Amazon.com yesterday announced the statistics of its 2010 holiday season sales. On its peak day, Nov. 29, customers ordered more than 13.7 million items worldwide across all product categories, which is a record-breaking 158 items per second.
Today we launched our new “how-to” site. Over the next few days, we will be adding more information to the new site. Mostly videos and articles explaining how merchants are using Ordoro to streamline their order fulfillment process and to keep track of their inventory picture in real…
Last year, we heard rumors that Apple is working on an iPhone/iPod based point of sale system called EasyPayTouch. The system features a magnetic stripe reader, an advanced barcode scanner, and Apple’s own proprietary software for processing payments. The system allows for payment by credit, debit and cash,…
Great article from Time magazine. ” On April 28, 2003, Apple unveiled the iTunes Music Store. At the time, it was difficult to see why iTunes would succeed where Snocap, among many others, had failed. Because, again, how do you compete with free? But iTunes did succeed.…
Updated on Feb 4, 2011. This promotion is closed now. The traffic to our sign-up page has been increasing steadily. And we want to boost the conversion rate on that traffic. We want more people to sign-up for our service (even though we may not be able to…
The regular readers of this blog know that we are passionate about design, usability and customer service. In our mind, these three elements are also closely connected. Great design leads to great usability which in turn leads to an easier learning curve for the customer. An easier learning…
Last week, I wrote about how Ordoro enhances the functionality of Shopsite. With all the great features fine-tuned for Shopsite, Ordoro has been helping many Shopsite merchants grow their ecommerce business. Two of the many features of Ordoro that benefit Shopsite merchants are – Partial order shipments Backorder tracking…
Internet Retailer magazine reports that the Texas Comptroller’s Office has billed Amazon.com Inc. for $269 million in uncollected sales tax. The tax bill is to account for the sales to Texas residents from December 2005 to December 2009. And this tax is applicable because Amazon runs a distribution center…
Life is full of choices. Every time you buy something, you are offered a set of options to choose from. Small, Medium, Large? Red, Blue or Green? For certain purchases – clothing for example – being able to buy the same item in different sizes and different colors…
via 37signals Many times the reasons we don’t start something have nothing to do with lack of skills, materials, or facilities. The real blockers are self-criticism and excuses. We all draw as kids but around adolescence, many of us stop developing that ability. The beginning of adolescence seems to…