This one is a bit off topic, but we wanted to share it anyway. We have set the wordpress comments moderation option on this blog so that we get to review/approve all the comments before they are posted. Obviously, we chose this in order to weed out all…
American Express Open Forum discusses three services that let small business owners accept credit card payments using an iPhone. This suggests the possibility of replacing the clunky Point-of-Sale devices with a sleek device like the newly released Apple iPad. Fast Company has a related story. A great innovation…
Wall Street Journal has a good set of articles in their How to Guide for Small Businesses section. Here is an article on how to choose a bank for your small business. Most small business owners have an option of choosing between a large national bank and a small…
Let us say you have built a strong fan following on Facebook via your business fan page. Other than bringing traffic to your webstore, is there an easier way to monetize on this fanbase? Now there is. ShopTab is a new way to monetize your popularity on Facebook…
Wall Street Journal discusses different ways to deal with excess holiday merchandise. Sell via consignment stores – What are consignment stores? These are stores that will hold your inventory for you and sell it at a lower price. They take a percentage of the sales revenue. You still…
Every small business owner who is looking for a shopping cart for their ecommerce business is faced with hundreds of options. According to Practical eCommerce magazine, there are about 500 ecommerce shopping cart solutions. How do you decide which one is right for you? This is my attempt…
This is a no-brainer for every ecommerce merchant. Upload your product information into Google Product Search. It’s free, and will improve the chances of your product showing up during Google search. Google Product Search lets online shoppers compare products and their prices across multiple online retailers. Some of…
Wall Street Journal reports on a survey conducted by Synovate on the shopping habits of the wealthy across the world; conducted across 8,000 people in 11 markets around the world—the U.S., Brazil, Canada, France, Netherlands, Spain, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. The findings are…
eMarketer discusses a Zara iPhone app that fails to deliver. The app is just a catalog with pictures of products, but with no option to check the price or to buy the product. Practical eCommerce has another article that reviews some of the popular ecommerce iPhone apps. Like…
An annual survey conducted by Sterling Commerce highlights the increasing demand for an integrated shopping experience across multiple retail channels. According to the survey results from January 2009 – 57% of ecommerce customers wanted the ability to return items to a store after purchasing them online. (The number…