum price of their products at retail is no longer automatically illegal.

08/01/2007 - PayPal's Mobile Checkout
To reach small retailers that want to sell goods through mobile phones, PayPal has expanded its Mobile Checkout capability. The new SERVICE is also designed to be easy for consumers to use.

08/01/2007 - Crucial Call Centers
Customer satisfaction with catalog retailers' call centers outrank centers run by six other industries. Yet this same group is missing opportunities to engage and upsell.

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

07/01/2007 - MERCHANTs Set Up Shop at Facebook
Facebook Inc., the online social network with 24 million active users, now allows merchandisers to develop applications that its users can add to their personal pages. Various name brands have already jumped into the fray.

07/01/2007 - Free Seminars at August Merchandise
ASD/AMD is offering Complimentary Seminars with registration for the August 12-16, 2007 ASD/AMD Trade Shows in Las Vegas.

06/01/2007 - Sending Email Images
More and more web wholesalers and retailers are using photos in their email campaigns to show off their hottest product lines.